Just some bad breaks

"Bad breaks." But here's the thing: we're 8 games into the season, this should not be happening. For me, the onus is on the players to finally put a mistake-free game together. What have we heard in the press conferences every week? "We'll correct those things next week." I for one, am running out of patience for the players to play a game sans miscues. It's been 8 games now.

dropped balls, fumbles, and botched snaps are something we just started doing? are you high? and do people not realize this team is almost entirely freshmen and sophomores? a little patience

Regarding RR - I don't think he is against taking responsibility for his bad plays. At times he does hold his players to a standard that is different than under Carr, who basically took all the blame for every bad play. I do think that RR feels a little lost at times out there with the play calling - he has two freshmen and a mediocre OL, which really limits what he can do.

happy with our play calling, anyone else?

Even if we had gotten most or all of those breaks, our defense played poorly. And as much as it pains me to say it, it's a talent issue. Greg Robinson's schemes are actually pretty good in my opinion. Hell, GERG's defense won a Super Bowl, so the guy knows what he's doing on that side of the ball. But until we get serious about recruiting better defensive talent, even our best schemes are going to fail. When you're mismatched in terms of talent, there's not a whole lot you can do. If we want to be any good on defense next year, we must keep GERG. We can't bring in yet another defensive coordinator and hope that he magically fixes things. Consistency builds great teams - on both sides of the ball. Our players will return next year knowing the system, and that should help us out alone. It's critical to remember that real change takes time. It feels ambiguous at first. It's incremental. But it does happen, and we just have to trust that Rich Rod et al are competent enough to make it happen. I think they are doing a pretty good job so far. But damn, we need some talent if we hope to build up a solid defense.

-Koger/Webb/Grady had 4-5 drops together. That'll kill a drive easier than any other. **That's not bad breaks, that's bad football. -Denard had two possessions concluding with two turnovers. He is a freshman, but one drive had a Koger drop and a missed 12 men on the field penalty. **The 12 men penalty would have been very borderline and had absolutely nothing to do with him throwing a pick. It would have been a very lucky break had it actually been called, not a bad break that it didn't. -Brandon Graham's blocked punt: how many times have you seen a blocked punt start to roll back upfield? He scoops that up for 6, and that game could've been a lot closer. Instead we fumble it away. **So fall on the ball instead. There's a reason they coach guys to do that. - The short series that caused a safety. 'Nuff said. **Bad break? THIS??? Are you f&%$ing serious? That was shitty, shitty football. That was bad penalties, poor-ass blocking, and miscommunication. Calling this series a bad break is just lame excuse-making, plain and simple. - Tate spiking with 13 seconds left in the 2nd QT? Put one in the end-zone, give yourself a chance guys. **Bad decision-making isn't the same thing as a bad break. That's partly a freshman goof and partly on the coaches. - Anyone else's heart stop a beat when Hemingway and Warren collided? **The first actual bad break you mentioned. - Kevin Leach's knee hits the punter's toe and gets called for "roughing." **Another unlucky deal, yes, but we were down like 32-10 already. Quit making excuses for lousy football. That wasn't a game that could have gone our way "if only."

How can one ever blame the coaches for dropped passes and fumbles? Was great coaching the reason why Mike Hart never fumbled? Was it Carr's fault Hart fumbled twice in his last game?