Post Game: On to the next one

[84GRIZ]

Who hasnt beat the bunnies? *yawn*

I think your players will play in the loudest environment they'll ever hear on saturday, its going to affect them.

Yes, but it won't be cold so we should be good

 

[BWahlberg]

That being said, SDSU gave NDSU a blueprint on how to slow down the Griz offense. The A gap blitz disrupted Brady big time. It took a while for Stitt to adjust. Another poster was lamenting the absence of hot routes where Brady could dump the ball into the gap left by the defender. That would have screwed SDSU big time, as our receivers were getting separation all day. I think Stitt countered with short out routes and quick passes that didn't give the pass rush time to get there.

How did Stitt "counter?" The Griz scored "0" and "0" in the last two quarters.

In the 4th the offense did get going again in its final 2 drives. One was stopped due to o line penalties and the last one, which was a mix of zone read, short passes, and counter run plays, ran out the clock.

 

[UMGriz75]

That being said, SDSU gave NDSU a blueprint on how to slow down the Griz offense. The A gap blitz disrupted Brady big time. It took a while for Stitt to adjust. Another poster was lamenting the absence of hot routes where Brady could dump the ball into the gap left by the defender. That would have screwed SDSU big time, as our receivers were getting separation all day. I think Stitt countered with short out routes and quick passes that didn't give the pass rush time to get there.

How did Stitt "counter?" The Griz scored "0" and "0" in the last two quarters.

In the 4th the offense did get going again in its final 2 drives. One was stopped due to o line penalties and the last one, which was a mix of zone read, short passes, and counter run plays, ran out the clock.

If scoring "0" is "getting it going again," I guess he got it going again.

 

[grzz]

75, you clearly don't want this Griz team and this particular head coach to be successful. The level of hurt you have that Stitt is the coach has been so apparent for the last few months, it is getting old.

If you have such a problem with the Griz winning when Stitt is the head coach, how about you just don't watch?

 

[get'em_griz]

That being said, SDSU gave NDSU a blueprint on how to slow down the Griz offense. The A gap blitz disrupted Brady big time. It took a while for Stitt to adjust. Another poster was lamenting the absence of hot routes where Brady could dump the ball into the gap left by the defender. That would have screwed SDSU big time, as our receivers were getting separation all day. I think Stitt countered with short out routes and quick passes that didn't give the pass rush time to get there.

How did Stitt "counter?" The Griz scored "0" and "0" in the last two quarters.

In the 4th the offense did get going again in its final 2 drives. One was stopped due to o line penalties and the last one, which was a mix of zone read, short passes, and counter run plays, ran out the clock.

If scoring "0" is "getting it going again," I guess he got it going again.

I'm betting you think that Simis would have done better because well, you know... stats.

 

[BWahlberg]

That being said, SDSU gave NDSU a blueprint on how to slow down the Griz offense. The A gap blitz disrupted Brady big time. It took a while for Stitt to adjust. Another poster was lamenting the absence of hot routes where Brady could dump the ball into the gap left by the defender. That would have screwed SDSU big time, as our receivers were getting separation all day. I think Stitt countered with short out routes and quick passes that didn't give the pass rush time to get there.

How did Stitt "counter?" The Griz scored "0" and "0" in the last two quarters.

In the 4th the offense did get going again in its final 2 drives. One was stopped due to o line penalties and the last one, which was a mix of zone read, short passes, and counter run plays, ran out the clock.

If scoring "0" is "getting it going again," I guess he got it going again.

Last two drives combined 11 plays for 101 yards and took 7:11 of playclock. 9.2 yards per play. The final drive didn't require points, just first downs. The drive before was derailed by penalties.

 

[PlayerRep]

Unless you are a sugar coater, the mantra is that the Griz should have won the games they lost, and were lucky to have won the games they won. That's just the way it is. And the wins come from good playing by good players, in spite of bad coaching by bad coaches. And, with the Griz talent, they should win every game, except that Griz can no longer attract top talent. And, any player that gets into any trouble at all, should be kicked off the team (zero tolerance), except if they break their arm, then they should play the next week with a cast. And, attendance has gotten soft and is dropping--look at the low turnout against SDS; the Thanksgiving weekend attendance hasn't been that low--since last year, when it was lower. See the downward trend?

 

[UMGriz75]

75, you clearly don't want this Griz team and this particular head coach to be successful. The level of hurt you have that Stitt is the coach has been so apparent for the last few months, it is getting old.

If you have such a problem with the Griz winning when Stitt is the head coach, how about you just don't watch?

I've attempted, several times, to say I am pleased with this hire, and think he's a smart coach. That doesn't mean I have to trade in my brain in order to watch a football game. Indeed, my first posts of the season, just a few short weeks ago, were to the effect that like any coach, he has to "tune" the team engine and that moving that distributor back and forth will make the engine sputter until it gets "dialed in," which seems to be a lot of what has been happening.

I don't want to become the typical Wombat fan, "this is the greatest team and coach in our history" and then demand his head at the end of the season. I reviewed Stitt's record at Mines in considerable detail. I look forward to what I think he can do. I am not breathless that he will exceed substantially what he has done for 15 years somewhere else just because "Griz." I do think he is up to the job of maintaining a tradition here.

That doesn't mean I need to abandon all rational facilities, such as this thread suggests we all need to do, by agreeing that by scoring zero points in two quarters, Stitt really had this thing figured out. The Defense saved that game in the second half, hands down.

