Seawolves Fans

Just need to forget this one and move on. Really poor afternoon. WIth only 1 conference loss, we still have things in our own hands. May need to win out but 2 of 3 might do it.
Need to come prepared for William and Mary next week. 2 of the last 3 are at home so hopefully the team can take advantage of that.

If we win out we go 8-3 and 7-1 in CAA play.  That's a big if with our QB situation I'm sure he is good kid  but right now  overmatched .

I notice a few type O...Sorry.

Long day...

Some other things that I heard in the last couple of days

Aaron Thompson didn't play yesterday because he still isn't ready and he requested that they petition the NCAA for a 6th year for his injury however the Coaches don't seem to be interested in doing this

When Liotine stepped up last year at RB it seemed that this year he would be the #2 behind Bedel however the coaches couldn't resist taking Gowins when he became available and he hasn't done that great a job and now I'm hearing that they have offered 3 RB's from NJ, PA and Florida for the 2017 class

On top of Carbone having issues at QB I also heard that he has Shoulder problems and hasn't been a 100% for a while

Did anyone see the JMU Rhode Island score 80-7 I think was the final

It seems like this board and all of us are in a Jekyll and Hyde routine when it comes to our team. While I am not a "pollster" I am a former D1 college player and as one there are really only six facets of the game we are players need to be able to understand. Passing, running, catching, kicking, blocking and tackling. Each day in practice and then on game day on Sat/Sun it up to US to execute on what we are asked to do, across the other team and their six facets as "players".

Then of course we hire college coaches to do their jobs in the same areas of these game with the same number of coaches (9)  to get us ready to play and assess the opposing team before and during the practices and games.

This is where I think we fell short yesterday and in my humble opinion it started with special team play. Our kicker had some poor KO's that hurt us and that should be on him!

Our lane guys (which was pointed out a few weeks ago by someone else) did not stay in their lanes and allowed UNH to get outside- and again that is on the players! Poor tackling was once again on display, and at a D1 level is really inexcusable to see this almost weekly, just like our stupid penalties. 

What was a bit strange was that the coaches knowing the UNH kid was either the best or near the best in ALL of FCS on returns and we still kicked it to him- and that is on the staff, unless our Kicker did not do what he was asked of him.  And like it or not, starting out down 7-0 was partially due the KO team and the coaches.

To the rest of the facts of the game,  did not see anything on offense that led me to believe that in the mirror each guy would say they beat the other guy across from them. We kept on running to the left side- and at one point we had 12 rushes for a -4 yards. Our O line yesterday did not get the job done, and whether that was our running game or picking up stunts and blitzes, we should be honest that we just did not get it done.

While our QB is ultimately the guy we need to get us going (and yes again put us in a hole that was tough to get out of throughout the day)  lets not lose sight, that on EVERY given play there are 21 other guys competing against one another to do their jobs and on the coaching side these gentleman have a job to do to get the players ready for each game with whom they believe are the best to put out there.
All we can do is either get disgusted by the coaches or players and asked for heads to roll, or just try and see on Saturday which team (and the staff) shows up; Jekyll or Hyde. I would love to make a prediction as to the rest of the season- but with this team one thing that seems to be consistent is in our inconsistencies!   Let's get the next one at home and see everyone Sat!

Well at least i can support the SBU & the higher education that they offer & i will support the athlete that take advantage of the education that they are offered.

They work very hard to compete on the field  & to achieve nailing a good education.

Well, I have been watching this team for years, (and others) so I have seen the good bad and ugly of this team in every facet.  Every game there are some "bright spots # 2 finally had a nice game, and we have had some kids get CAA and FCS recognition. 

As to watching the game, I am fairly sure on the punt special teams we shut the returner from UNH down if not totally- so don't believe all of special teams was bad but KO's and lane assignments were not as good as they should be in a D1 program.

When the position coaches break down the film (as they always do-whether it was yesterday today or tomorrow) they will assess what worked and did not.   In my career I have spent enough time looking and breaking down film- so I will leave that up to the staff. When I attend the games, I look at it as a former player, and view what I see works and does not, and comment from my assessment of the game. Over the past couple of years I have some great discussions with 21's Dad, but they are just between he and I and sometimes its around frustration, but also its about the adjustments made and usually over a hot dog at half time.

When I can watch (and replay) a down or series of downs, I do it just to see what the "problem" was or the "success" was. I was told many many years ago, the game of football is very simple. You either do your job as a player or coach or you don't. And each of those outcomes has either a positive or negative effect. This also helped me in my infantry role- with of course a much more serious note on each situation. Pretty simple but then I am just an old foot soldier and football player.