The University has little control over the athletic department.
The athletic department has little control over the football coach
The football coach has little control over the offensive coordinator. The offensive coordinator says we are a run first program. Unfortunately the line cannot open holes, the quarterback is not a runner and the back getting the most carries weighs about 150 lbs.
The football coach says that the problem is execution.
They offensive coordinator says that blaming the problems on execution is throwing the players under the bus and has implied that the problem is preparation.
And then on a weekly basis the players are put in front of cameras to discuss the state of the football program. Of course they are not going to say anything critical of anybody.
Virtually everyone inside the program is afraid to share their views as to what is wrong with the program. So everything reverts back to talking about LEO.
And now, almost halfway through the season, the team is going to conduct an in-depth evaluation of every position.
The team did not scrimmage during spring ball. Instead they had a cookout. I think they only scrimmaged three times in the fall (actually summer), and then announced the starting quarterback a half an hour before the Ohio State game. In what other sport does the team take the field with so little actual practice. And now after five games there is virtually no consensus as to who the quarterback should be. Or what offense should be run.
Up to now the defense has been under the radar. But that will likely change this week since they gave up four touchdown drives in the first half against Maryland and none of them were longer than 45 seconds.
The only thing that is pretty much assured is that nobody is going to pay $20 million to Tom Allen. Not to mention what they would have to do with their army of assistant coaches.
The black uniforms against Akron did not work. We are now buying out the Louisville game next year for a million dollars because they are too difficult in opponent.
And now for the good news! The Hoosiers have a bye week before they travel to Michigan to play the Wolverines. Plenty of time to fix what's wrong.
Edit: 5 minutes after posting this I see that Walt Bell has been fired and Rod Carey is the designated savior.
The athletic department has little control over the football coach
The football coach has little control over the offensive coordinator. The offensive coordinator says we are a run first program. Unfortunately the line cannot open holes, the quarterback is not a runner and the back getting the most carries weighs about 150 lbs.
The football coach says that the problem is execution.
They offensive coordinator says that blaming the problems on execution is throwing the players under the bus and has implied that the problem is preparation.
And then on a weekly basis the players are put in front of cameras to discuss the state of the football program. Of course they are not going to say anything critical of anybody.
Virtually everyone inside the program is afraid to share their views as to what is wrong with the program. So everything reverts back to talking about LEO.
And now, almost halfway through the season, the team is going to conduct an in-depth evaluation of every position.
The team did not scrimmage during spring ball. Instead they had a cookout. I think they only scrimmaged three times in the fall (actually summer), and then announced the starting quarterback a half an hour before the Ohio State game. In what other sport does the team take the field with so little actual practice. And now after five games there is virtually no consensus as to who the quarterback should be. Or what offense should be run.
Up to now the defense has been under the radar. But that will likely change this week since they gave up four touchdown drives in the first half against Maryland and none of them were longer than 45 seconds.
The only thing that is pretty much assured is that nobody is going to pay $20 million to Tom Allen. Not to mention what they would have to do with their army of assistant coaches.
The black uniforms against Akron did not work. We are now buying out the Louisville game next year for a million dollars because they are too difficult in opponent.
And now for the good news! The Hoosiers have a bye week before they travel to Michigan to play the Wolverines. Plenty of time to fix what's wrong.
Edit: 5 minutes after posting this I see that Walt Bell has been fired and Rod Carey is the designated savior.
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