I realize it's only been one game but once again it appears as if BK & Co. may not have
the best players on the field. Right now a couple of injuries play into this also. Tremble is good, Mayer is very good. Tremble had several drops. Wilkins needs to be on the field. Foskey needs to be on the field. McKinley needs to be in the field. Since we are fairly deep at the position, any receiver not fighting to get open every play needs to sit. Lenzy and Austin are no-brainers to be on the field but are dinged. Others?
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It's not the receivers because they were open last week.
The OL undoubtedly needs to be better especially at the interior, where they seemed to catch their blocks and not fire off the ball, get low and drive their guys back. Book missed almost two sure touchdown's and possibly a third with the missed screen to Williams. If he connects with Keys and doesn't miss a wide open Tremble (or maybe it was Keys) we're having a different conversation. This Saturday though, no excuses. Can't blame the rust any longer.
Wide open deep a couple of times and he tucked and ran...
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Game 1 game plan was almost pure vanilla. You could hear it coming when BK in the pregame said
"We want to do the ordinary things extraordinarily well." So we got lots of first down tuns up the middle that went nowhere and drop-back passing plays that were easily defended. Then when they got some misdirection going, everything opened up. I think it's more a matter of game-planning and not wanting to show too much against inferior athletes. I would expect more of the same this week. I hope getting Lenzy back will mean we have another athlete (like Williams at RB and Mayer at TE) who can turn vanilla into real sweetness.
Everyone you mentioned who was not injured was on the field, so what, exactly is your point?
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I'm talking about actually starting.
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Johnson and Watts could have played.
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How did they look in practice? Do they know their routes? Can they block?
High potential, but true freshman, who didn't get spring practice. Do you really believe the coaches sit better players just because? If so, why did they play Mayer?
Those things are not important to people who just want to bitch and Moan.
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I don't think it matters, with the weak link being QB play, we need superb Oline play
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Other than the run problems in the first quarter the OL played well and graded out well.
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You're right and as typical of every Brian Kelly season he has an unexplainable differing opinion.
His depth chart management and game day rosters leave a lot to be desired and a lot of talent sitting on the bench. I'm almost hairless from all the head scratching. He caters to mediocrity when he has excellence available.
maybe he's just seen a bit more of all these players than we have?!? LOL...
...I understand the frustration. If Tremble has another game like that, and Mayer tears it up, OK. But it was the first game after an unprecedented offseason - let's see how Saturday goes. I hope to heck they shine.
Which healthy players should have played more against Duke?
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I'm making more of a point of BK consistently benching his talent each year. Kind of fits the bill.
Would Joe Williams have played without injury? Doubtful. What about the FR that are soooooo good? Why not give them a shot when we are in a depleted injury situation? What could be worse than them running a route where they are nothing but covered. This seems to happen anyway with our #1 WRs...
Face it, you don't like Brian Kelly and think you are being a good fan by complaining about him in
the vast majority of your posts.
I think BK is a fine AD and program builder. He leaves a lot to be desired on game day. You can't
argue the dog house doesn't exist and he tends to sit his better players for almost stupid reasons. If you can, you're just seeing what you want to see and not what is. It's been discussed very well over the years by more than just me.
At this point, it's almost a running joke. What top talent is Kelly going to put in his dog house this season?
My problem with it is that it's costly to the record.
"What could be worse?" Throwing the ball to open space because the receiver runs the wrong route.
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I'll take the over on that happening very rarely.
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Which players were healthy who didn’t play?
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Discussed in the opening comments from above. See NDavenue
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WR Jordan Johnson.
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