h2o {l Wrote}:innocentbystander {l Wrote}:The coaching staff kept trying to run into a brick wall rather than challenging the 8 man front.
That is simply not true. The coaching staff had Tuggle throw the ball 20 times. And in 7 of those cases, the ball was actually caught by someone. Unfortunately, 3 of those caught balls were to players in Orange jerseys.
How many of those pass attempts were made on 1st down? How many on 3rd and long? The game plan was horrific and the kid didn't stand a chance because the coaching staff never gave him one.
Before the 1st lightning delay . . . two on 1st down, one of which was the first play of the game, complete for 8 yards. The other wasn't until early in the third quarter, when Tuggle fluttered the ball to Anderson who was unable to hold on after being hit while trying to catch the ball. As for 3rd and long (I'll define long as more than 4)? We had 6 such situations before the 1st delay, one of which occurred during Shinskie's cameo. On those 5 plays, we attempted to pass 3 times. One of those times Tuggle held the ball and ended up scrambling. The other two passes were both incomplete. Once Clemson bailed us out with pass interference. The other Gunnell dropped, but it would not have counted anyway because he ran his route out of bounds.
Before the 1st lightning delay, we called 13 pass plays with Tuggle and 2 with Shinskie. Tuggle attempted 12 passes, Shinskie 1 (complete for 2 yards to Anderson). Of those 12 actual pass attempts by Tuggle, 2 were complete. Of the other 10, by my subjective count 3 were just terrible throws (1 of which was picked), 1 was a bad double-clutch that caused an interception, 1 was knocked down at the line, 2 were dropped, 1 was thrown away, and 2 were broken up.
Here are the pass plays we called for Tuggle by down and distance:
1-10 (complete for 8)
2-2 (dropped)
3-2 (broken up)
3-9 (overthrown, PI)
2-9 (intercepted)
3-4 (overthrown)
2-9 (completed screen for loss of 7)
2-13 (thrown away, holding)
2-25 (blocked at line)
3-6 (scramble, sacked)
3-5 (dropped)
1-10 (broken up)
2-10 (intercepted)
He was not hit or even really hurried much except on the one play where he scrambled. Our laughable excuse for an offensive line actually did a decent job of pass protection for Tuggle. It was on rushing plays that they shat the bed. So the line is not a justification for Tuggle's struggles. He just doesn't seem to be much of a QB.
Truth be told, he reminds me quite a bit of Crane. Weak arm, good runner, spotty decision-making. But Shinskie does NOT remind me of Davis. He reminds me more of Quinton Porter. (Ouch!) I'm not sure which is worse. I do know that if our offensive line doesn't remember how to run-block, none of it matters.
thinking.
