From a statistic and wins point of view we plan SUCK, and I am OK with that this year! I was worried about Flores at the start of the season as he really has/had zero experience outside his one year of "coaching" in New England.
That said I am really excited about him as a prospect for 2020 and 2021. The man walked into a team that was on a decade long skid of having any direction.
This team is VOID of talent and has very little depth at key potions and over the last 3 weeks I have seen a team that was a complete embarrassment in all aspects start to buy into the program, show some sparks and gelling for longer periods of games. We do nothave the talent / depth to push a full 60 minutes it seems but were getting 30+ now which is an indication of a team putting the pieces together.
Listen it's going to be ugly for a while, we all knew this and now were 0-7 and regardless of what anyone feels we need to do whatever the coach / GM decide in terms of pulling players and losing etc or this has all been for nothing. Winning 2-3 games now means nothing except that we put ourselves into a bad position once again. I know everyone hates it but you know we need to do it. Call it whatever you want...
Im excited with the draft / free agency for next year. We can instantly go to an 9-7 team next year and 12-4 the next with a good off season and experience under our belt.
Im behind Coach at least for one more year! I also liked his emotion on the sideline. Coach was trying to hold the refs accountable as well :)
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So, I'm all out on a coach who seems to be all in on a tank season. -
I like what I’ve seen in terms of players getting coached up beyond their talent level and seeing us be somewhat competitive with a collegiate level team.RevRick, Tin Indian and resnor like this. -
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I really hope Flores gets the can immediately. He looks so incredibly lost in game on the sidelines its embarrassing. Not to mention being out coached at every critical moment so far whether its early or late game.
He reminds me soooo much of Sparano honestly.Last edited: Oct 29, 2019 -
You can like the guy but not his ability to coach.
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I didn't mean to infer that he couldn't coach. I'm just looking at the second half, but there could be a lot of factors. The team looks very prepared early and I do like the x's and o's then. Maybe it's just the lack of running game and just overall depth and there's not much else we can do? I just figure he's learning too.
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I think Flores has done a pretty good job overall given what he's had to work with, but I can't help but go back to critical plays that have cost us 3 total wins.
- The screen pass on the 2-point conversion....they shut down our screens all day long and Drake didn't have any semblance of a block even if he did catch it.
- The all-out blitz while in zone coverage with 3 defenders....one of them 15 yards off the ball. From a defensive expert, this was unforgivable in my book.
- The lack of challenging the early TD passes to Preston Williams...I think he got robbed of two. Yet we rectified that by not throwing deep to Williams anymore; I can't follow that logic.
- Talking up Stills and then trading him two days later...that's not really a Flores thing other than to show he's not on the same page as the front office. Why go to those lengths in front of the media if the guy is leaving the building within 48 hours?
I do believe Flores gets a guaranteed pass this season since he had absolutely no talent in the trenches, and our rookies have been playing ultra tough despite being outclassed. Low penalties too...that's all good stuff that shows a promising young coach. But I don't see how we can judge him either way on what he's actually accomplished since he's at the helm of an 0-7 team.Irishman and Surfs Up 99 like this. -
I know we're all (myself included) looking at alot of things going on during the games as wow... "TANK!" "We're not trying to win" but I think people really need to keep in mind the severe lack of talent on this roster. When you have that, you're going to get alot of moments of poor execution resulting in plays that will look like a blatant effort to tank/lose. I think we need to remember it's not really an indication of that, or coaching, but it's just a result of not having the talent to compete. The fact that we are somewhat competitive at times, I think is a sign of this staff doing a good job with what they have to work with. -
In other words he is very good at gameplanning and that is a very important attribute to have.
Unfortunately for him that is the only positive I have about him so far though it's possible that will change as the season progresses -
Looking at the roster minus drake and X, I don’t believe there is a legit starter on a decent team, Parker and Raekwon maybe..
If this team continues to be competitive and fight with backups 1-22 than you have to look at the head coach..jdallen1222 and Tin Indian like this. -
I don't think that pass to Williams was a touchdown.
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Unfortunately, I have only seen the Monday Night game so I really can't say one way or another. I did like his seemingly aggressive nature and its pretty obvious the team and the planning were ready to go at the start.
Not enough horses.RevRick likes this. -
1) DT Dexter Lawrence - Clemson
2) DE Jaylon Ferguson - Lousiana Tech
3) OG Chris Lindstrom - Boston College
4) CB Amani Oruwariye - Penn State
5) DE Shareef Miller - Penn State
7) C Sean Krepcz - Nevada
7) RB Wes Hills - Slippery Rockadamprez2003 likes this.