What would the Staff have to change for you to get on board?

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Forget wins and losses for a second.

The fact remains that the staff is still in their first year, in a completely different environment from what they are used to. it doesn't excuse some of their mistakes, but it also means that they can still change the trajectory significantly, if they make the right changes.

What changes do you think they must make now in order for you to believe that they will get this program back where it needs to be?

for me, being able to (temporarily) bench or work around struggling starters is one. what's yours?

 
Well, you can't just forget about wins and losses. But aside from our win-loss record, a good recruiting class would really help us out.

 
Tell me WHY things have gone off track. Who is dragging the team down, what is the toxic culture and how is it changing. How losing games now is an indication of winning in the future.

 
Stop passing on 3rd and short. Yes, I know that the run game can be stuffed on 3rd and short, but then that's just getting beat fair and square. I trust Armstrong's legs more than his arm, and his instincts more than his judgment.

Get some outside input on new run plays. The ones used now are uninspiring, to say the least.

Hire some smart grad assistant to run the timeouts, clock, and extra point strategy. Seriously, Riley isn't the first coach to have brain freezes in this area, so I am serious in that it wouldn't be a bad idea to have someone thinking about this BEFORE the time comes in the heat of the battle.

Act like a loss is a bad thing.

Don't play with your sweatshirt string when your team is imploding. Find a player on the sideline and go coach him.

On defense, jam receivers on the line. Yeah, I know that could lead to a defender getting burned, but that happens now on a regular basis, so any change in pass coverage techniques would be a welcome change.

 
Bowfin said:
Get some outside input on new run plays. The ones used now are uninspiring, to say the least.
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I disagree with this. I actually love the play package that is in our run game. They just aren't used enough and properly. When you look at the combination of the jet sweeps, full back traps, RB runs in the middle and outside and then throw in a few QB runs and some traditional option plays, they have a good arsenal of plays to call that makes the defense defend from sideline to sideline. We also have some fairly quick runs to the outside instead of slow developing plays too. We get the ball into multiple player's hands while still running the ball (WR, RB, FB and QB).

Now, commit to it, be creative on how and when you use them and kick a$$.

 
Quit sacrificing wins for scheme, like he said he wouldn't do when he took the job.

Tell Langsdorf that a one yard tackle for loss on an I-back isn't reason enough to "have to go back" to passing the ball against the 103rd worst run defense in the country.

Keep a fullback in the backfield when all you have to do is get one first down to beat Wisky.

Learn to defend the goal-line on a Hail Mary instead of the back of the endzone.

Play the running back who is a good runner, rather than a good pass blocker.

Hire a DC.

And just a suggestion, tell the AD and the Chancellor to shut their pie holes and quit pi$$ing people off with statements of support.

 
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