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Game Day Thread EWU @ Idaho Wk 4

Obzerver said:
arrows point to whoever is calling plays. Unless eb3 has been hurt why has he been kept from doing what he does best. 3.5 games and they finally get him running and good things happen. Worst set of plays to not get a td outta that. oh my
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yep
 
A few things I noticed so far this year. 1. Our offense sucks and has zero creativity and easy to guard. 2. Our defense is as bad as I’ve ever seen and I’ve had season tickets for over 20 years. 3. Our offensive line was supposed to be a strength this year and they get their asses kicked play after play. This loss would be sooo much worse if we didn’t have EB3 to escape the jailbreak. 4. Special teams are awful. Punting better this week but other teams are guaranteed at least 35 yard line if they return the kick. At least. 5. Having defensive ends standing up and playing a pseudo OLB is dumb and doesn’t work. DT’s are soft and nobody can tackle. I mean we really are horrible tackling.
But I would say the real failure is the coaching staff-all of them. They are going through the motions hoping the amazing athletes will cover up their incompetence. AB Just was just made a fool by the worst coach in the Big Sky. No discipline in this team. I’m not just being pissed but we probably beat UNC and Cal Poly but after that every other game We’re the underdog. And I’m including PSU in that. Very sad that these kids will be blamed by the coaches when the coaching staff needs to take a long look in the mirror. Forgive spelling and grammar typing on my phone.
 
56n92 said:
A few things I noticed so far this year. 1. Our offense sucks and has zero creativity and easy to guard. 2. Our defense is as bad as I’ve ever seen and I’ve had season tickets for over 20 years. 3. Our offensive line was supposed to be a strength this year and they get their asses kicked play after play. This loss would be sooo much worse if we didn’t have EB3 to escape the jailbreak. 4. Special teams are awful. Punting better this week but other teams are guaranteed at least 35 yard line if they return the kick. At least. 5. Having defensive ends standing up and playing a pseudo OLB is dumb and doesn’t work. DT’s are soft and nobody can tackle. I mean we really are horrible tackling.
But I would say the real failure is the coaching staff-all of them. They are going through the motions hoping the amazing athletes will cover up their incompetence. AB Just was just made a fool by the worst coach in the Big Sky. No discipline in this team. I’m not just being pissed but we probably beat UNC and Cal Poly but after that every other game We’re the underdog. And I’m including PSU in that. Very sad that these kids will be blamed by the coaches when the coaching staff needs to take a long look in the mirror. Forgive spelling and grammar typing on my phone.
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All valid points. Would add: The team came out flat because they saw the same film coaches did and didn't believe in the game plan. Trust also becomes an issue. Can't say there is any guaranteed path back if coaches don't address their own shortcomings.
 
Our DL is as bad as I can remember in ages. I mean, they are rotten. Zero penetration, inability to tackle, don't line up right, the whole 9 yards. Our DL coach was promoted to defensive coordinator, and his kids are the worst on the field. If the talent is that bad at DL, we should've considered going into the JCs just to get a game-ready player. I'm astounded how bad that unit looks, especially after making big strides last year.

Offensively, it appears we made some good adjustments in the second half, but were so desperately behind at that point it didn't matter. If I'm Best, I'm telling Shoemaker if Barriere goes a single drive without taking the ball up field at least one play, he's going to take the offense to another coordinator. Everyone knew his feet were his strength, and it took 3 and a half games for us to actually utilize them. The perpetual mediocrity of the OL is a problem, but for Gawd's sake, help them out by making your QB move a little. Schlichting is a penalty machine; this needs to stop.

The scary part was I knew in the back of my head this was going to happen today. You don't see a total quit job like we saw last week not bleed into the following week. It's going to take character and fortitude to get back to a winning season (no reason to even talk about playoffs at this point), so we'll see what we've got next week. Right now, I'm very concerned about the direction of this team.
 
Maybe we will learn to not schedule such crap out of conference games....4 games, 3 on the road, only home game was against a D2....

Team looked tired and uninterested today...disappointed to say the least
 
" Idaho Vandals? Fuck it, I'm just gonna go camping for the weekend."

Get to a place with signal.

Check the score.

"Honey, I now have a goal to get you a life insurance check here soon."
 
marceagfan5 said:
Maybe we will learn to not schedule such crap out of conference games....4 games, 3 on the road, only home game was against a D2....

Team looked tired and uninterested today...disappointed to say the least
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Disappointed is the right word. On paper, this team should have been really good. Now we're staring at the worst season since 2006. I think this team has enough to get back on track, but it's going to take a serious restructuring of what we do. Offensively, we seemed to get on track after spending vacation days on the previous four quarters, and it starts with getting Barriere to use his feet. Defensively, I have no idea what to do. I look at the guys on the field and don't know quite how to make them play better. We are so bad in a few positions that we're going to be exploited over and over.

Of course, the problem is compounded by the fact we ALWAYS have epidemic levels of injuries. I don't know how we can have injury crises every single year; it seems like a systemic problem that disproportionately affects Eastern compared to nearly every one we play.
 
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