I've got a bunch of copes lined up

by HumanRobot , Cybertron, Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 10:21 (358 days ago) @ Larz

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Do we give him too much credit for gameplans against USC'23 and Clemson'22, when both those squads didn't turn out to be very good?
All the scheme and playcalling didn't hold up against the best offenses and might have been used against us
DL development hasn't felt great under his watch
Maybe we'll be better served going to a more vanilla setup for the next year or two

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Freeman's got so much riz they need to call him Aura Parseghian

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Why am I so annoyed we might lose Al Golden? - Larz, 2025-01-22, 10:14
- Here’s why I’m not mad at him - JD in Portland, 2025-01-22, 13:46
  - Right. We've been hoping he wouldn't leave to go back - BillyGoat, 2025-01-22, 14:19
- it would be nice to have a good DC stay longer than 3 years - Kyle, 2025-01-22, 12:14
  - Does that happen any more? Venables was at Clemson - BillyGoat, 2025-01-22, 12:28
    - true, I was hoping he could be Freeman's version of Venables - Kyle, 2025-01-22, 13:19
      - Me too. And I still think there's a chance. It seems like - BillyGoat, 2025-01-22, 13:30
        
        LOL. This didn't age well. Or, at least, not for long. - BillyGoat, 2025-01-22, 13:31
        
        Sounds like this might have been the only job - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2025-01-22, 13:39
- I'm less annoyed with every passing day - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2025-01-22, 11:41
  - Golden was a home run hire, though - Jay, 2025-01-22, 12:08
    - The good news is that Freeman doesn't need him as much now - Jeff (BGS), 2025-01-22, 13:17
    - Definitely not. There's an art first and foremost to - BillyGoat, 2025-01-22, 12:26
  - Are your concerns about Freeman specifically? Or are they - BillyGoat, 2025-01-22, 11:59
  - what have his biggest whiffs been? - Mike (bart), 2025-01-22, 11:58
    - I don't have concerns about hires he's made - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2025-01-22, 12:11
      - Why wouldn't he? - Jack, 2025-01-22, 13:06
        
        Saban 2.0 - JD in Portland, 2025-01-22, 14:00
      - The program is also in a very different spot - Mike (bart), 2025-01-22, 12:16
        
        I think we need to get a bit more Diaco-ish - HumanRobot, 2025-01-22, 12:18
        
        strong disagree - Mike (bart), 2025-01-22, 12:27
        
        Also, I think that we have to assume we will continue to - BillyGoat, 2025-01-22, 12:30
        
        Maybe more Diaco-ish in terms of having a ready-made - bpeters07, 2025-01-22, 12:29
        
        We had a ready made default. C-1 Robber - Mike (bart), 2025-01-22, 12:33
        
        thanks, that's what I was trying to say - HumanRobot, 2025-01-22, 12:32
    - Agreed. - KGB, 2025-01-22, 12:05
      - I think Golden was recommended to Freeman by Swarbrick - HumanRobot, 2025-01-22, 12:09
        
        true - Jay, 2025-01-22, 12:31
    - Totally agree. The "misses" all deserve at least an asterisk - BillyGoat, 2025-01-22, 12:02
- I really want to know what the hell he was thinking on D - Jay, 2025-01-22, 10:27
  - Coincidence? - Domer99, 2025-01-22, 10:58
    - I dunno - Jay, 2025-01-22, 11:03
      - I don’t love this take but - Dallasdomer, 2025-01-22, 11:26
        
        I completely disagree on Lea relative to Golden. - KGB, 2025-01-22, 11:41
        
        I think both DCs are excellent. I love the way Golden - BillyGoat, 2025-01-22, 11:55
        
        We will miss Golden if he leaves - DenverIrish, 2025-01-22, 12:33
  - Yes. - PMan, 2025-01-22, 10:34
  - We just couldn't get home on Howard. - KGB, 2025-01-22, 10:31
    - Howard's pocket presence was excellent too - bpeters07, 2025-01-22, 10:45
      - Especially because that pass was rushed and incomplete - CK08, 2025-01-22, 11:00
    - It felt like he was getting rid of the ball very quickly. - Grantland, 2025-01-22, 10:36
      - Which means receivers were open - Jack, 2025-01-22, 10:48
  - someone in Slack - HumanRobot, 2025-01-22, 10:31
    - is the Coach Cam a different feed than Skycast? - Jay, 2025-01-22, 10:48
      - Yeah - bpeters07, 2025-01-22, 11:09
        
        speaking of Ryan Harris - Jay, 2025-01-22, 11:14
        
        Awesome - bpeters07, 2025-01-22, 11:25
    - Coach cam showed Freeman having an extended conversation - bpeters07, 2025-01-22, 10:42
  - On the last 3rd down play where we blitzed 7 - Mike (bart), 2025-01-22, 10:30
    - how about the first TD - Jay, 2025-01-22, 11:09
      - Smith faked a reverse/end around - CK08, 2025-01-22, 11:41
      - the timeout usage generally was BAD - Mike (bart), 2025-01-22, 11:19
        
        I hated the timeout on OSU's last drive of the half - CK08, 2025-01-22, 11:43
        
        It was an aggressive call - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2025-01-22, 12:15
- Because it's the stupid, cheap-ass Bengals. - KGB, 2025-01-22, 10:26
  - Yes. Agreed. - Greg, 2025-01-22, 10:56
- I've got a bunch of copes lined up - HumanRobot, 2025-01-22, 10:21
  - Even if this isn’t exactly right - Dallasdomer, 2025-01-22, 13:09

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I've got a bunch of copes lined up