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Thanks! Haha @Aldo just ignored me. Unimpressed, I see.

I don't mind the up-tempo, but I think we should be able to mix it up. The main thing about our offense that needs improvement is in short-yardage, catching the ball, and a deep threat outside. They all compliment each other. ex. Stretching the defense deep opens up the underneath zones, making those catches easier. Short yardage effectiveness opens up the playbook, and puts less pressure on the pass game to execute.

Yeah the classic Air Raid was about scoring more and zagging when everyone else was zigging. Now that teams are ready for spread, up-tempo, etc, there is a ton of value in controlling the clock. I don't think that necessarily means doing an Army and running it every play but I do think that keeping the defense off balance includes slowing it down and maybe doing a huddle. I don't know that THIS defense has tired legs. I think they are just small and weak compared to what they need to be. When Morris was talking about "we are not strong enough, not big enough" he was talking about the defense (and a little bit of the offensive line). It is absolutely imperative that we get three or four very good defensive lineman for next year or it will be more of the same.

The podcast: https://open.substack.com/pub/meangreennation/p/237-five-straight-losses?r=du4qo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true The YT:

YT (audio only) https://www.youtube.com/@MGNmeangreennation IG instagram.com/meangreennation

anyone is free to chime in with their thoughts ha

Yeah I wrote about it this afternoon. I don't know that Odom is or should be the guy going forward. He will be for the next two games (maybe three) and I expect he will be running the same things. I think he's a 3-4 guy anyway from his days at Missou etc. But it doesn't mattter so much to me.

He coached under Alex Grinch, who ran a base 3-4/3-3-5 -- He's a 3-4 guy if I had to pick a scheme. But it's more "multiple" and not dogmatic.

The YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CSqbVoPygM

Podcast: https://open.substack.com/pub/meangreennation/p/236-fire-everyone?r=du4qo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true YT later

Thanks to everyone who listened -- I will post the show later. Got to take my children to dance class right now.

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The YT

I woke @Aldo early, had him do #socialMedia and we recorded it also. This is that recording. https://open.substack.com/pub/meangreennation/p/235-running-out-of-time?r=du4qo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

yes, and no. I like to download a copy of the game -- makes it easy to clip it and scrub through the game. ESPN2 puts a DRM on the video which makes it harder to simply save it. I can always log in and watch it etc, but the playback tools on espn+ aren't as nice as the local video player on my laptop. So like I can't go frame-by-frame as easily.

yep and while the defense was to blame for a bulk of that, you absolutely cannot turn the ball over on special teams.

We talked about this on the podcast a bit. I'll look at it this week on a new Film Room post. My eyes told me we just were beat -- Shipley stunts (scheme) inside, and we are supposed to have a linebacker or safety there. 32 got caught up as 14 was cracked by a WR. I don't know our rules, but one thing you can do is crack-and-replace so like if 14 is getting cracked, the other guy is supposed to take his spot. Could have just missed their assignment or been late. Later, we avoided that crack back block, but still didn't set the edge. Again, we'll look at it this week. It was on ESPN2, which makes it a little harder to grab the video.

Processing upon my hitting "submit reply" https://youtu.be/UufsEVnFlso?si=VjbHwuQ6u5GFRsC2

I called up @Aldo to get his thoughts on a Sad Sunday https://open.substack.com/pub/meangreennation/p/234-hoco-nogo?r=du4qo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The YT --but its just a logo so yeah

I called up Greg and discussed the hoops squad https://open.substack.com/pub/meangreennation/p/233-hoops-preview-2024?r=du4qo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The QB thing was why I was super high on him coming into NT. I think finding Chandler post-Rogers was huge. Its such a big part of the job -- finding a QB -- that it almost -- almost! -- dwarfs everything else. Like, Frank Wilson at UTSA was fired because Frank Harris was hurt. Jeff Traylor's struggling without Harris (but McCown kid looks okay). So important.

Firing a coordinator is a temporary reprieve. They kept the co-oc. BV is in serious trouble. Offense has been bad his entire tenure.

Seth is by all accounts a good person. I don’t know that he has the personality to be a head coach with the brightest lights. It must be a kick in the teeth to get fired from your alma mater. I have no idea where he goes from here.

I do not think less of anyone not giving 10K (or any amount) to anything associated with the program. I would even understand that it is rational to NOT give any money or time. I also understand when the SEC teams say "it just means more" is not just marketing speak. Those crazies, when compared to we rational fans here on gmg dot com who ask for some return on investment, will put football first, second, and third on the list. (Even in Memphis while driving from my hotel near campus, I saw houses with MSST flags decorating doorways. I saw a Tennessee one. I saw a couple of Memphis ones as well. It's top-of-mind to talk about their football program) Myself, being a crazy person, wrote on this board forever ago something to the fact that "we need someone to make the first move" We need a FedEx, or a T.Boone Pickens. Or someone. I've been trying to get rich and I promise I will donate a very irrational amount of money to this silly program to try to get some footballing wins. It is hard as hell to change a culture. You need passionate crazies who do not care about the glory, because there likely will not be any in their lifetimes. It is all the stuff at every level that needs to be consistently solid to great. Fan experience, marketing, game day, Hiring, firing, coaching, playing, supporting. I cannot control about anywhere close to any number of things that make a great experience. But I can give $10 bucks a month. (oh and yes, last year I was going to start the MGN NIL and do it very transparent and was fully ready for it to simply be $400 bucks total in the bank but I saw they fired the LTTNIL CEO who was unfit for the gig and the other NIL started up so I sat back)