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(08-31-2013 11:14 PM)BlazerUnit Wrote:  the likes of Troy.

The point was correctly made earlier. Troy is a better team than UAB. To keep acting like they are somehow beneath us is makes you sound like this guy

(08-31-2013 11:46 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 11:14 PM)BlazerUnit Wrote:  the likes of Troy.

The point was correctly made earlier. Troy is a better team than UAB. To keep acting like they are somehow beneath us is makes you sound like this guy

Some seem to think that being the better team means the team that wins. Not true, and there are countless examples at UAB and elsewhere that would support that not being the case.

(08-31-2013 11:55 PM)Blazer85 Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 11:46 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 11:14 PM)BlazerUnit Wrote:  the likes of Troy.

The point was correctly made earlier. Troy is a better team than UAB. To keep acting like they are somehow beneath us is makes you sound like this guy

Some seem to think that being the better team means the team that wins. Not true, and there are countless examples at UAB and elsewhere that would support that not being the case.

At the end of the day the point is to win ballgames. The way you measure that is points on the board, and at the end of a series of games you look at the W/L percentage. Compare all those numbers between Troy and UAB and tell me exactly how UAB is the better team.

Troy was NOT a better team than UAB for 2/3 of tonight's game and the score proves that. The staff needs to find what caused the team to regress in the last 1/3 of the game into its old ways and give it up to a team that did not beat us until we decayed in our level of play and mental toughness. UAB WON the first 2/3 of tonight's game but lost its way in the last 1/3 of it. it's too late to "fire" any more players from the team to change its "culture of losing".

(09-01-2013 12:12 AM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  Troy was NOT a better team than UAB for 2/3 of tonight's game and the score proves that. The staff needs to find what caused the team to regress in the last 1/3 of the game into its old ways and give it up to a team that did not beat us until we decayed in our level of play and mental toughness. UAB WON the first 2/3 of tonight's game but lost its way in the last 1/3 of it. it's too late to "fire" any more players from the team to change its "culture of losing".

Hell, I can tell you: penalties. We had a damn 1st and 35 at one point.

(08-31-2013 10:53 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

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(08-31-2013 10:26 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  The term onside kick needs to be banned from BlazerTalk for the next week. It did not cost the game. It resulted in a 3 point swing when there was a 14 point lead.

It's the one thing that people who want to blame the coach can point to.

I can point to a few more things:

1. Subbing out a hot QB just to follow some script.

2. Clock management

3. Not recruiting a single impact defensive lineman (for the second year in a row) after this was such a glaring weak spot last season. It is still a glaring weak spot.

4. Over 100 yards in penalties, after being penalty prone last season, is a characteristic of an unfocused, undisciplined team.

So last year he was a bad coach because he played Brown instead of Perry. This year, he's a bad coach because he played perry instead of brown.

It was poor coaching last year for playing Brown while he was having to limp to and from the sidelines (and he held onto the ball too long). Tonight it was a poor decision to switch because we had scored TDs on our first two possessions...so why bring in the backup on the 3rd drive? If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Losing Backman hurt more than many realize. The 3rd qtr we were okay because the game had a back and forth flow to it. But in the 4th qtr when things got tense and we needed a play and some offensive toughness we really could have used Kennard. Troy practically ignored the TE and their defense tightened up. We could not run the ball - Backman blocks like an OL.

(09-01-2013 08:10 AM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  Losing Backman hurt more than many realize. The 3rd qtr we were okay because the game had a back and forth flow to it. But in the 4th qtr when things got tense and we needed a play and some offensive toughness we really could have used Kennard. Troy practically ignored the TE and their defense tightened up. We could not run the ball - Backman blocks like an OL.

Exactly what I was saying. Sure we should be able to win as a team in spite of losing some key players, but losing Humphrey before kickoff and Backman were big blows to the offense. They are arguably our two best offensive players. Humphrey has Nelson like speed and a taller, bigger frame. With him out there, we could really have aired things out. Backman is a huge threat. He's big, fast and sure handed.

Not sure if having those two would definitely have resulted in a different outcome, but no question it limited us tremendously on offense.

Backman will be back we know. My concern is Humphrey. The NCAA needs to make their ruling quickly so we can get a playmaker of his caliber on the field for the LSU game.

(08-31-2013 10:37 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 10:35 PM)gadblaze Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 10:26 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  The term onside kick needs to be banned from BlazerTalk for the next week. It did not cost the game. It resulted in a 3 point swing when there was a 14 point lead.

