A few post-loss observations

[TSU88 1,073]

Jake LaMotta just passed, at age 95 I believe. I've never seen Raging Bull, but what a great actor DeNiro is...Godfather, Casino, Goodfellas. I also liked him in Bang the Drum Slowly, even though he looked ridiculously scrawny to be a MLB player

[Chris Datres 424]

Was not able to see any of the game tonight.  Given the amount of problems that Stony Brook gave a very good South Florida team a couple of weeks ago, I figured we'd get our doors blown off today.  I was pleasantly surprised that the deficit was only 8.  It's a very difficult road to navigate when you have a freshman QB, inexperienced running backs (when your best one is hobbled), and a suspect offensive line.

[mat1992 2,237]

Stony Brook was tied with a very good USF team at 17-17 early in the fourth quarter. That's a team that blew our doors off last year. A great combination of size and speed. A lot of people said last night that Stony Brook wasn't that impressive but I don't think they are the 8th-best team in the league where they were picked. However, Albany looks for real now after beating Villanova in OT. Nova played Temple (I know they are down) down to the wire and lost by 3. Elon hangs 36 on Richmond on the road. UNH is UNH. Maine lost to JMU yesterday 28-10 but they were in the game most of the way. This is the most competitive this league has looked in awhile though JMU is still the team to beat. Just think that if we don't get our key guys healthy, esp. at QB and if our defense continues to give up big plays, we are sitting near the bottom next to URI. There were some positive attributes you can take in competing with a good SB team. Now is the time to put things together next week. This is it.

[Ironman42 4]

Matt I respect what you are saying being the insider that you are always good info but until that coaching culture changes.i am not saying fire anybody just that the stubborn mind set has to change

[TuTigers2012 1,071]

This program is a joke.  The Ambrose's should both be fired.  Awful coaching year after year and another losing season. Fan support is worse than ever, overall talent seems to be lacking.  All this after making the championship. what boost did that have??

Dont have to look to far, in the past 4 years:

 

2014- Loss at home(opening night after the National Champ Trip) to partial scholarship Central Connecticut State. CCSU finished 3-9 that year                                                               - Need help from a blocked punt for TD, and punt return for TD to beat lowly Delaware State 21-7.  DSU finished 2-10 and gave up 69 points to Morgan State.                                        -Loss at URI 13-7 (who was in the process of transitioning out of the CAA and had lower scholarship #s) The offense puts up less than 200 yards.  URI finishes season 1-11, first win in 15 games.

 

2015- Much better year. Good bounce back                                                                                                                                                                                                          - Have to overcome half time deficit, and hold on late, to limited scholarship Holy Cross at home.                                                                                                                              -Lose 17-13 to 4-7 Elon, costs us playoff birth

2016-  -Lose at Ivy League member Dartmouth. They finish 4-6 and 1-6 in IVY Play.

-Need a 50+ yard field goal at the buzzer and a furious rally to top lowly URI by 1.  URI finishes 2-9 and has a game where they lose 84-7 to JMU.

 

Series vs St Francis

2012- 46-17

2015- 35-20

2016- 35-28

2017- 16-14 last second field goal.

 

Have they gotten better?? yes, but how worse have we gotten since 2013?!?   Since Frisco we are 17-21.

 

Rob and Co need to fired, end of story

[TSU88 1,073]

Good analysis, IMHO.

I'm already on record for advocating a regime change.

[MOS16D 0]

17 hours ago, mat1992 said:

I have been calling for him all season in the chats and on this site. They like Rusolillo for some reason. Maybe it's taking him longer to get the offense and the calls but geez, we aren't running the ball. Harris should be playing left guard or left tackle and have Francis at LT or LG. Either one but we get a lot bigger with a 325-pound Francis and 310-pound Harris on the left side.

Over the years I read your post, some have some truth, others if not most come from a place with little shred of knowledge or validation. If the issue was the OL the QB would not have had a 5-6 sec average to get rid of the ball, if you ever played or coached, I would say that is an awesome pass protection. Catching the ball, and not dropping it is another story, you seem to stay away from that. I have seen these kids practice; I meet them, spoke to them. I can tell you with 100% knowledge that each of those grown men on the line currently  are 6 feet+ taller, all of them over 300lb...So not sure where you are mentioning having a weight concern... has....no validity. The 325 lb kid you are mentioning...has no place on the line right now...unless you want to see him go the opposite way each time the ball snaps,  and getting our QB killed then put him...that is all i will say on that. So to me that is more of a recruiting issue ...again enough said! RB....wish we had one bigger than my freshmen in HS  5 11” and 184lb...Unfortunately we don't, so regardless of the hole you create on the OL...which if you had been watching you would see plenty in the game yesterday. A RB has to be able to take a hit and keep going if all you have  is 165lb RB going against a 230 lb you have the result that we have when our RB run in the hole...

[mat1992 2,237]

Love when people question my credibility instead of just arguing a statement.

I think pass protection is fine. Run blocking isn't great, is it? Are we able to run the football with any success? Does it take a former football player or football coach to realize we are struggling on the ground? We haven't even reached 20 points in any of our four games. When did I say that our guys were not 300 pounds or didn't average it? Francis just happens to be 325 and if he's not mentally ready to play, that's on the coaching staff for bringing a guy from California who is not ready in his junior season.

It's not just about having 185 pound running backs. We ran Jordan Waite last week near the goal line and he's 240 pounds and got pushed backwards. But hey, what do I know? I've only covered football for 27 years and didn't play it at a high level. I've talked to several people who have played and coached and agree with the sentiment about the offensive line.

Catching the ball and dropping it? I stay away from that? How many drops did we have yesterday? That certainly didn't cost us the game. I talked about Richardson's drop on the chat but other than that, not a lot that I can remember but I guess I'm just dumb because I didn't play in college.

Not against playing big backs. That was all our calling card and Vito definitely helped our OLine. Also think line needs to open up more holes