Who started the USC game at left guard ?
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Yeah...i think that's what I saw. But Vigna got lots of playing time.
| OFFENSE | LT | LG | C | RG | RT |
| UMass | Needham | Vigna | Salami | Asamoah | Giwa |
| Boston College | Needham | Chin | Salami | Asamoah | Giwa |
| USC | Small | Needham | Salami | Asamoah | Giwa |
He was brutal vs UMass - waddled more than ran - got smoked like a cheap De Nobili cigar
I don’t understand why the OL lineup wasn’t solidified by the end of training camp. They were working on it since the spring.
It’s unbelievable and easily sits in first place for any argument for Greg’s “immediate” dismissal. What that OL looked like in game one after a controversial position coaching change is truly beyond the pale.
You can point to poor play calls. QB mistakes. A horrible defense that lived up to their abysmal preseason expectations. There have been a lot of disappointments to this season but none are close to as bad as the OL performance in that first game. 30 rush yards against UMass is a fireable offense as a stand alone.
Maybe a thin stable of horses? Maybe defense was being crafty? I was not familiar with this year's OL when I watched the 18 minute highlights but I kept seeing this RU #56 OL getting run over and run around. As a former OL I felt bad for his film reviews with coaches because that was going to be rough session. I know he's not a rookie and seems better now? UMass might have been crafty since 56 was expecting one rush (98) and got another (95 ran past him).
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Flats wasn't able/willing to get on the road and recruit, they needed someone who could do all parts of the job.
Not buying it. Or in the least, not the timing. We were overhauling an entire D and breaking in a new QB. To say the OL could’ve benefitted from stability is an understatement. It was a really bad situational decision. That’s not to say over time Turner wouldn’t or couldn’t do a good job, but this year was an awful time to insert someone new there.
Basically what happened was our D was so bad that it fooled the staff into thinking certain things on offense that worked against them would be effective vs anyone else. Regardless, you cannot have Raymond on your team and only manage to rush for 30 yards against UMass. We already know what Raymond is so therefore the OL was the glaring problem in the game. The worst performance of the season by far. And yes that includes the 4 TO QB games.
Won't matter the whole staff will be gone as will a fair amount of the roster.
I definitely wasn’t crazy about the decision at the time. Especially considering Turner’s questionable past.
Early season changes along the OL is not unusual. RU had 3 Seniors starting on the OL last season (LG Brian Felter, C Gus Zalinkas, and RT Taj White). Three games and three different starters at LG indicates they were unable to get that position solidified as they would have liked in camp. Hopefully Small and Needham will solidify the left side of the line for the rest of the season. Of the 7 who have started on the line in the first three games, only Small (Jr) and Vigna (So, opening day LG) are not Seniors.
I'm not confident that Rutgers has the financial resources to terminate the head coach and buy out the whole staff and also have enough dinero to afford to hire a new head coach and a whole new coaching staff. Where would this money come from ?
The UMASS pass rusher was even slow… man our #56 looks very overmatched..even against this level.
Fair enough but you wouldn’t be getting all this talk if they didn’t. It would be getting phrased differently.
Richie alluded to Flats not wanting to deal with Schiano's micromanagement and grinding style anymore.
Too late for Schiano, but all coaches should try and mirror Cig. Two hours of hard practice. That's a player's max capacity for learning.
Whatever the reason I consider it the biggest mistake of the offseason by a mile. And the impact the delay in DC had on the portal haul was bad, but I honestly don’t think we lose UMass (or the game is ever remotely danger) even with the terrible defense as long as we could’ve run the ball at all in game one. Lonergan wouldn’t have been under pressure and maybe the injury doesn’t happen. We still in that case could’ve won the second game. That’s not to say we wouldn’t still stink but the glaring disaster level situation is directly attributable to the change in leadership at OL. That game is a win with Flats. Period.
The DC hire led to such a weak portal haul. It was the biggest need of the offseason. The d was a complete wreck. Arguably the worst in the country. Schiano needed to hire a capable DC asap and hit the portal hard for D players. Transfers want to know who their coordinator will be. At least any with potential. None of that happened. And it was what really needed to. Those events sealed Schiano’s fate. At the end of the day, Schiano’s hard driving reputation led to his ultimate failure.
Defense stepped up majorly agaist USC.. Pick 6 and 2 short fields surrended 21 points. Offensive powerhouse scored just 21 points against our defense. DC hire will look better as the season goes along. It takes brain power to understand.
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