Midwestern Hawk

Why does S&C receive so little attention in all of this? There seems to be very little physical development of players after they arrive.

I guess Bubba finally grew tired of a run off tackle, followed by a pitch out wide, followed by Kett in shotgun falling to the ground.

I would certainly agree over the last half of the season. If Rudy was trying to "throw" the games I am not sure he could have done a better job.

Changes needed to be made after last season. No way. Remember the scenario. NAU takes over at UND 30 and UND defense forces a TO on the first frickin' play and returns it to the NAU 48. 3 plays for 7 yards. We punt it back for a net gain of 21 yards. The game was over at that point.

Has the offense ever been above average or even average under Rudy? Even in 2016 defense set up a lot of scores and scored alot of points.

This is important. I would say with our lack of development in so many areas and injuries, changes are need here.

S&C and specials need upgrades too.

Too bad this was not in 2017. With the correct hires would still be playing with a seed.

I am told the screen passes were on the backside of Rudy's play call sheet. On the front at NAU was only dive play and kett with a 5 step drop.

This photo breaks my heart. What a monumental waste.

If Rudy gets Santiago the ball in space 10 times a game he will take at least 2 to the house. The play-calling and scheme was almost unreal. Maybe in the future we will just recruit 3 backs better than, John, Brady and James.

The regression of Kett was unlike anything I have ever seen in football at any level. He had a couple of pretty good games towards the beginning of the season , but last Saturday I think we would have been more effective on offense just going wildcat.

I thought that was maybe for his ego and comic abilities. Does Rudy appear in every single day-by day video?

Who's press conference?

100% agree. The job of a coach is to make the team play better than the sum of the parts. At UND right now I would be pleased of we could just consistently play as well as the sum of the parts. The last 3 games UND played at about 50% the sum of the parts.

How do you think NDSU offense would have performed this season if Rudy had been the OC/QB coach the last 5 seasons? Personally, I think NDSU would have been a "bubble" playoff team much like UND. Within reason, its not the players, its the coaching. Cloyd is one of a handful of guys in UND's program that would be All-americans if used correctly at UND or were playing for other schools and that includes FBS. There are others.

I don't care who your "dudes" are at TE and OL, if the QB play is going to be like it was this season as well as the play-calling the result will be the same. As for TE's the way they are used, we would be far better off playing with 6 OL on the field.

Completely agree with this. 3 games to go and we needed to win 2 vs Idaho, Portland State and Northern Arizona. Did not play well in any of the 3 games and went 1-2. Unacceptable.

If it’s obvious to all of us that the offense is a disaster, do we really think it is not obvious to the players? A penny for Santiago and Oliveras thoughts today.

Well said.

Fundraising much easier for one over the other. Ask yourself, what would Notre Dame be without it's football team? Notre what?

Was it the oline or Kett and the play calling? Yesterday Kett had 2 completions over 10 yards and one of those was long screen. Stack the box, bring pressure and cover wanzek. That’s it. Kett doesn’t look at anyone else, even as a look off.

Drive chart yesterday. Almost Impossible to win with this drive chart.

Maybe, but it has been getting worse throughout the season and yesterday culminated in embarrassment. Kepp doesn’t have to duck and fall to the ground every time he sees a defender within 5 yards.

Unfortunately Bubba is the one who is ultimately responsible.