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This is the same thing Diaco has said.
Not quite. Diaco said it before the game and was making a point about exactly what the rules were. I interpreted that as getting in refs head.
Randy is complaining after the game when he just looks like a bad loser.
Wow my team can't defend their offense so let me make excuses and cry about it
I see he's taking the Nick Saban approach to spread offenses. "I can't defend them so lets outlaw them."
I actually think there's a lot of validity to the concerns. How to address it I'm not sure. But the concerns are valid regarding player safety.
I actually think there's a lot of validity to the concerns. How to address it I'm not sure. But the concerns are valid regarding player safety.
I don't know if it's safe to run these high speed offenses or not, I'm merely saying that people like Saban, who built their castle on big, overpowering lines, are getting their feathers ruffled because they don't have the personel to keep up with such offenses. If it's truly over players' safety, then these coaches should be demanding studies/data collection to be done to either prove or disprove the unsafeness of high octane offenses. But when Saban and now Edsall coming out saying it should be banned, they just look like poor losers because they don't know how to coach against it.
I am just soooo thankful Coach Calhoun waited for Hathaway to be gone to retire. Motherfugger would have probably had Judd Heathcoate, Rollie Massamino, and Lou Carnesseca as his finalists.Randy has a way of saying whiny things at just the wrong time. He really is a poor loser and deflector of blame. I miss winning games but I don't miss him at all.
The first time another coach gets us 8-9 wins will be the last time I look back at the Edsall era pining for what was.
"If Edsall can't find a way to get his defense off the field, his first season with the Terps in the Big Ten could be a difficult one."
The last sentence in that article is really what it comes down to no? You want your defense to spend less time on the field force more punts on third down. I'm sure you weren't worried about the health and safety of opposing defenses when you were executing methodical offenses that churned out first down after first down on the ground. It may have not been as flashy as what Oregon or WVU or Baylor try to do, but it had the same cumulative effect I would imagine. This teams just end more drives in touchdowns, while we often bogged down and got FG attempts.
The safety issue isn't due to the number of plays themselves. It's due to not being able to substitute defensively. Guys are running around gassed and when that happens, you are vulnerable to getting hurt. I don't know how anyone can even argue that.
Now, what is fair, is to question the motives of guys like Saban, Bielema, Edsall, Diaco, etc. Are they TRULY concerned about player safety or do they just have trouble defending it? The safety issue, while it may provide adequate cover for them, is a legit issue.