Poll: Why We Lost

[MattMakesLoans]

Instead of dozens of posts with dozens of reasons we lost, let's see what the consensus #1 reason is.

 

Edited September 30, 2018 by MattMakesLoans

[NT93]

All of the above (except 1 and 8 )

edit:  I'm also going to say that #4 wasn't a factor.   

Edited September 30, 2018 by NT93

[Side Show Joe]

13 minutes ago, NT93 said:

All of the above (except 1 and 8 )

Agreed. LA Tech was not better, they just wanted it more, and that makes this loss a hard pill to swallow.

Edited September 30, 2018 by Side Show Joe

[Felozano]

We gave them the game and they made sure not to give it back to us. Too many mistakes against a good team. 

[Mean Green Matt]

23 minutes ago, Felozano said:

We gave them the game and they made sure not to give it back to us. Too many mistakes against a good team. 

I’m not sure they’re even that good. Probably good enough to not drop two games in CUSA but very little more than that. Which makes it even worse. 

[Felozano]

6 minutes ago, Mean Green Matt said:

I’m not sure they’re even that good. Probably good enough to not drop two games in CUSA but very little more than that. Which makes it even worse. 

Yeah..maybe.  Man, this loss sucks. 

[EagleMBA]

I voted for #7, but agree with Side Show that LATech seemed to want it more after the first quarter. We came out on fire, built a quick margin, and started to celebrate. BTW, sideline celebrations (especially that early in the game) really piss me off. We palpably lost our edge.  My father's old saying rang loudly in my ears..."The dog that shits fast don't shit long!".

[risinggreen]

Too many choices. A lot of good choices, which kind of tells the story.

[meaniegreenie]

I see that turnovers is currently leading.

The problem is that yes it is the player's responsibility to not make turnovers, but it is BAD COACHING to even try to field that punt at the end of the half.  Other than that play, we only had 1 turnover.

[GrandGreen]

16 minutes ago, meaniegreenie said:

I see that turnovers is currently leading.

The problem is that yes it is the player's responsibility to not make turnovers, but it is BAD COACHING to even try to field that punt at the end of the half.  Other than that play, we only had 1 turnover.

I have seen this comment a lot, yet how do fans know what the coaching staff did.  They could have told the returner not to touch the ball unless it is a short kick.   Speculation but so is it is the coaches fault.  

I guess it was the coaches fault that NT got so many untimely and questionable called penalties too.   

[meaniegreenie]

18 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

I have seen this comment a lot, yet how do fans know what the coaching staff did.  They could have told the returner not to touch the ball unless it is a short kick.   Speculation but so is it is the coaches fault.  

I guess it was the coaches fault that NT got so many untimely and questionable called penalties too.   

NOT SPECULATION. The mere fact that a returner was back there is enough proof (unless we had a rouge player go out as a returner against coaches orders). 

It's a punt, we don't need to touch it at all.  It's worth even the unlikely event that they down it at the 1 to not even go near the ball.

The only valid deep person would have been a safety watching for a fake.

The other coaches decisions can be argued (deep pass and other play calls, etc.) but even if they won't admit publicly, the staff has to be kicking themselves for letting it happen. 

Edited September 30, 2018 by meaniegreenie

[NorthTexasWeLove]

1 hour ago, meaniegreenie said:

I see that turnovers is currently leading.

The problem is that yes it is the player's responsibility to not make turnovers, but it is BAD COACHING to even try to field that punt at the end of the half.  Other than that play, we only had 1 turnover.

Yes...but we have fans that don't want to be a meanie greenie as they should. 

[NorthTexasWeLove]

1 hour ago, GrandGreen said:

I have seen this comment a lot, yet how do fans know what the coaching staff did.  They could have told the returner not to touch the ball unless it is a short kick.   Speculation but so is it is the coaches fault.  

I guess it was the coaches fault that NT got so many untimely and questionable called penalties too.   

I understand a lot of fans have a mural of Saint Littrell and what not...But blame here falls at the feet of coaching. No way to sugar coat it. I guess I commend the attempt. 

[THOR]

Teams win together and lose together...no need to vote...team lost, simple as that

[ntsumck]

I didn't understand our offensive philosophy in the 2nd qtr.  I believe we should have run the ball more.

Also, we had some dumb penalties on defense that kept drives alive for La Tech

[MeanGreenTexan]

Didn’t see “Kemon Hall injured”, so I chose the drops/muffs/etc. mistakes option.

[Salsa_Verde]

Kemon Hall tried to give it a go and I think he lasted all of one play. He was sorely missed out there 

[DentonLurker]

The other missing point is that it was some combo of coaches and players. Look, we all know Seth will fall on this sword, but the truth is coaches made some mistakes and players made some mistakes. That’s how Football goes. At the end of the day it was a loss and it’s time to hit reset!

[TIgreen01]

I’m pretty sure I jinxed the team by claiming that Mason Fine is better than Baker Mayfield, and that he would prove it last night while on a good tailgate rant to a t-shirt OU fan before the game.  Where is that option?

[NT93]

31 minutes ago, TIgreen01 said:

I’m pretty sure I jinxed the team by claiming that Mason Fine is better than Baker Mayfield, and that he would prove it last night while on a good tailgate rant to a t-shirt OU fan before the game.  Where is that option?

Greatness

[97and03]

8 hours ago, TIgreen01 said:

I’m pretty sure I jinxed the team by claiming that Mason Fine is better than Baker Mayfield, and that he would prove it last night while on a good tailgate rant to a t-shirt OU fan before the game.  Where is that option?

I think that plus Harry bringing up an undefeated season a couple of weeks ago on the podcast pretty much sealed our fate. Thanks guys.

[UNTexas]

We were sloppy and unprepared. La Tech was the opposite. Our special teams were bad, we turned it over, and we kept getting penalized. 

[97and03]

Anyone check social media for pool parties in Friday night? We sure were cocky...

[VideoEagle]

No need for a poll. There's more than enough blame to go around. It was a very sloppy performance by Offense, Defense, ST and coaching. The TEAM including the coaches lost this as a group. LA Tech wanted it more and was willing to do what it took to win. We weren't. 

LA Tech is a good team - you can't laydown on a good team and win.