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13 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

This.  It’s the trap of being so committed to counter punching( taking what the defensive alignment “gives”) that you don’t develop a consistent identity(plays you execute with cutthroat skill) as an offense.  Sarks biggest failure IMPO

Yep. Sark is most definitely a numbers guy. 

Posted (edited)
5 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Can we stop talking about Arch last year as if it has any fucking relevance to the piece of shit product we’re seeing this year?

I think that people are just wondering WTF? Arch last year looked like someone you'd expect to be at least a competent QB. This year he mostly looks like someone only vaguely familiar with the rudiments of the position. I don't expect him to magically become better because of last year, but seriously--WTF? Did Sarkesian put him through some kind of Clockwork Orange conditioning? Does he now panic at the sight of a football?

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typo
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what poster used to make those video breakdowns each week that really helped some(like me) not bitch as much after seeing slow motion film of our offense and defense.

The poster you’re referring to, I think, was NeedsMoreBourbon.

Incredible content. If he’s still doing his thing somewhere, I would pay a solid subscription fee for his stuff.
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12 hours ago, Derka said:

the people who think that we should bench arch so that we can possibly win more games right now a)don’t seem to be picking up on how sark operates, b)making a wild assumption that any of our backups would be more effective, and c)are not realizing what it would mean to bench arch.

sark isn’t out here like, “oh shit i need to win right now, my seat is hot, better bench (see: alienate and send to the portal) the one guy i’ve built this entire program around!”. benching arch would mean that sark is admitting complete failure when it comes to his ability to coach up “the greatest qb prospect ever”, and that’s not how sark (or any coach) works.

arch is *the* focal point for this organization (as it were). the entire plan revolves around arch being the guy, and i’m sorry, but you don’t know shit shout coaches if you think they’re likely to just give up on “their guy” after seven games because it’s not going well. and to do so in this case would be blowing up the whole thing and starting from scratch. you think sark wants to give up on arch for the rest of this year and go into next year with more uncertainty than ever? stop thinking that this is about winning games today and start realizing that this is about sark seeing his plan to fruition, a plan which squarely revolves around arch manning.

There’s also the sunk cost fallacy though 

Posted
6 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

I mean, it's not the play call! 

Arch had plenty of fuckups in this game, no need to invent new ones. 

 

The play call? The rush is coming. You can see it out of the corner of your eye. Get rid of the football. What do you think coaches tell you to do in this situation vs a blitz? 

1) keep running the play and take the sack

2)abort the play and throw the ball away

3)throw the ball to the first available guy you see who is free

Posted
1 hour ago, scottsins said:


The poster you’re referring to, I think, was NeedsMoreBourbon.

Incredible content. If he’s still doing his thing somewhere, I would pay a solid subscription fee for his stuff.

Yes! I wonder if he lurks still or where he went. This is the season to get those breakdowns.

Posted
4 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Yes! I wonder if he lurks still or where he went. This is the season to get those breakdowns.

I don’t need a video breakdown to see a ball bounce at a receivers feet or the QB hold the ball for 4 seconds 

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Posted (edited)
6 hours ago, Tired Horn said:

I think that people are just wondering WTF? Arch last year looked like someone you'd expect to be at least a competent QB. This year he mostly looks like someone only vaguely familiar with the rudiments of the position. I don't expect him to magically become better because of last year, but seriously--WTF? Did Sarkesian put him through some kind of Clockwork Orange conditioning? Does he now panic at the sight of a football?

Look. To anyone who truly wants to know and isnt just look for an alternate reason to protect their own ego. Just go back and watch the Miss St game from last year. His best game. Miss St was such a bad team that it really didnt matter what we did because it was all working. They had no pass rush and couldn't stop the run. But if you watch it you can see the same issues. Arch had all day to throw but pay attention to how slowly he is going through his progressions. Pay attention to where in the route he is hitting guys. Intermediate throws are never on the break. Always at the middle or end of the route. Trying to take the top off the defense consistently. On his runs he stands back there forever and then takes off. Its all there. Even in his successes. We were too busy celebrating to see it. But if you were paying attention you said to yourself, he is going to have to speed that up if he hopes to remain upright against competent defenses. A little while later we saw all those issues come to fruition vs Georgia. So did Sark. Which is why he pulled him after two series and put Ewers back in there. 

Go on YouTube and watch the condensed version on Texas Clips. Speed past all the defense and just watch the offense. I honestly dont know how anyone is surprised at what they are seeing. Seriously. 

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1 hour ago, Thatguy said:

The play call? The rush is coming. You can see it out of the corner of your eye. Get rid of the football. What do you think coaches tell you to do in this situation vs a blitz? 

1) keep running the play and take the sack

2)abort the play and throw the ball away

3)throw the ball to the first available guy you see who is free

I like you and you're a smart guy, but you've lost the plot on this one. 

Wingo is the DECOY. Sark designed and called the play. You are asking Arch to abandon the play, instead of the OL to execute. 

Come back to reality. 

 

 

 

Posted
1 hour ago, Thatguy said:

The play call? The rush is coming. You can see it out of the corner of your eye. Get rid of the football. What do you think coaches tell you to do in this situation vs a blitz? 

1) keep running the play and take the sack

2)abort the play and throw the ball away

3)throw the ball to the first available guy you see who is free

This sounds like a Sark teaching problem. Quinn also struggled with recognizing the blitz and got drilled against Georgia before he could dump it off to the hot route. Quinn would also ignore open crossers in the middle of the field in favor of throwing screens behind the LOS. At least Quinn was quick enough to throw the screens, Arch can’t even do that.

The problems we were all bitching about with Quinn are magnified exponentially with Arch throwing it in the dirt and behind his receivers. Quinn wasn’t as terrible as Arch, but he would also throw it in a way where receivers would have to twist around and adjust to the ball behind them instead of putting the ball out in front of them. At least Quinn threw a catchable ball, Arch can’t even do that. This is all bad teaching by Sark and it’s showing even more because Arch is worse. It looks like the only reason Caldwell seems good is because his QB mind hasn’t been completely infected with Sark’s teaching methods. 

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