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Sycamorefan96 said:
Oh, I completely agree with you. That's why I stated on post #9 that I don't think Bath is entirely the problem. I think he's running the exact offense his boss wants him to run. The only way out offense will improve is if Mallory hires someone that knows what they're doing and he stays completely out of the offense, because his offensive mindset of trying to run the ball right up the middle 85% of the time just doesn't work here.

If Mallory wants to run run run then we need to install an offense similar to the academies, since it doesn't require linemen that are as good, because we aren't ever going to get good enough linemen to successfully run the "Michigan offense". We'd also have the advantage of being hard to prepare for since very few teams run that style of offense these days. It doesn't take much to figure out this current offense.

Will anything change today, this season, next season, or ever under Mallory? I seriously doubt it. Mallory is borderline insane thinking that one day this offense will somehow break through and give us what we need to have a winning season and make the playoffs. It's clear to me that he has no idea what he's doing and is on the Lansing plan of taking ISU's money and praying for a miracle. I want Mallory to turn things around and be successful, but I'm not sure Mallory has that same desire. Winning coaches will try anything to win, and loser coaches will be content to keep running the same old failed playbook over and over again.
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A good example is the Iowa football program. With Ferentz, they have one of the best defenses in college football year after year, but even with an OC change forced on Ferentz by the university, their offense is still mediocre and preventing the team from being a playoff contender. New OC, same overall HC philosophy. And all it would take for them to be an outside championship contender is an average offense and less conservative coach.
 

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bent20 said:
A good example is the Iowa football program. With Ferentz, they have one of the best defenses in college football year after year, but even with an OC change forced on Ferentz by the university, their offense is still mediocre and preventing the team from being a playoff contender. New OC, same overall HC philosophy. And all it would take for them to be an outside championship contender is an average offense and less conservative coach.
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At least Ferentz wins.

State doesn’t event get that.

Most people will accept the trade off of a conservative offense if it is resulting in wins and keeping you in games/competitive.

Mallory’s teams don’t seem to do either.
 
bent20 said:
OC changes rarely make a big difference if the coach and his preferences remain the same. Mallory likes a slow, plodding offense with little imagination and very little passing. That usually results in having a tough time recruiting good offensive talent (as does losing a lot).
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Agreed!
 

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It’s just run, run, run. Third and Six and run? It’s just head shaking predictable offense. Another round of cancel the program is coming.
 
Bluethunder said:
At least Ferentz wins.

State doesn’t event get that.

Most people will accept the trade off of a conservative offense if it is resulting in wins and keeping you in games/competitive.

Mallory’s teams don’t seem to do either.
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For sure. What I was trying to point out is even when it "works" it still holds a team back.
 
That's it. I'll not watch another minute of this half-assed excuse for a football team!
 

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Sycamorefan96 said:
My guess is that this is when our defense decides to take a break. That's what seems to usually happen.
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See how they are mixing up the plays? They are moving the ball by not just run, run, run. Just take care of the ball. D is stepping up.
 
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