When you give up over 5 plays of 20 or more yards, it’s because they out schemed you. no one breaks the line of scrimmage and has ZERO players within 12 yds of him, that’s a schematic problem.
the “fake” punt. That is straight up coaching.
I guarantee you, during film in the week the Illinois coaches said “hey look, if you catch the long snap and don’t see anyone pressuring you, just run it.” I promise you that was coaching.
look, even if the players “didn’t execute” getting players to execute is on the coaches.
im really glad Frost is our coach and I think he gets at least 3 more yrs. I think he can get it done, but right now...a large portion of our problems are coaching problems, specifically getting out schemed.
I’m from a family of coaches so I have a little bit of knowledge on some of this