I don't buy the "unprepared" or "lacking passion/effort" mantra. It's far simpler than that
Riley Leonard should not be the QB, period. End of story.
Had Steve Angeli been named starter, this game yesterday would have been at least a two-touchdown margin. I'm giving NIU some credit here for beating the spread because they're probably not that bad of a team.
I'm also blaming Denbrock largely for the loss. His playcalling was terrible.
Finally, my 2¢ on Freeman. I believe he puts far too much faith in Denbrock's ability and he bought into what Denbrock was selling. He should admit he whiffed on Leonard (and privately Denbrock) and start Angeli next week. But...of course he won't. As for Angeli, I've never understood the disdain for him. All he does every time he plays is produce at a high level. Give him a chance.
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Of course you don't, because your born loser mentality requires you to litter the board defending
the 'little guy' HC choice that you championed for.
This ^^^
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Denbrock is not the problem. Freeman is.
He won’t kick the crutch on portal QBs.
He can’t recruit elite receivers.
His team’s execution is inconsistent.
Nick Saban isn’t an idiot.
Neither is Denbrock.
WRONG!
Denbrock’s play calling was horrible. Jeremiah Love having 11 carries was ridiculous. After the TD, he had the momentum, and they should have kept feeding him.
Freeman recruited three top WRs according to recruiting services two years ago. Rico, in particular, looked quite good. . Two transferred or, as some think, may have been asked to transfer due to activities with the former coach.
Cam Williams was one of the top WRs a year ago. Micah Gilbert may prove to be better than anticipated.
This year we expected meadows, and he went for the $$$s. That’s not Freeman’s fault.
We've seen the same shit in 3 different seasons now, 3 different OCs...problem starts at the top
I know many don't wanna admit it because we like the guy (I like him too, a LOT) but we've seen this movie before and know how it ends, he's not it.
Things will start to spiral downward this year or next and recruiting will follow suit. The longer it takes to accept this as reality the more time we waste and damage we do that the replacement has to deal with.
Play calling was good enough to win. Execution was awful.
Dropped balls. Half-assed throws. Holding penalties.
O line being blown off the ball on run plays. Exactly what plays would you have called differently?
Team execution is on the HC.
Denbrock hampered by Leonard's inadequacies. But still called a crap game.
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Execution was awful.
Holding penalties. Receivers dropping balls.
QB missing wide open WRs.
Line being blown off the ball.
Agree mostly. But Carr is the future. Time to develop him.
We won't change the script with anything but a potential star QB. If that's Angelli fine, but Carr seems to have the tools.
Yes sir. Start Angelli and mix in Carr or switch to him if job not getting done.
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Dunno, same guy who beat A&M by ten. Our line got better in that game. Not in this one. He’s not the
answer but should have been good enough to shit out a win at home against a MAC team. Reminds me of the Toledo game a few years back, cept pulled that one out.
Same guy wasn't that great in last week's win.
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Correct, but should have been good enough to win this game at home. Wasn’t great last week, but this
one was a shit show masterpiece. Time for a change. If there is a future at QB, it’s Carr. Why can guys like Matt R realize this but our coaching crowd can’t?
Yep, some heat should be on the Oline coach.
They look terrible.