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Is it time for coaching changes at Montana ?

That was a tough loss for Griz. I thought the defense actually played fairly well considering the offense could not sustain any drives in 1st half. They were just out there too long. I think this Cat team is really good. Especially up front on both sides of the ball. I think they win it all if they stay healthy. Grebe and Julius Davis in particular. My understanding talking to a couple people is that the Griz are really high on some younger offensive and defensive lineman that need some time to develop. But the Griz need to hit the portal hard on that end. The Griz lost to a better team yesterday on the road. But now they get a chance to go in playoffs and make some noice and have some fun. Maybe get some of these younger guys more reps too.
 
HikeGlacier said:
He may be their overall best player but on Saturday Jobes was the best player on the field. Rushed for nearly 200 yards and nearly 8 yards per carry. He must’ve thought he was playing against a small fry football team.
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Jones had a great game. All their running backs have looked great all year. Credit to them. But why do they all look great all year? First is their offensive line and also the threat of Tommy running the ball.
 
HikeGlacier said:
He may be their overall best player but on Saturday Jobes was the best player on the field. Rushed for nearly 200 yards and nearly 8 yards per carry. He must’ve thought he was playing against a small fry football team.
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Nope. Not Jones. Rushed for 197, with one of 88. Averaged 7.5. That’s very good, but 24-109 for 4.5 wouldn’t have been a killer.
 
mthoopsfan said:
Nope. Not Jones. Rushed for 197, with one of 88. Averaged 7.5. That’s very good, but 24-109 for 4.5 wouldn’t have been a killer.
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He dominated the game. Made the Griz safeties look like little kids. Mellott was average yesterday. If he plays like he did yesterday they have no chance of winning against quality teams.
 
UncleRico said:
Jones had a great game. All their running backs have looked great all year. Credit to them. But why do they all look great all year? First is their offensive line and also the threat of Tommy running the ball.
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Spot on Rico, you've obviously watched some Cat games this year. Cats are committed to strong, deep, talented lines on both sides of the ball. Run the ball, set up the passing game. Stop the run, pressure the QB. When they've lost a national caliber lineman to the portal they've actually come back better the next season. Are their running backs better than Gilman? If you care about that argument you're missing the point. The lines are why the Dakotas are so far ahead of the BSC & the Cats are the best example of a team committing to catching up. Is it time for a coaching change at Montana? Depends on what you want and how many years you're willing to invest to make a culture change.
 
HikeGlacier said:
He dominated the game. Made the Griz safeties look like little kids. Mellott was average yesterday. If he plays like he did yesterday they have no chance of winning against quality teams.
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Tommy ran the read option well yesterday. Griz D was keyed in on him. That doesn't show up in his stats. But it shows up in teams stats. The TD pass was a very good throw as was the pass to Taco that was the nail in the coffin. Cats started the game with a 9 minute drive that he managed with some key 3rd down conversions. Just because he didn't throw for 200 or run for 200 doesn't mean he didn't play well.
 
UncleRico said:
Tommy ran the read option well yesterday. Griz D was keyed in on him. That doesn't show up in his stats. But it shows up in teams stats. The TD pass was a very good throw as was the pass to Taco that was the nail in the coffin. Cats started the game with a 9 minute drive that he managed with some key 3rd down conversions. Just because he didn't throw for 200 or run for 200 doesn't mean he didn't play well.
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He completed 50% of his throws and had 94 yards passing and 50 rushing. UM coaches would take that every day.
 
Bobby is fine. It’s the guys he surrounds himself with that I think need to be re evaluated. We’ve had so many games since Pease has become the OC that we saw like today. Just throwing screen passes and short outs all game.

He constantly proves that if his original plan doesn’t work then he cannot adapt and try something else.
 
BadlandsGrizFan said:
Bobby is fine. It’s the guys he surrounds himself with that I think need to be re evaluated. We’ve had so many games since Pease has become the OC that we saw like today. Just throwing screen passes and short outs all game.

He constantly proves that if his original plan doesn’t work then he cannot adapt and try something else.
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The coordinators operate within the constraints of the head coach.
 
Cats D also enjoyed that we had no really dual threat QB like are previous year
with Cliffton...they could home in on our running game and short yard passing...
yeah Fife had one big run but really that was it...no need for a spy...
 
grizghost said:
Cats D also enjoyed that we had no really dual threat QB like are previous year
with Cliffton...they could home in on our running game and short yard passing...
yeah Fife had one big run but really that was it...no need for a spy...
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Clif would have destroyed that Cats D yesterday. There were multiple times when Fife could have taken off.
 
HikeGlacier said:
The coordinators operate within the constraints of the head coach.
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Yeah I realize that the buck stops with Bobby. But I think he gives his good friends more decision making than anyone on egriz would believe. For all of his flaws loyalty to his staff hasn’t been one of them.
 
HikeGlacier said:
He completed 50% of his throws and had 94 yards passing and 50 rushing. UM coaches would take that every day.
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He only carried the ball 10 times and threw it 12 times. I don't think any QB would have thrown for a high percentage in that 2nd half with that wind. I think Cats coaches probably pretty happy he didn't have to carry or throw it more. When you are averaging 6.3 yards a carry and your defense is consistently getting the opponent off the field why throw or run your QB a lot?
 
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UncleRico said:
He only carried the ball 10 times and threw it 12 times. I don't think any QB would have thrown for a high percentage in that 2nd half with that wind. I think Cats coaches probably pretty happy he didn't have to carry or throw it more. When you are averaging 6.3 yards a carry and your defense is consistently getting the opponent off the field why throw or run your QB a lot?
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We had our best offense going into that wind.
 
AZGrizFan said:
So they had 2x the underclassmen as the Griz, beat our ass, went 12-0 and all those guys are gonna be bigger and stronger next year but they’re gonna lose 3-4 games? Make it make sense…
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There’s a lot of good seniors, new unproven QB, and they’re playing Oregon.
 
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