[NU Sports] perspective and sutton

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It seems a little too easy to give McGee a pass as OC - is it because it's his first year ?  Or he is breaking in a new QB ?  He was promoted to replace the departing OC, so I have to assume that somebody somewhere saw evidence that he was emminently qualified to do the job.  Where is it written that aspiring OC's get a pass in their first year of play-calling ?  They certainly don't get a pass everywhere.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
 
 
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From: spiritu at northwestern.edu
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Sent: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] perspective and sutton


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 
>> >> >> "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that >> accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due >> process of law. 
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-- Jonathan Michael Hawkins 
spiritu at northwestern.edu 
Northwestern University 
WCAS '03, Law '09 
 
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