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Post by inhocsigno on Oct 12, 2018 19:01:05 GMT -5
Was not a horse collar. His hand was clearly on jersey. These Refs are horrible.
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Post by inhocsigno on Oct 12, 2018 18:59:54 GMT -5
Could that flag be any later.
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Post by inhocsigno on Oct 12, 2018 18:45:04 GMT -5
Keep feeding Oliver, then PA to Bell.
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Post by inhocsigno on Oct 12, 2018 18:40:18 GMT -5
Harvard OL is doing a good bit of blatant holding (not regular everyday holding) on these zone runs.
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Post by inhocsigno on Oct 12, 2018 18:27:20 GMT -5
Not a catch. Harvard getting a lot of home cooking by the refs today.
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Post by inhocsigno on Oct 11, 2018 12:06:34 GMT -5
Not again. Equus mortuus est. We know you three don't like these games.
Out of curiosity anyone else here afraid - X (sorry - check that), embarrassed -X (sorry - did it again), opposed to these FBS games?
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Post by inhocsigno on Oct 8, 2018 7:50:35 GMT -5
Holy Cross (I am only here for the purple).
Colgate
Lehigh
Monmouth
GTown
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Post by inhocsigno on Oct 1, 2018 14:18:54 GMT -5
inhocsigno I had a 3.4 in high school with an 1140 SAT (prior to writing test). When I got to HC, I didn't have to go on an academic interview prior to being accepted and thought it was a little odd (since everyone else was). Once I enrolled, I started getting all these emails/notices from the Black Student Union and other minority groups. Allen's staff had passed me through admissions as an "African American". True Story There were plenty of guys with a lot lower scores than that on the SAT, regardless of their race. The lowest scores on our team were white guys from Ohio, some of which are still my best friends - Also a true story. Once you leave the confines of the prep and catholic school circuit, there are not many qualified public school kids in football hotbeds of FL, TX , CA, etc. P.S. Everyone loves Dugan. HC should give him an ambassadorship to the DC metro area for purposes of recruiting kids. |
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Post by inhocsigno on Oct 1, 2018 13:09:25 GMT -5
@4crusader3 - no argument for most of the above. I don't think the talent level has greatly increased since scholarships, as all of the people you named, and many others, would be starting now. We were also playing in time with many guys getting full rides via fin aid, grants, etc. Logically, the scholarship era should create more depth, i.e. better players across the roster and not needing to rely on the few great players (and fewer stars) that come through each year.
The main issue that I see is not that all recruits are not hungry, from the video game generation, soft social media personas, etc., but rather that most of the real hungry players are traditionally from places and schools that don't produce players with the academic credentials to get admitted. There is a finite pool of academically eligible players that are also the types of football players we need and want. We need solid recruiting to get those guys to commit here instead of taking some lower FBS offer, or going to other PL/IL schools.
Another feature of past success has been the quality of the assistant coaches and coordinators - as you mention above. Every winning season we have add over the last 20 years was marked with high quality coaching. Quinn, Fipp, Williams, Rodgers, etc. This was even more prevalent in the 80's - Duffner, Allen, Sherman, Whitey, Bradley, etc.
We have some good talent on this team now. However, on offense, the talent is not being utilized properly and that is a coaching issue.
I think Chesney will be successful and he needs some time to get there, but I am in full agreement that Murphy is not the OC to help him get there. This is evident with the play calling and scheme. Rather than rebuilding and improving, we seem to be playing worse week to week. It is time for a change on offense.
I would start with the OC (I know Ari and played with him, but don't know Smith and will take your word), and move temporary to a Pass Game Coordinator (Confessor) & Run Game Coordinator (Smith) with joint planning and one of them making game day calls to the extent Chesney is not calling the plays. Next I would change the QB - go back to Bell to use his athletic ability or put in one of the young guys (presumably one of them is a gamer as it is pretty difficult to whiff on 5 scholarships in one position).
I have never put too much blame on the coaches in the past, supporting Gilmore and Allen even in the lean years. However, this year is different. The play calling and QB play are the main reasons for the disappointing results. I think 90% of our problems are on offensive play calling. We are predictable and not using the talent we do have, especially at the WR position. In the absnece of a very athletic QB, you cannot run the spread. If we were back to running a West Coast/Run and Shoot variant, we could at least get the ball in the hands in Bell, DeNicola, etc. and get Cozier in space. The D has some good players, but leaving them on the field for more than 1/2 the game without scoring points is a lose - lose, especially when depth is an issue.
Dartmouth is a better team than I gave them credit for, and will likely win the IL. The Bucknell game was embarrassing. They are a bad team, and accordingly, we are a bad team right now. I think the season can be salvaged by changing the OC, then simply showing improvement week to week, winning the remainder of the PL games and splitting UNH and Harvard. A win over Harvard would be great, as they are not the team they have been in the past. Call me a keg half full guy, but 6-5 is an attainable result at this point.
