Embarassment in Tucson

2 losses
3losses

this one's on Dorrell

(1) Kerr certainly deserves it
(2) It would tell me that KD can recognize the problem, and is willing to try to do something about it

Oh, and pretty much agree with everything justwatching said

Even though we really say the right things about our defense.....you know, "we bend, don't break" "we come up with the stop when we need it" "sure we give up yards, but we don't allow more than points than our offense can score"........we all know deep down that our defense sucks......To summarize, your All-American Linebacker (who makes some great plays) is missing ball carriers because he is arm tackling, you know you are in deep trouble.

The offense is what kills me........although the players deserve blame, I put this squarely on the coaches......I think I can summarize our offense coaching ability in one play.........you guys know the play.......we have run it several times this season with spotty results but when you saw the play you knew it was dangerous......the play is when Olsen drops back and lofts the ball out to Drew on the move toward the flat........But Drew always drifts back and the pass is a lateral and not forward.......we somehow got away with this several times this season, but against Arizona we call it to Drew in the first half and it was a disaster.....there were 2 Wildcats in the backfield almost immediately.......the Arizona gang tackled Drew and he limped off the field looking injuried........cross the play off out of the playbook at least for the night, right?  No we run it again when we are pinned deep.......the ball is lateraled back, Markey drops the throw......it is a lateral and Arizona drops on the ball for a TD.......the rout was sealed....

Our coaching sucks.............

I like Karl Dorrell, I really do.  He's brought a familial atmosphere to this team.  He's cleaned up the image of scandal-tarnished program.  And most importantly, he's a Bruin.  But if he doesn't learn how to be aggressive - and fast - then his coaching career isn't going to last much longer.

Defensively, I was stunned at the lack of pressure that we put on the Arizona QB.  Here you have a freshmen QB making his, what, 2nd college start?  How can you excuse rushing 4 and dropping back into a soft zone for most of the game?  They should have blitzed that kid every other play - not let him stand back there, get comfortable, and pick that soft zone apart.

Offensively, you HAVE to throw downfield early in the game.  You absolutely have to keep those safeties honest so that they have to think twice before coming up to support the run.  But early in the game, it was all "safe" plays - screens and dinks and dumps.  It's the way you'd start a game with a freshman QB - not a 4 year starter.

Dorrell has earned himself another year with what is, at minimum, an 8 win season.  But if we continue to see this lack of aggressiveness in the defensive and offensive schemes, then he should be out by the end of next year.