Bronco shirks responsibility again

taekwondave wrote:
There he went again; blaming the players poor execution. Pathetic. That is NOT the way to take responsibility. That is blaming the players. Maybe you blame it on their age. Maybe you blame it on their dropped passes or missed tackles or whatever. But he couldn't POSSIBLY take responsibility with regards to GAMEPLANNING. Look Bronco, if you can't get it done, you can't get it done, but you aren't my elder's quorum president and I won't sustain you just cause the church hired you. Win or go home.

Bronco: "The only change is continuing to work to get our execution at a lot higher level. The wrong answer is to alter and go around to try to develop schemes to be a Band-aid. The right thing is to continue to develop the players."

Jacobsen: ""As receivers we have to be able to make plays and be a little bit more dependable at times … if you execute, if we had executed out there, you never know how the ballgame is going to go. I think we would have scored some more points."

Di Luigi:""We just need to execute. We aren't converting on third downs, we aren't converting on fourth downs and we're not making plays when we have opportunities, and those are things that kill an offense. So we just need to start executing."

Heaps: "We overall as an offense have to execute and I have to go out there and consistently make plays and put it in spots where the guys can go catch it."

Cougy_Monster wrote:

Bronco: "The only change is continuing to work to get our execution at a lot higher level. The wrong answer is to alter and go around to try to develop schemes to be a Band-aid. The right thing is to continue to develop the players."

The wrong answer is to develop schemes? It sure seems like the right answer for our opponents. If the team is really only focusing on execution then why can't we execute????

Jacobsen: ""As receivers we have to be able to make plays and be a little bit more dependable at times … if you execute, if we had executed out there, you never know how the ballgame is going to go. I think we would have scored some more points."

A "little bit more dependable"? Are you kidding? How about replacing "execute" with "catch the ball"?

Di Luigi:""We just need to execute. We aren't converting on third downs, we aren't converting on fourth downs and we're not making plays when we have opportunities, and those are things that kill an offense. So we just need to start executing."

It's like the entire team and coaches are robots, programmed to give the same answer. It's not like the coaches in practice on Monday can say "OK, this time run a good route, get open and then catch the ball" and then the receiver says "Great idea coach!" Done fixed. Now we start winning.

Heaps: "We overall as an offense have to execute and I have to go out there and consistently make plays and put it in spots where the guys can go catch it."

In other words, "I realize now that my completion percentage will increase if I actually walk the ball to the receiver and hand it to him. That's the spot where they can go catch it. It's a smaller spot than I'm used to. Oh, and by the way, we need to execute. We'll start that on Monday."



Poor Heaps. He's been thrown into a John Beck type situation with the Dolphins. He's expected to turn things around with absolutely no help. He's learning the system and when he has periodic flashes of brilliance it's all in vain because nobody can catch a ball.

In admitting that he "is responsible for the way the team performed," head coach Bronco Mendenhall acknowledged the eye-opening nature of Friday night's setback when he spoke with us on KSL Radio.

BlueIsBetter wrote:
Bronco is the Opus Dei of the sports world. He takes responsibility for just about everything that goes on. I am surprised that he hasn't taken credit for Darrelle Revis' holdout, and Brett Favre's retirement dramas. To say that Bronco shirks responsibility lacks knowledge. Bronco if anything does the opposite: He allows his understaff too much leeway, and when they make boneheaded decisions he takes blame and responsibility for that too.



Let's try and focus on the real problem. Bronco is not the real problem, but he IS allowing the real problems (OC and DC and other understaffers) to plague this season. Bronco needs to grab back the reigns and start calling people out.



And I know it seems ironic for me to post on this thread and ask everyone else not to, but please no one else post on here. This thread is non-deserving of the top spot. Bronco isn't the problem. Not the immediate one, in the slightest.



And Dave, all the sneaky, "let's get Bronco fired" talk is on Cougarblue. I would like it to stay over there. Let's not close our eyes, and just start firing bullets randomly. Really.

CannonCougar85 wrote:
I do not understand the criticism of Bronco and others for using the word execute. What does execute mean?



For receivers it means catching the ball, running correct patterns, beating your defender off the blocks.

For O-linemen it means blocking a specific guy to open holes, protect the QB, pull when and where you should.

For the QB it means reading the defense, making wise decisions with the ball, calling audibles.

For RB's it means picking up blitzes, hitting holes, wrapping up the ball, releasing for a pass at the correct time.

ETC, ETC, ETC.



So how is Bronco wrong when he says we need to execute better? How is Diluigi or McKay wrong when they say we need to execute better?



When someone criticizes the team by saying receivers need to catch balls, d-linemen need to penetrate better, defense needs to wrap up and tackle better, etc, what they are essentially saying is that "BYU needs to execute better."



Again, how is Bronco or anybody wrong when they say BYU needs better execution?



This being said I don't believe that execution is the only problem but I do believe it is a HUGE problem.

