Halftime Adjustments

RiverDog":1v0zdigg said:

We are being out coached on game day.

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TwistedHusky":22tlqi3w said:

Listen to Carroll's comments after the game.

They don't even jibe with reality.

He sounds lost, repeats phrases that are not even true, and stubbornly sticks to some version of reality that somehow focusing on his plan will drive a positive outcome.

It sounds a LOT like a guy in cognitive decline. All he can do is fall back on what worked in the past because he cannot come up with new ideas, or even adapt to new circumstances/playing styles.

Which is probably a good part of the problem.

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AgentDib":328moyuv said:

That was one of the things Peyton and Eli talked about in week 1. Halftime is just a very short break to go in, use the facilities, get a drink and then come back out.

There are continuous adjustments made throughout the game as everybody studies their Microsoft Surface Tablets (TM) and so perhaps a better way form of this question is why our offense has seemed to start very efficient and creative and then become much less efficient as the game continues.

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OrangeGravy":1fomciq4 said:

Half time adjustments are a myth. Ask any player or coach. There isn't enough time to dramatically change anything at half time. Game plans start out limited by talent, available players that day, best way to handle the other team with what you got that week. Adjustments are made from throughout the game. Sure there can be some changes at half, but I would imagine the bigger ones would be personnel related. The 'scheme' or game plan is a fluid thing from play 1 to the end.

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OrangeGravy":1uj004ob said:

AgentDib":1uj004ob said:

That was one of the things Peyton and Eli talked about in week 1. Halftime is just a very short break to go in, use the facilities, get a drink and then come back out.

There are continuous adjustments made throughout the game as everybody studies their Microsoft Surface Tablets (TM) and so perhaps a better way form of this question is why our offense has seemed to start very efficient and creative and then become much less efficient as the game continues.

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Once teams see how we want to attack them for a quarter, they force us to do something different. Whether it's with Shanny or now Waldron (too early yet), offensively we haven't shown the ability to start taking what they are offering. You can decide why that is. I have my opinion. There are only 2 common denominators, Russ/Pete. Pete's a defensive coach. The most you're gonna get from a defensive coach in game over the headset is something like we need to get the running game going or we need to get some first downs right here. You're not gonna get detailed play call critics. That's just not something a defensive guy is gonna do IN GAME. He might get more specific with defensive stuff when it comes to Norton. A defensive head coach is gonna put his imprints on the offensive approach during the week when he goes over the game plan with the OC. He's gonna make his observations of the previous week's game known then. Changes from the head coach are gonna show up from game to game not in game to any dramatic level. In game adjustments are gonna be made for good or bad by the OC with play calls and by the QB feedback to the OC on what he sees and adjustments he makes at the LOS. That's it. The Pete isn't micromanaging in game offensive play calling. It just doesn't happen from a defensive coach.

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Grahamhawker":no5xi1ds said:

RiverDog":no5xi1ds said:

We are being out coached on game day.

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Clearly and it's nothing new, just more dramatic with the current player group.

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AgentDib":18h0l0qb said:

That was one of the things Peyton and Eli talked about in week 1. Halftime is just a very short break to go in, use the facilities, get a drink and then come back out.

There are continuous adjustments made throughout the game as everybody studies their Microsoft Surface Tablets (TM) and so perhaps a better way form of this question is why our offense has seemed to start very efficient and creative and then become much less efficient as the game continues.

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RiverDog":1c8orzpz said:

AgentDib":1c8orzpz said:

That was one of the things Peyton and Eli talked about in week 1. Halftime is just a very short break to go in, use the facilities, get a drink and then come back out.

There are continuous adjustments made throughout the game as everybody studies their Microsoft Surface Tablets (TM) and so perhaps a better way form of this question is why our offense has seemed to start very efficient and creative and then become much less efficient as the game continues.

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Understood and agreed. The reason I used halftime is because it represents a clean statistical break. Pick any other point in the game and it skews the data. I'm not the only one that compares two halves or uses the term "halftime adjustments" to describe an ongoing process.

I think you get my point. Whatever you want to call it, we start out strong offensively then as the game progresses, our opponent makes adjustments and we don't, or rather our changes aren't as effective.

Defensively, we don't even start out strong so if we are making adjustments, they aren't working. We're giving up roughly the same number of points in the first half as we are in the 2nd.

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AubHawk71":3ay6mrrx said:

'Hey Pete, we lost a wheel, how we gonna win the race with only 3 wheels? Should we put on the spare?'

'No, we'll just hope the other car's engine explodes before the finish line and we'll limp to sweet passive victory. You never heard of the tortoise and the hare?'

Forever.

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