What did we learn UCLA edition

I learned that this board fires coaches at an unsustainable rate.  I hope recruits and coaches do not consider this board when deciding if they should come here.  This was not a good team 2 years ago.   The list of coaches that can take us from where we were 2 years ago to where we think we should be now is zero unless Nick Saban (maybe Urban Meyer) come out of retirement.  Both do not seem to have an interest in the era of NIL and non regulated portals. .  Who do you think we would get to come here?  Don’t give up on your freshman 5-star or your program building coaches so quickly.

 
Mavric said:
Quarterbacks are supposed to do this.  Make sure there are only 10 other guys in the huddle before you step in.  Make sure all the substitutions are done.  Easy way to avoid a penalty.

This was really odd.  I wasn't totally convinced we didn't send him back out there to fall down and stop the clock.
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I know what you’re saying, but I’m talking about game breaks.  
 

One example that stood, although I’ve seen it several times, is the 4th quarter light show.  He was basically 30 yards away from everyone else.  I’ve seen in too much to think it’s an accident.  The only thing missing is a spotlight or a selfie stick.

 
BigRedBuster said:
I was at the game sitting in the north endzone. I like endzone seats because I like the view of the plays happening. 
 

What I learned is that Raiola is either not seeing wide open receivers or choosing not to throw to them. His head is nowhere it was when the season started. 
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This wouldn’t be a play calling issue.  This wouldn’t be on Satterfield, it’s in the QB coach.  …or just a young QB learning the speed of the B1G.

Im just responding to your observation.  Not that you want anyone fired.

 
gobiggergoredder said:
I got beat up for this last week, but I’m doubling down……

Im not sold on DR as a teammate.  He does things that, in my opinion, show he is about himself.  Running out on the field by yourself in front of the team.  Standing by yourself outside the huddle during breaks.  It’s a behavior I find odd.  You add the tremendous amount of money he is getting and I could see this all ending poorly.

Going back out on the field yesterday was dumb.  It wasn’t being a warrior.  My wife, who doesn’t give two s#!ts about football said “Why is he back out there?  It’s a photo Op”.  I think this was another fail on our coaches actually.

Im not trying to crap on the kid, but I’d like to see him be a leader rather than a social media style influencer.
 
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It was totally idiotic to send him back out. 

 
PaulCrewe said:
Was there as well, and as you said there were numerous plays that had multiple short/intermediate routes open.  It was alarming though how so many of the pass plays have long developing routes requiring a tougher, low percentage throw.  And these routes always seem to be DRs first couple of reads.  By the time he does start progressing back to the shorter open routes the sieve OL had been destroyed and DR begins his poor self preservation actions

The continued chunk run plays that are ran to left of the line that disappear in needed moments in favor of runs to the right behind the two worse performing lineman is comical as well
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Mavric said:
This.  I've thought for a few games that he was just trying to force the ball down the field and wasn't seeing the easy routes underneath. 

But yesterday he wasn't even throwing to his primary read when they were open.  The TE down the seam was the primary read on the Pick Six.  It was open.  Wouldn't throw it.  On 4th & goal we had a rub route that was going to be open.  He bailed on that.  

When you can't even get a guy to throw to his open primary receiver, it makes things basically impossible.
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Watching replays during the games this season Raiola appears to hold the ball waiting for the "NFL" throws to open up to show his "arm talent".  The underneath routes and slants are probably "easier" throws, but are not show casing "dropping a dime" or "back shoulder fade" throws the announcers love.  He is waiting for the throws he wants and not the throws he has.  The less glamorous routes that have plagued us since Bo left are  open.  He doesn't see them or choose not to use them.  Our OL is incapable of giving him time to throw a lot of those longer routes.  I hate how there are yards to gain and he runs around and ultimately throws the ball away.  When we were averaging 2.3 yards per carry, running for 3-4 yards would have been huge.  Take what's there in the passing and running game. The NFL will come, but every missed passed and opportunity just drops him further and further down.

There is a part of me that believes this staff anointed Raiola the savior of this program and fear that correcting him or getting into his face will result in him leaving the program.  I am to the point of who cares.  One player is not the team.  OL Coach Raiola still has a job to keep Dylan there.  The fact not one player on the OL can surpass Benhart is mind boggling.  And he's gone after this year.  Imagine next year who replaces him.....

Satt's whole offense is screen, deep ball, B gap run and trick play.  Going away from the left side running,  was his best attempt at fooling the defense.  That was it.  I hated the hire then and even more now.

