Tracking the Experts

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Comments

[Mark]

Just saw the score of the FSU-NC State game. I dearly hope that all those people who were screaming at you over the post after the Miami-FSU game about how elite those teams were will come back for a helping of crow at some point.

[CFR]

They've been put in their cage

[Dawgy1]

I admit that I was wrong! Both FSU and Miami have really taken a drop. It must have a lot to do with coaching because, I can't believe that the talent level is less than some of the teams they're losing to?

[Dawgy1]

If someone will open the cage CFR and I will escape to be wrong again in the future.

[CFR]

The thing with FSU and Miami is it's been a long time coming.

An FSU fan was all over me last year because I wasn't the highest on his team. They haven't been the same for many years now and it's partly coaching and partly recruiting.

You really have to have both to be an elite team nowadays, you can't just slide on the coaching part.

That's what is worrisome about USC, because it looks like they've let their offense go a little where before they had Chow now they have a guy who runs the offense more like Miami from the late 90's/nearly 2000's trying to out-talent everyone instead of having a real offensive identity.

That goes back to coaching.

Bowden had that innovative offense in the early 90's and then got away from that, went to Richt who isn't as innovative and then went to his son who has no scheme, no system, and doesn't innovate.

Mickey Andrews has been able to keep that defense together but he's not getting the great linemen and defensive backs he used to get either. Rolle was a fine signing but he's a safety/rover, not a CB. All their talent is in the LB corps. I'd rather have great DL and weak LB's than weak DL and great LB's.

[Ltrain]

They had to notice that they were slipping when they were starting Kyler Hall at free safety. That guy wouldn't have seen the three deep on those early '90's Nole defenses.