You don't kick an onside kick when you have a 14 point lead! Football not 101 but 001. Ask any coach, except McGee and his staff.

Yeah, totally ignore the piss poor defense, the 13 for 100+ yards penalties, and the piss poor time management. It was the onside kick.

The onside kick killed a little thing called MOMENTUM..not to mention the 3 point swing was the 3 points we needed to win the football game. Onside kick wasn't the sole reason we lost but was a huge swing. Coaching was piss poor.

I feel sorry for the players becAuse they played good enough to win even with the penalties and defensive miscues. We don't know how to win is the main problem plain and simple.

(09-01-2013 10:09 AM)4thDownBlazer Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 10:37 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 10:35 PM)gadblaze Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 10:26 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  The term onside kick needs to be banned from BlazerTalk for the next week. It did not cost the game. It resulted in a 3 point swing when there was a 14 point lead.

You don't kick an onside kick when you have a 14 point lead! Football not 101 but 001. Ask any coach, except McGee and his staff.

Yeah, totally ignore the piss poor defense, the 13 for 100+ yards penalties, and the piss poor time management. It was the onside kick.

The onside kick killed a little thing called MOMENTUM..not to mention the 3 point swing was the 3 points we needed to win the football game. Onside kick wasn't the sole reason we lost but was a huge swing. Coaching was piss poor.

I feel sorry for the players becAuse they played good enough to win even with the penalties and defensive miscues. We don't know how to win is the main problem plain and simple.

That's BS.

Whose to say they wouldn't have scored on that drive anyway. We screamed and yelled because the previous two coaches were too conservative. I'm glad he takes chances. He was using the momentum we had and the surprise of an onsides kick at that point. Had it worked, he would have been hailed as genius.

The players didn't play well enough to win in the 4th quarter when they gave up a 14 point lead by chop blocking, holding and poor tackling.

And the way you win is taking risks, tackling, and don't make stupid penalties.

In hindsight it's easy to point to the onsides kick as a costly mistake but I don't think it was that bad of a decision at the time in the game
It happened. I thought the coaching WAS bad with respect to timeouts and gametime management down the stretch.

Hopefully that improves.

(09-01-2013 10:37 AM)Blazer85 Wrote:  In hindsight it's easy to point to the onsides kick as a costly mistake but I don't think it was that bad of a decision at the time in the game
It happened. I thought the coaching WAS bad with respect to timeouts and gametime management down the stretch.

Hopefully that improves.

Last night was the first time I got that "Uh Oh" feeling about McGee and the on-sides kick call isn't what started it. It was the performance of the team and the coaching in the fourth quarter.

He has plenty of time to change my mind but he is off to a very rough start to his head coaching career.

+1, Green. +1.

(08-31-2013 10:39 PM)LairDweller Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 10:35 PM)gadblaze Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 10:26 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  The term onside kick needs to be banned from BlazerTalk for the next week. It did not cost the game. It resulted in a 3 point swing when there was a 14 point lead.

You don't kick an onside kick when you have a 14 point lead! Football not 101 but 001. Ask any coach, except McGee and his staff.

That huge 3 point swing (which may have happened anyway) was certainly the main reason we lost

The 9 points in missed goals were more important than an onsides kick, which apparently I was in the bathroom for.

(08-31-2013 11:46 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  The point was correctly made earlier. Troy is a better team than UAB.

Not so this year.

Or the 35 yards in penalties that took us out of FG range for a FG that may have iced it. Everything was correctable.

Damn. Yes we had momentum. There was blood in the water and McGee was going for the kill.

A little too aggressive, maybe? Sure. It's a genius/idiot call. If it works, you're a genius. If not...

I like a coach with the cajones to take a shot like that. I prefer him to whoever was calling plays when we had the ball with 3 minutes to play.

In my opinion, UAB should take an unrelenting style of offense. They do much better when they are playing to score points, and not playing keep away with the football to run down the clock. I think what the blazers needs are big wins; this will rally both the fans and the team.

(09-01-2013 01:39 PM)nicknitro19 Wrote:  In my opinion, UAB should take an unrelenting style of offense. They do much better when they are playing to score points, and not playing keep away with the football to run down the clock. I think what the blazers needs are big wins; this will rally both the fans and the team.

I nominate nicknitro19 for UAB Athletics Director.

Name one successful Head coach that would call an on sides kick in that situation. Most win games without taking dumb chances like that. At that point, there was no reason to take a risk like that. NO REASON!!!!