We also need some pipe hitters on this team that light into their teammates on a bad/dumb play.  Guys that get in their face on the sidelines and locker room.  They play the most unemotional football I have seen in years through multiple coaches.  Just tired of only wining the off season, bye weeks, moral victories and pressers......It's old. 

 
Mavric said:
This.  I've thought for a few games that he was just trying to force the ball down the field and wasn't seeing the easy routes underneath. 

But yesterday he wasn't even throwing to his primary read when they were open.  The TE down the seam was the primary read on the Pick Six.  It was open.  Wouldn't throw it.  On 4th & goal we had a rub route that was going to be open.  He bailed on that.  

When you can't even get a guy to throw to his open primary receiver, it makes things basically impossible.
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That TE play was right in front of us. He could have ran 80 yards it was so wide open. So damn frustrating. I would think the TE would be the first read. 
 

Another one was, I think, on our last touch down drive. We were about mid field. The receiver on the left broke wide open early…doesn’t throw. He finally threw to a shorter route in the same area and luckily it was completed. But, it was a way tougher throw and catch. 

Im pointing these out because it appears some people claim all our problems are the OC. Not saying he’s perfect. But, if we had UCLAs or Indiana’s QB, results would be different on a lot of these plays. 

funhusker said:
This wouldn’t be a play calling issue.  This wouldn’t be on Satterfield, it’s in the QB coach.  …or just a young QB learning the speed of the B1G.

Im just responding to your observation.  Not that you want anyone fired.
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Yes…that’s my point. 

 
lo country said:
Watching replays during the games this season Raiola appears to hold the ball waiting for the "NFL" throws to open up to show his "arm talent".  The underneath routes and slants are probably "easier" throws, but are not show casing "dropping a dime" or "back shoulder fade" throws the announcers love.  He is waiting for the throws he wants and not the throws he has.  The less glamorous routes that have plagued us since Bo left are  open.  He doesn't see them or choose not to use them.  
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I do think there is something to this.  I also think there is something to thinking you have to make a play.  I saw the same thing in Adrian Martinez.  When you think you have to make every play for your team to win, you try to make the hero play all the time instead of just playing.

lo country said:
Our OL is incapable of giving him time to throw a lot of those longer routes.  I hate how there are yards to gain and he runs around and ultimately throws the ball away.  When we were averaging 2.3 yards per carry, running for 3-4 yards would have been huge.  Take what's there in the passing and running game. The NFL will come, but every missed passed and opportunity just drops him further and further down.
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Our OL has actually been pretty good at pass protection this year.  But I think UCLA saw that Raiola likes to hold the ball and decided to bring pressure until he showed differently.  He didn't.

 
Echoing the last two posts

Dylan wants to play hero ball and not team ball. 

You'd hope some of the NFL qbs who mentor him can show him film in the offseason and get through to him because it is obvious the staff can't or is scared to.

This offseason his main focus needs to be "be dylan Raiola and not patrick Mahomes "

 
funhusker said:
This wouldn’t be a play calling issue.  This wouldn’t be on Satterfield, it’s in the QB coach.  …or just a young QB learning the speed of the B1G.

Im just responding to your observation.  Not that you want anyone fired.
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I think a good example of this is where Barney got destroyed at the end of the game.  I think HH actually threw it, but it doesn’t matter.  The point is the same.  It’s about timing.

If you throw to where Barney is open (anticipate) he may score.  Instead you set him up to get crushed.

 
Mavric said:
I do think there is something to this.  I also think there is something to thinking you have to make a play.  I saw the same thing in Adrian Martinez.  When you think you have to make every play for your team to win, you try to make the hero play all the time instead of just playing.

Our OL has actually been pretty good at pass protection this year.  But I think UCLA saw that Raiola likes to hold the ball and decided to bring pressure until he showed differently.  He didn't.
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I wonder how many times he actually threw the ball while receivers were running their scheduled routes.  It’s almost like he wants the play to break down and go schoolyard.  
 

I honestly believe he has no confidence at the moment. Doesn’t trust what he's seeing  and doesn’t trust himself to pull the trigger. I think some of that is on the coaches. 

 
Jason Sitoke said:
I wonder how many times he actually threw the ball while receivers were running their scheduled routes.  It’s almost like he wants the play to break down and go schoolyard.  
 

I honestly believe he has no confidence at the moment. Doesn’t trust what he's seeing  and doesn’t trust himself to pull the trigger. I think some of that is on the coaches. 
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I agree. He has no confidence. Even when he makes a decent pass, so often it’s about 2-3 seconds too late. He’s not trusting the play and what he knows is going to happen. 
 

I think this goes back to the first game that he had three interceptions.  The coaches have not been able to get that out of him head.  

 
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