AZGrizFan said:41GrizFan said:Ursus1 said:In order to beat a dead horse.....Stitt would still be the coach if he had not had 2 years of Semore and Neikamp as coordinators. That was his Achilles heel keeping them in position after collapse last year. Change them out last winter likely holds on to EWU lead, beats Cats and we are on to playoffs. Other than that he did well in every other area in my opinion.....
No defensive coordinator is going to be successful when he not only has to contend with the opposite teams offense , but also has to contend with his own team ignoring basic concepts like TOP, field position etc.
Not gonna be successful when you can’t hold a team on 3rd & 21, 3rd & 25 and 3rd and 33 either. Those happened in the EWU, Weber & MSU games...and there were LOTS more of those. Semore was his own worst enemy...he can hardly blame Stitt’s offensive system.
Blitzing a poor passing QB on 3rd and forever is a Madden/PlayStation move....no other DC at the FCS, Hell NAIA level would do it once....let alone again after being torched the first time. Let Murray complete a pass for 15 yards and they punt....assuming he could do that with 8 in pass coverage. That had ZERO to do with Stitt offense style.....only his inadequacies as a coach and some ego thing trying to get a sack for glory. Armstrong played on his stupid playcalling....