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Post by inhocsigno on Oct 1, 2018 6:05:26 GMT -5
I played with some kids from top div III programs on the US National Team back in 2007 and we would get ABSOLUTELY SMOKED by schools like Mount Union right now. Despite what most fans think, national powerhouses at the Div II and Div III level could easily dominate majority of the FCS outside of the Big Sky and CAA in 2018. These schools have had a successful system in place for years and find kids that want to win. If you believe otherwise, you may be "delusional". Disagreee - There are some exceptional players at every level, but DIII is still DIII |
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Post by inhocsigno on Oct 1, 2018 6:03:42 GMT -5
DA - HC would win by 21, even with Murphy calling plays and our current QB situation. Our JV teams used to beat the likes of Assumption and Bentley varsity squads without the benefit of practices, non-hungover players and full compliment of coaches. |
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 30, 2018 22:46:12 GMT -5
Without personally attacking Mr. Foley, as the Dean thought I was when I said get out here with his opinion that assumption could beat HC, and then Wormer told me to go start my board if I wanted to say get out of here re same, let me be clear to Mr Foley that I apologize if he thought was attacking him personally, when I was simply saying that his opinion is a load of sh*t. Oh, I don't care about you attacking me but there are players over at Assumption that could easily star at Holy Cross right now. First one is Deonte Harris who is only 5'6 but has 22 catches for an average of 20.4 yards per catch. He also returns kicks and punts as teams are NOT letting him return kicks at all. He has only two kickoff returns for an average of 16 yards per return while on punts he has a 28.3 yard average in six attempts. He is averaging 130 all-purpose yards a game. I know the strategy that Kutztown was doing with him was to put it out of bounds on punts and kick it to an up back. Lets be honest, there isn't a huge difference between playing in one of the top D-2 programs in the country or the bottom of the Patriot League. Playing vs. DII competition can make a lot players look good. Of course, there are players at that level that can play at the next level and even higher, but for the most part, they playing there for a reason. You are simply delusional. |
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 30, 2018 22:12:51 GMT -5
I will make three additional observations. 1.) The opening kickoff was returned from 2-3 yards deep in the endzone by a player not named K. Raymond. He struggled to get to the 16 yard line. Unless the film showed Bucknell's kickoff team to be ponderously slow, he should have been instructed to take a knee. That is coaching. 2.) Last year, Cole Tracy attempted 29 FG. This year, through five games, HC kickers have attempted three. 3.) Assumption is 4-1. Their one loss was to Kutztown by four points., Kutztown is a traditionally strong team. In each of their four victories, the Greyhounds have not scored fewer than 49 points. What all three suggest to me is that coaches whose entire experience is in Div II and III have not yet adjusted to the speed and recognition ability of defenses in Division !. . Since I have actually seen Assumption this season and the two years previously in addition to Holy Cross I can speak to this. Assumption has DEPTH in the athletic positions and will be sending a wide receiver to an NFL camp in the summer of 2019 while their QB's can run Chesney's system. The Cole Tracy comment is a little bit out of line though as the kid is currently kicking in the SEC and was the top kicker in D-2 AND D-3 in the nation last season while playing for a powerhouse program. Kutztown dominated the first half of that Assumption game until the greyhounds found their footing and came back on them. They just put themselves in too deep of a hole to come back from. And yes, I believe Assumption beats Holy Cross if they played right now by a score of 35-10. Without personally attacking Mr. Foley, as the Dean thought I was when I said get out here with his opinion that assumption could beat HC, and then Wormer told me to go start my board if I wanted to say get out of here re same, let me be clear to Mr Foley that I apologize if he thought was attacking him personally, when I was simply saying that his opinion is a load of sh*t. |
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 30, 2018 21:36:49 GMT -5
I have been warned by Dean Wormer twice for the same post, which simply said to get out here with that dumb opinion. The dean deleted the post - fascism - so let me be clear without profanity. Anyone who thinks that Assumption could beat HC is crazy. It is an asinine position.
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 30, 2018 21:05:26 GMT -5
I need to make up some ground, so:
Colgate
Lehigh
G-Town
Holy Cross (Murphy gets a stomach bug and cannot show up for the game, Ari gets the call).
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 30, 2018 15:54:41 GMT -5
This is a great schedule- I love ending with the PL slate
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 29, 2018 18:41:34 GMT -5
To succeed with the spread in college, you need an athletic QB. Our QB’s are not athletic. Period. Wade is a better passer than Clifford. Clifford obviously won the job because he is more athletic/quicker. Neither should be our starting QB. Put Bell back in and let him use his legs to move the chains.
Mr. Spread em and shred em should be the OC for the lowest division high school in MA. I turned it off after the 10th call where the QB runs toward the receiver and throws to him behind the line.
JFC - we had better calls when we ran screens every other play under Marino or Pedone.
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 29, 2018 14:55:52 GMT -5
This offense is beyond awful.
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 26, 2018 14:46:00 GMT -5
I would hardly equate getting $1,000,000 to play football against Oregon as getting #$@&^*!ed. Its called a gift. P.S. I think a better movie metaphor to support your position would be Indecent Proposal. |
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 25, 2018 11:58:06 GMT -5
southernsader. OK OK. I'll give you that about ND, the flagship of Catholic higher education and BC a school that has greatly improved. But, these two fine schools do make academic compromises as of necessity to field big time teams. HC continues to follow the IL policy of fielding teams with student-athletes who are in total academically representative of the student body. IL athletes (last least football and BB) are not representative of the student body. Admissions are relaxed for athletes - obviously. |
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 25, 2018 7:21:12 GMT -5
Interested to know Butash's QB coach is former USC (Gamecock) QB Steven Garcia.
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 24, 2018 7:30:39 GMT -5
Brown
CCSU
Colgate
HC
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 22, 2018 15:47:01 GMT -5
This is the worst spread offense ever. Play one of the young QB’s to get them ready for next year, or put Bell back at QB and have him run some.
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 22, 2018 14:29:19 GMT -5
HC plays the long game- we set that up by only throwing to the TE once in 4 games |
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 22, 2018 14:24:14 GMT -5
Dartmouth up 20-0 ... on first downs! That's insane. And up 361-34 ... on total yards. And that is with Dartmouth playing it very conservatively the second half of the quarter. Are we afraid to throw (given the early interceptions)? Maybe coaches are not confident in Wade (after all, Chesney opened the season with Clifford...who has struggled)? You would have to be related to have any confidence in those two QB’s. |
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