Boston College lost to Duke for one reason coaching.
N. Freese missed the PAT and he missed the field goal. The extra point seemed to be his fault, I didn't see the snap. The field goal 50-50 between him and Spaz.
Three reasons for the loss: 1) No coverage of the Duke RB/TE's out of the backfield until late in the 4th Q. The stats are available and to summarize they had 8-10 catches for 100 yards out of the back field. The old other time I have ever seen this in ANY college football game was when MD beat us in Chestnut Hill a couple years ago- possible last year.
2) The "Jags" kickoff at the end of the 2nd quater gave Duke the ball in good f. position with enough time. You blame the players for not stopping the drive but really why put Duke in a positon to succeed and not yuor own Defense. Asinine coaching.
3)Game management on the last drive. I want to hear the philosophy on that articulated by the coach who called for it. It doesn't make sense given the plays they called after the spike. Spike the ball and kick the field goal. Spike the ball and call a pass for the end zone to win it. You don't stop the clock and then attempt to run the clock out by handing it off 2-3 times. All that does is leave room for error . . . meaning fumbles, penalties, botched handoff's. Then you are leaving your kicker on the sideline for 5 minutes to think about the kick and he misses it.
I do not like to discuss firing people but that option has to be taken into consideration mainly in regards to the coaching staff but now also Gene D. All the coaches need to go if a change is made. Gene has coast the school MILLIONS with crummy decisions in his hiring of football coaches. Who knows what else is being miss-managed in the Athletic Department.
Final point. The team has good players. We should have won. We are better than Duke, Wake, UMASS etc. We need a new staff with a head coach who has experience being a head coach. The school sells itself to the players we want and need. We need someone managing them who knows the nuances of coaching at the head coach level . . . or at least someone who has thought about the nuances of coaching at the lead coach level.
We are a 7-8 win team if we have a coaching staff that can adapt its style during the course of a game. Meaning analyze the opposing O and D and makes changes on your O and D to benefit your team.
Sad game. At least the tailgating/weather were good.
