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StirfryFirst time poster because I just canât hold it in any longer. Iâve been reading CC (wayyyy too much) for the last few months and I donât claim to have ½ the football IQ as some of you. Iâm BYU till I die though and go to almost every home game and i've enjoyed the discussions on here.
At risk of being black listed after my first post I wanted to bring up some coaching things that have been driving me crazy. I really like Bronco but I donât think he is without fault. Iâm not old enough to remember the 1980âs glory years so when I hear people talk about BYU of old I think of the 90âs and Crowton and it makes me appreciate Bronco even more. Iâve been reading the posts on if Bronco is a good coach or not and one thing thatâs been bugging me that I havenât seen discussed is going for 2- (Yes, you can always paint a picture where going for 1 is better than 2 or 2 better than 1 but it seems like itâs not even a consideration sometimes.)
Texas Game: We score to go up by 12 and kick the extra point. Lose by 1. (The exact same scenario happened in the Utah game in 2010. I hope they at least thought about going for 2 after the Utah game example. Yes, we could have missed it and lost 13-12 but if the other team hasnât moved the ball on you, arenât they more likely to get two fluky scoring drives for 14 than 3 scoring drives for 13?)
Utah State: BYU touch down brings the score to 24-19 with 10 minutes left. We kick the extra point to get within 4. Going for 2 would have allowed us to kick a field goal had Rileyâs tipped pass not been caught with 11 seconds left. (This could have easily been our 3rd loss out of 4 that we could have put into overtime using some strategy.)
TCU: Falslevâs return gets us within 16 points prior to the extra point. BYU goes for 1 bringing us within 15. I assume this is the theory of waiting to go for it to tie the game and not break the playersâ spirits by missing it early. However, if we go for it after the Falslev return and make it, we only need 14 to tie. If we miss it, we can make it up by going for 2 following the next two touchdowns (if we get the opportunity). By waiting to get 8 with your last touchdown to tie the game you canât make up for it if youâre not successful. (Unfortunately we only scored one more time and we gave up a field goal on that bogus head to head call.)
(Other coaching thorns in my side- Not having the correct shoes to play on artificial turf (TCU game). The receivers not knowing where to line up for the first 4 games. The seeming lack of unity with team Jake and team Riley. (This has to be on the coaches/team captains. D1 football should be about winning, not playing hard for the teammates you like the best.) Lack of emotion. I was so excited to see how viscous our defense looked at the beginning of the year. Thatâs how Utah looks every time they play us and we rarely look that way. After the first few games this year that intensity was gone.)
I donât know of any coach that would be willing to come to be BYU that Iâd trade Bronco for. However, the coaching staff doesnât seem to prepare the team well enough to be able to âexecuteâ at a high level. The coaches have to do their part if they want the players to do the same.
At risk of being black listed after my first post I wanted to bring up some coaching things that have been driving me crazy. I really like Bronco but I donât think he is without fault. Iâm not old enough to remember the 1980âs glory years so when I hear people talk about BYU of old I think of the 90âs and Crowton and it makes me appreciate Bronco even more. Iâve been reading the posts on if Bronco is a good coach or not and one thing thatâs been bugging me that I havenât seen discussed is going for 2- (Yes, you can always paint a picture where going for 1 is better than 2 or 2 better than 1 but it seems like itâs not even a consideration sometimes.)
Texas Game: We score to go up by 12 and kick the extra point. Lose by 1. (The exact same scenario happened in the Utah game in 2010. I hope they at least thought about going for 2 after the Utah game example. Yes, we could have missed it and lost 13-12 but if the other team hasnât moved the ball on you, arenât they more likely to get two fluky scoring drives for 14 than 3 scoring drives for 13?)
Utah State: BYU touch down brings the score to 24-19 with 10 minutes left. We kick the extra point to get within 4. Going for 2 would have allowed us to kick a field goal had Rileyâs tipped pass not been caught with 11 seconds left. (This could have easily been our 3rd loss out of 4 that we could have put into overtime using some strategy.)
TCU: Falslevâs return gets us within 16 points prior to the extra point. BYU goes for 1 bringing us within 15. I assume this is the theory of waiting to go for it to tie the game and not break the playersâ spirits by missing it early. However, if we go for it after the Falslev return and make it, we only need 14 to tie. If we miss it, we can make it up by going for 2 following the next two touchdowns (if we get the opportunity). By waiting to get 8 with your last touchdown to tie the game you canât make up for it if youâre not successful. (Unfortunately we only scored one more time and we gave up a field goal on that bogus head to head call.)
(Other coaching thorns in my side- Not having the correct shoes to play on artificial turf (TCU game). The receivers not knowing where to line up for the first 4 games. The seeming lack of unity with team Jake and team Riley. (This has to be on the coaches/team captains. D1 football should be about winning, not playing hard for the teammates you like the best.) Lack of emotion. I was so excited to see how viscous our defense looked at the beginning of the year. Thatâs how Utah looks every time they play us and we rarely look that way. After the first few games this year that intensity was gone.)
I donât know of any coach that would be willing to come to be BYU that Iâd trade Bronco for. However, the coaching staff doesnât seem to prepare the team well enough to be able to âexecuteâ at a high level. The coaches have to do their part if they want the players to do the same.