Here we go again. Yet another troll. Look yourself in the mirror and ask where did you go wrong in life. Blame yourself, blame your parents, blame drugs/alcohol. I really don't care. Even if you are doing this at work think about how sad it is that you (as a pitt fan most likely) took time out of your day to create this profile. You googled a picture of beaver stadium and saved it to your computer. Being a troll on another teams website is truly pathetic but somehow you find this an acceptable way to live as an adult.
We need to be SMARTER with how we evaluate each opponent and SMARTER how we scheme for each opponent. That being said, we need to be HONEST about what "assets" we have at each position and then COACH each game independently and creatively from our last game. You can learn from your mistakes made previous games by at least TRYING NEW THINGS to compensate for the weaknesses you opponents exploit. Start with using the WHOLE field for our offense and followup with using faster developing schemes to move the ball - faster schemes....NOT faster play calling!
What appears to be bad tackling is often being a step late getting to the ball carrier. That can be caused by the tackler just plain lacking quickness or being a little slow on the reads or taking bad angles.
Good observations BB, my thoughts also. These flaws, read & reaction time, will improve with experience.
Alot of great points here, but its still so frustrating to watch. Im still fully on the Coach James Franklin bandwaggon I thought when he was first hired he should be givin atleast 7-8 years to get his system in place and get HIS guys. Once that hits we can finally open up this playbook, confuse some more defences. I know i know injuries are getting the D too but man its tough.
We could sneak into the visiting team's hotel and slip every player an Exlax the night before the game.
Recruit better - especially for the front 7 - and do a better job of developing the talent that we do get. The front 4 and linebackers need to be bigger, stronger, and better athletes. There is a HUGE talent gap, on both the defensive front and the offensive line, between PSU and schools like OSU, MSU, Michigan, and Wisconsin - and its not all recruiting. A lot of it is how the talent is developed. Wisconsin and Iowa are two schools that routinely have great linemen, on both sides of the ball, and they seldom have a top 25 recruiting class. Franklin and his staff need to prove that they can get similar results - another 2-3 years should be more than enough time to conclude if coaching is the issue as well.
