[NU Sports] Oh oh (fwd)

[cherron604 at aol.com]

Calls to replace McGee aren't ridiculous - he has zero experience as an OC, and until Bacher started taking snaps, he hadn't shown very much this year.  Either he got real good AT THE EXACT moment that Bacher showed up, or a reasonable person might credit Bacher with the improvement (intead of McGee).
 
It looks alot more like McGee has developed an offense that functions fairly well with a good quarterback and skilled running backs, but once the opponent adjusts, McGee has few (or no) answers.
 
To label a game 'A Masterpiece' for the OC when he goes 23 minutes without scoring seems to be a reach.
 
And to say that OUR players stopped executing McGee's 'Masterpiece' (sic) is patently insulting to our players.
 
Ridiculous is siding with an inexperienced journeyman coordinator and implying that it was our players who failed by not executing his plan.  All season long it has not been our players not executing - it has been lousy (inherited) assistants not doing their job, and in the process letting down our players.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
 
 
 
 
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From: tkmaycock at yahoo.com
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Sent: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Oh oh (fwd)


> > Yes, Tyrell was in at the end, trying to run back the final
> kickoff.  Not sure about any others.

As I recall, Sutton and Cole were in only when NU was in a "possible
on-side kick" formation. They were positioned at about the 15. (No, I
don't think anyone expected MSU to onside kick, but it was an obvious
possiblity that had to be respected).

This formation ended up being unfortunate with the one MSU kick that
kind of stopped dead just short of the goal line (previous kicks had
gone in the end-zone), as Sutton had to scramble to pick it up and was
tacked deep in out territory. 

On the last two kicks, I believe our regular return team (McManis and,
I think, Conteh) were back deep. 

My only other comment is that I hope we won't hear any more of the
absolutely ridiculous calls to fire McGee (after only half a season,
WTF?????).  

McGee put on a masterpiece of offensive play calling that lasted up
until the players stopped executing. I think Rees' absence really ended
up hurting them down the stretch.

Very tough loss, but I hope the Cats take something positive from it.
It's a brutal road ahead, but it would be nice to see them squeeze out
another couple of wins. 

Tom

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