If that Second Half was the "Brady understanding" of the "Stitt genius complex strategy" at work, the ideal synthesis of Coach and QB operating on the same page, I saw neither understanding, nor complex, nor genius. At the end of the first half, however, I had a different opinion. Which is why the second half changed it. All of the things I previously pointed to reasserted themselves, which leads me to suspect the problem is systemic, not "one-off."

Sorry. You can be stupid if you wish. I don't know if its a choice or genetic. In Wombat land, it seems to their preferred choice; self-delusion and an inability to accept reality: not every coach is a genius, and not every mad scientist is actually a scientist, and not everybody that can throw a good ball is going to have a perfect game or career. Over there, they believe that every superlative is justified. Reality provides no antidote.

The fact is, I did not see the "Fourth Quarter Strategy" at work (why did Stitt abandon it in this game?), I saw exactly what I pointed to two weeks ago (not, "a few months" ago), in the wild discontinuities between Coach and QB, which did begin early in the season, the "overthrows" that I pointed to then, and a variety of other symptoms which cause performances like our second half. The fact is, my comments were not my imagination. I pointed at that time to the systemic problem with this QB and third down conversions (21% in this game, the "stat" is getting worse, not better). Nobody's arguing about that after this most recent second half.

But even then, there is a level of fandom that claims that Stitt "fixed it" and that "0" points is evidence of that. I understand being a "fan." I'm just not at the Wombat level of it. The fact is, somebody figured out our coach and our QB and kept us scoreless the entire second half. The good news is, they didn't figure out our Defense nearly as well, but they came close.

Being outscored 17-0 over an entire half speaks for itself. Like most sports, in football success is figuring out what the other side is doing and then "adjusting." That's the job of the coach. In this game one side "adjusted" and one side "didn't."

I was glad to see that Bob Stitt agreed. It is a nice confirmation.

I'm glad we won. I hope we win next week.

 

[Gallatin Griz]

The Griz are 4 and 0 against the Dakotas this year.

Griz 38 ndsu 35
Griz 42 und 16
Griz 54 dakota prukop 35
Griz 24 sdsu 17

Go Griz!

Maul'em!

 

[Grisly Fan]

The Griz are 4 and 0 against the Dakotas this year.

Griz 38 ndsu 35
Griz 42 und 16
Griz 54 dakota prukop 35
Griz 24 sdsu 17

Go Griz!

Maul'em!

One for the thumb?

 

[UMGriz75]

I'm betting you think that Simis would have done better because well, you know... stats.

Well, when I feel like stating something, I can state it myself. You don't have to fabricate it for me, unless of course, "fabricating" gets you off somehow. :twisted:

 

[BadlandsGrizFan]

Well, maybe weed whack, it being a tool shed and all.

Weeds?! You clearly didn't attend last week's noxious weed seminar/boat show/Jason Aldean concert at the shed. Local farmer Rusty Gildedcock gave a great talk on weeds. With any luck, we will make the noxious weeds that threaten the turnip crop each year a thing of the past.

That said, the Griz wouldn't be the first team to whack it in the shed.

They need to rotate their crop schedule. Move the turnips to the NE 40. Corn to the NW 40. Rutabagas to the SW 40 and rest the SE 40.

Mind. Blown.
You've done it.

You forgot to plant the canola bro.

 

[AZGrizFan]

Weeds?! You clearly didn't attend last week's noxious weed seminar/boat show/Jason Aldean concert at the shed. Local farmer Rusty Gildedcock gave a great talk on weeds. With any luck, we will make the noxious weeds that threaten the turnip crop each year a thing of the past.

That said, the Griz wouldn't be the first team to whack it in the shed.

They need to rotate their crop schedule. Move the turnips to the NE 40. Corn to the NW 40. Rutabagas to the SW 40 and rest the SE 40.

Mind. Blown.
You've done it.

You forgot to plant the canola bro.

Fuck.

 

[IntuitiveGriz]

Congrats to Nguyen and Horner, great games! I knew Horner would be great when I saw him in his senior, HS semi-final game in Butte.

UM needs to add more "dangerous speed" (in addition to what we have) at the inside receiver position, to take it to the house. Roberts even, who is an amazing athlete (absolutely love him), commented on his 60 yard catch where he was run-down. Speed kills.

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK GRIZ!!! Griz Nation is proud of ya's.

 

[Ursa Major]

Well, maybe weed whack, it being a tool shed and all.

Weeds?! You clearly didn't attend last week's noxious weed seminar/boat show/Jason Aldean concert at the shed. Local farmer Rusty Gildedcock gave a great talk on weeds. With any luck, we will make the noxious weeds that threaten the turnip crop each year a thing of the past.

That said, the Griz wouldn't be the first team to whack it in the shed.

Umm...is someone forgetting the Amy Grant 'Tour de force' benefit concert on Sunday?

Fuck knapweed!!!

 

[Grizzlies1982]

One thing which wasn't mentioned is that even with a mere 14,500 in the stands I thought we did a great job of bringing the noise.

Good good job Griz Nation!

If we happen to host another playoff game let's put 24,000 fans out there.

 

[AZGrizFan]

One thing which wasn't mentioned is that even with a mere 14,500 in the stands I thought we did a great job of bringing the noise.

Good good job Griz Nation!

If we happen to host another playoff game let's put 24,000 fans out there.

Crowd sounded great on TV...empty seats not so much.