CannonCougar85 wrote:
And in response to Dave's original post. I quote Wrubell:

In admitting that he "is responsible for the way the team performed," head coach Bronco Mendenhall acknowledged the eye-opening nature of Friday night's setback when he spoke with us on KSL Radio.

It would do you a lot of good to listen to the post-game on KSL Radio before you post stuff like this.

taekwondave wrote:
Does that make sense?

However, had Bronco come out and said, "I take full responsibility for this loss. The guys weren't connecting because I took too long deciding who would throw the passes. This is on me and I apologize to my team. It's not their fault at this point, I have ruined much of their preparation time through controversy and I have not been calling good plays during the game. They are doing great. They are doing everything I've asked but it's still not working. That means I need to change the way I'm doing things. I want to thank my players for their patience with me."



Ha! You know what I'm thinking as a player NOW???



"WTF??? Come on! Coach shouldn't be so hard on himself. I'm the one that didn't catch the ball. I'm the one that overthrew it. I'm the one that missed the tackle. I'm the one that missed that assignment. Coach is great and he believes in me and he thinks our team weaknesses are his fault. Well I won't let him crucify himself in front of the media like that again. I swear I won't drop another pass, won't overthrow another receiver, won't miss another block, won't forget another assignment. If he's gonna take responsibility for his role in this loss than dammit, I will too."



Big difference there.

BlueIsBetter wrote:
Bronco is the Opus Dei of the sports world. He takes responsibility for just about everything that goes on. I am surprised that he hasn't taken credit for Darrelle Revis' holdout, and Brett Favre's retirement dramas. To say that Bronco shirks responsibility lacks knowledge. Bronco if anything does the opposite: He allows his understaff too much leeway, and when they make boneheaded decisions he takes blame and responsibility for that too.



Let's try and focus on the real problem. Bronco is not the real problem, but he IS allowing the real problems (OC and DC and other understaffers) to plague this season. Bronco needs to grab back the reigns and start calling people out.



And I know it seems ironic for me to post on this thread and ask everyone else not to, but please no one else post on here. This thread is non-deserving of the top spot. Bronco isn't the problem. Not the immediate one, in the slightest.



And Dave, all the sneaky, "let's get Bronco fired" talk is on Cougarblue here.

I would like it to stay over there. Let's not close our eyes, and just start firing bullets randomly. Really.

taekwondave wrote:



However, had Bronco come out and said, "I take full responsibility for this loss. The guys weren't connecting because I took too long deciding who would throw the passes. This is on me and I apologize to my team. It's not their fault at this point, I have ruined much of their preparation time through controversy and I have not been calling good plays during the game. They are doing great. They are doing everything I've asked but it's still not working. That means I need to change the way I'm doing things. I want to thank my players for their patience with me."

mizzoucoug wrote:

I do not understand the criticism of Bronco and others for using the word execute. What does execute mean?



For receivers it means catching the ball, running correct patterns, beating your defender off the blocks.

For O-linemen it means blocking a specific guy to open holes, protect the QB, pull when and where you should.

For the QB it means reading the defense, making wise decisions with the ball, calling audibles.

For RB's it means picking up blitzes, hitting holes, wrapping up the ball, releasing for a pass at the correct time.

ETC, ETC, ETC.



So how is Bronco wrong when he says we need to execute better? How is Diluigi or McKay wrong when they say we need to execute better?



When someone criticizes the team by saying receivers need to catch balls, d-linemen need to penetrate better, defense needs to wrap up and tackle better, etc, what they are essentially saying is that "BYU needs to execute better."



Again, how is Bronco or anybody wrong when they say BYU needs better execution?



This being said I don't believe that execution is the only problem but I do believe it is a HUGE problem.

I don't mind it if a coach talks that way because it's media/coach speak. In other words, rather than state the actual problems he just uses a blanket word i.e. "execute." When fans and players say that it drives me crazy because it is such a shallow commentary on a very complicated game. The receivers drop passes, can't run routes, and don't get separation. But rather than dissect each of those areas and give thoughtful responses to how it can be fixed you just say "they don't execute." It means everything and nothing at the same time, which is a cop-out. Does he talk that way in the locker room? I sure hope not; that is no way to coach.

taekwondave wrote:

And again, taking responsibility in THE RIGHT WAY is key. And he hasn't been doing that.



And I'm not calling for Bronco's firing. Especially after he showed the willingness to let Jaime go. That move upped my respect for Bronco even more and it gives me a little bit of hope that his head isn't totally in the sand and can see a problem and is willing to do something about it. Good fire. Next up: Coach Omer, please :)

runbyu1 wrote:

And again, taking responsibility in THE RIGHT WAY is key. And he hasn't been doing that.



And I'm not calling for Bronco's firing. Especially after he showed the willingness to let Jaime go. That move upped my respect for Bronco even more and it gives me a little bit of hope that his head isn't totally in the sand and can see a problem and is willing to do something about it. Good fire. Next up: Coach Omer, please :)

Amen to that. I guarantee after we replace Omer we'll see faster players and less stupid, preventable injuries like Hamstring pulls, etc.