Purdue 44, Illinois 19 Postgame

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Illinivek23

Illinivek23
Gurnee
Illinivek23
aaeismacgychel said:
Oh I agree with you, Lunney is doing Luke no favors and he pretty much needs to spread it out and call plays to get it out quickly and try taking advantages of mismatches. The one thing about this approach though is that generally you'd want a halfback who is adept at catching the ball out of the backfield and you'd also want above average blocking WRs (in addition to your speedster) and a really good blocking TE otherwise you really start limiting what you can do. And I think that might be the other part of the issue here is that I'm not sure how comfortable Love or Feagin is at catching out of the backfield, and our best TE in Reiman isn't as much a blocker as he is an offensive threat. The receivers though I think we have for it.
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I thought Tip was generally regarded as an excellent blocker and work in progress offensive threat. If not Tip, who is our in-line TE? Boyer? Arkin?
 
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Battle89

Battle89
Battle89
FloridaMan said:
So key. Hopefully it is not too late given the changing landscape. We are climbing out of a huge hole here.
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Cook

Cook
Richmond, VA
Cook
Anyone remember or have info on last year's post-game flare-up Devito's dad directed at Lunney? Can't remember which game it was, but it was relayed that he gave Lunney a piece of his mind in front of a crowd as they were exiting the field.
 
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Illini4Chief

I
TENNESSEE
Illini4Chief
OB positive said:
To me one the big problems with Lunney is him taking too long, if at all, to adjust and adept when things aren't working. We can't keep doing the same things over and over with our personal and suddenly expect them to start working.
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Yes, as evidenced by his constant running plays off tackle, over and over and over.
 
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Yukon

Yukon
Yukon
illiniwil said:
We dont have anybody else to call plays that is ready. BB is a past d-coordinator, Leonhard is a past D coordinator as well.
our offensive staff is young. Thad Ward or Bart Miller? Discher?

im not sure play calling is our biggest problem. it seems our O-Line production is. Our "best" two just aren't.
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First off, I agree, the Oline is a major problem. We have 3 guards, a center and one tackle out there and whoever that right tackle is is overmatched.

However, smart play calling can help you overcome that weakness. If you have a weak o-line, you give it help. A back or TE in the blocking scheme. Move the pocket. Stop with the read option. Just get to a 3 step drop and get the ball out. I put a lot of this on the scheme. Understand your weaknesses and your strengths and figure out how to work within them. If that doesn't work, well, maybe its time to get someone else some experience for next year.

It cannot get worse can it?
 
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Chukwuwumba

Chukwuwumba
Chukwuwumba
OB positive said:
To me one the big problems with Lunney is him taking too long, if at all, to adjust and adept when things aren't working. We can't keep doing the same things over and over with our personal and suddenly expect them to start working.
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He needs to put in options every play. Hot routes every play, in case oline breaks down.