So yeah, 2 brutal, 4th quarter losses in a row. Gonna make anyone unhappy. Can Wells turn it around?
I don't think he's fired after this year (he'd have to lose every remaining game), but you have to think that he's on the hot seat in a substantial way.
What's Well's problem? Why doesn't he have any sort of favor with this fanbase? Frankly, he's bland. Following Mike Leach, Pinebox, and Kliff Kingsbury, he's like the dude that came to the party and hung out against the wall, sipping his one beverage (water) and then, when the party is winding down, you finally notice him there, still sorta hanging out.
His coordinators are bland. Patterson runs a 3-4 that's like a HS version of a defense that a coach once saw on TV in the NFL. Alignment is there. They spend some time blitzing. But play-by-play, you're letting the offense dictate the leverage and you're not making much of it. Yost is the Tony Franklin of the spread. He's got himself a system, sure, but it's so basic that it doesn't even play with personnel, much less movement, motion, etc. If we want to continue the pejorative: it's a HS offense, just like Tony Franklin's air raid was designed to be.
That's hard to take for a school that was known for the Air Raid under Leach and Kliff. And hell, Neal Brown, when given the opportunity, created a truly interesting twist on that offense.
So where do we go?
I read in another thread that folks wanted a triple option. This is a bad idea. Buuut, I don't mind the option as a whole. Take Willie Fritz for example. I loved his version of the spread at Sam, as it married a triple option with modern spread concepts out of the shotgun. A lot of movement, getting players to space, iso and misdirection. Gotta have a QB that can deliver, but a spread triple with a power running game at its base would be fun. I don't know if folks will like Fritz much, though: he's nearing retirement.
Then there's the recruiting of it all. This was Kliff's downfall. But as Mike Leach showed us, and hell, KSU continues to prove year in & out, you don't have to recruit well, you just have to recruit balanced. That is to say land your 3-4 OL, 2-4 DL, 1-3 LB, 1 QB, and fill out the rest of your room with skill players. If he had been ready to build balanced classes from the start, Kliff might still be around.
But where do we go?
No idea, I just wanted to ramble on about Tech football.
Patterson's not gonna be the one that brings defense to Texas Tech. I can't wait to see who does. Bringing the same mindset to defense that our previous coaches have to the offense has been successful at other programs. I also miss having an OC that is pushing the boundaries of what an offense is meant to be.
Dream offense: give me a zone read triple out of the shotgun run with everything from 10, 11, 20, to 21 personnel, lots of motion, counter-action, and general schadenfreude. I want the cameramen to struggle to follow the ball. Let's get silly. But also be able to turn around and smash football for 5 yards on any given play. Someone like a Fritz that has been able to adapt to personnel and style.
I don't think he's fired after this year (he'd have to lose every remaining game), but you have to think that he's on the hot seat in a substantial way.
What's Well's problem? Why doesn't he have any sort of favor with this fanbase? Frankly, he's bland. Following Mike Leach, Pinebox, and Kliff Kingsbury, he's like the dude that came to the party and hung out against the wall, sipping his one beverage (water) and then, when the party is winding down, you finally notice him there, still sorta hanging out.
His coordinators are bland. Patterson runs a 3-4 that's like a HS version of a defense that a coach once saw on TV in the NFL. Alignment is there. They spend some time blitzing. But play-by-play, you're letting the offense dictate the leverage and you're not making much of it. Yost is the Tony Franklin of the spread. He's got himself a system, sure, but it's so basic that it doesn't even play with personnel, much less movement, motion, etc. If we want to continue the pejorative: it's a HS offense, just like Tony Franklin's air raid was designed to be.
That's hard to take for a school that was known for the Air Raid under Leach and Kliff. And hell, Neal Brown, when given the opportunity, created a truly interesting twist on that offense.
So where do we go?
I read in another thread that folks wanted a triple option. This is a bad idea. Buuut, I don't mind the option as a whole. Take Willie Fritz for example. I loved his version of the spread at Sam, as it married a triple option with modern spread concepts out of the shotgun. A lot of movement, getting players to space, iso and misdirection. Gotta have a QB that can deliver, but a spread triple with a power running game at its base would be fun. I don't know if folks will like Fritz much, though: he's nearing retirement.
Then there's the recruiting of it all. This was Kliff's downfall. But as Mike Leach showed us, and hell, KSU continues to prove year in & out, you don't have to recruit well, you just have to recruit balanced. That is to say land your 3-4 OL, 2-4 DL, 1-3 LB, 1 QB, and fill out the rest of your room with skill players. If he had been ready to build balanced classes from the start, Kliff might still be around.
But where do we go?
No idea, I just wanted to ramble on about Tech football.
Patterson's not gonna be the one that brings defense to Texas Tech. I can't wait to see who does. Bringing the same mindset to defense that our previous coaches have to the offense has been successful at other programs. I also miss having an OC that is pushing the boundaries of what an offense is meant to be.
Dream offense: give me a zone read triple out of the shotgun run with everything from 10, 11, 20, to 21 personnel, lots of motion, counter-action, and general schadenfreude. I want the cameramen to struggle to follow the ball. Let's get silly. But also be able to turn around and smash football for 5 yards on any given play. Someone like a Fritz that has been able to adapt to personnel and style.
