[NU Sports] perspective and sutton

[Jonathan Michael Hawkins]

Hear, hear!  McGee gets a pass from me all year for any playcalling 
issues, so I'll just say that I hope that he feels comfortable enough with 
his QBs to call some down-the-field passes in the upcoming games.  We'll 
need them to open up the other facets of our game.

Jonathan

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, Jonathan Hodges wrote:

> Sutton was the key guy in the 'Cats' 3rd quarter scoring drive,
> ripping off multiple runs of 10+ yards.  If he doesn't have 8+ guys on
> him at the line of scrimmage, then he can do nice things.  I'm not
> sure what strategy the coaching staff is planning on going with for
> the rest of the season, but this extremely conservative play calling
> (runs from RB and QB and some passes shorter than 5 yards only) will
> lead us nowhere.  These QBs will eventually have to prove themselves,
> and severely limiting their options will not help in that regard.
>
> Jonathan
>
> On 9/17/06, Brad Wilson <bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> OK, yes, the offense was horrible versus Eastern
>> Michigan. Dull, plodding, predictable.
>> 
>> But what should we expect, realistically?
>> 
>> 1) We lost one of the best QBs to ever play at NU to
>> graduation, plus a decent o-lineman and two talented
>> receivers. The leadership lost may well have been
>> worse than the talent.
>> 
>> 2) Then we lose Coach Walker, one of most innovative
>> offensive minds of his generation, and the offensive
>> coordinator who directed the show.
>> 
>> 3) Then the only QB who had a smidgen of experience
>> and who was the no. 1 QB in the spring goes down with
>> a nagging injury, along with a top receiver.
>> 
>> 4) That leaves 2 inexperienced redshirt freshmen to
>> play QB and a gap at wideout.
>> 
>> 5) Since the playcalling is designed (in my view
>> correctly, for now) to protect the young QBs and limit
>> their mistakes, we're almost never throwing down the
>> field (how many times did we do this Saturday? Five?
>> Maybe?)
>> 
>> So the result is a offense lacking experience and
>> confidence, led by green QBs that has one strength:
>> running the ball. Unfortunately, everyone else knows
>> this, and the result is (and will be) eight-man
>> fronts. While the offensive line is talented and
>> experienced, it cannot open holes against eight- and
>> nine-man fronts on a consistent basis. Last season,
>> the respect for Basanez, Philmore, Fields, etc.,
>> opened up lanes in the running game. Remember Coach
>> Walker said he used the spread to run the ball first?
>> It's harder to do when there's no downfield passing
>> game.
>> 
>> So I wouldn't quite blame the offensive line totally,
>> not yet. Frankly, given what the offense has gone
>> through, the struggles are very predictable.
>> 
>> I do have a question: why wasn't Sutton getting the
>> ball in the fourth quarter? You wonder if he's somehow
>> in the doghouse. I hope not. While Jordan is a nice
>> back, Sutton is special. He needs to have the ball.
>> 
>> Brad Wilson
>> 
>> 
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>> process of law.
>> 
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>> 
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Jonathan Michael Hawkins
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Northwestern University
WCAS '03,  Law '09