This is not one more pot shot at the coach. I think we can all agree that there’s been enough of that. Pitt played a good game against a good team in a hostile environment and came up just short.
Also, I’m not really interested in a debate about whether or not Pitt should play a physical style or if they should go to another style of offense. This is clearly the path they have chosen and I’d rather deal in reality rather than various posters’ fantasies.
However, a point I’ve been trying to make since the off-season is you cannot call yourself a “physical football team” if you’re not physical on offense and we are very clearly not physical enough on offense.
We don’t have any tight ends and our offensive line is just not physical enough.
For a program that wants to play the way we want to play we need lots of aggressive linemen in the pipeline and we need to have multiple quality tight ends to seal the edge. Unfortunately, those are probably the two thinnest positions on the entire team.
Also, everyone continues to assure me that you don’t need a fullback anymore, but the game invariably comes down to teams needing to pick up that hard yard and in those situations I sure would prefer having a skilled guy back there who can dig out a linebacker or crashing defensive end. You’re telling me you wouldn’t rather have a George Aston type player in the game yesterday? That’s flat out bananas.
We have a physical defense – there’s no question about that. I love that Pitt FINALLY has a physical defense! However, if we had any physicality in our offense we win that game yesterday. We probably win the Virginia game as well.
I just can’t agree that we are a physical football team until we become much more physical on offense.
Also, I’m not really interested in a debate about whether or not Pitt should play a physical style or if they should go to another style of offense. This is clearly the path they have chosen and I’d rather deal in reality rather than various posters’ fantasies.
However, a point I’ve been trying to make since the off-season is you cannot call yourself a “physical football team” if you’re not physical on offense and we are very clearly not physical enough on offense.
We don’t have any tight ends and our offensive line is just not physical enough.
For a program that wants to play the way we want to play we need lots of aggressive linemen in the pipeline and we need to have multiple quality tight ends to seal the edge. Unfortunately, those are probably the two thinnest positions on the entire team.
Also, everyone continues to assure me that you don’t need a fullback anymore, but the game invariably comes down to teams needing to pick up that hard yard and in those situations I sure would prefer having a skilled guy back there who can dig out a linebacker or crashing defensive end. You’re telling me you wouldn’t rather have a George Aston type player in the game yesterday? That’s flat out bananas.
We have a physical defense – there’s no question about that. I love that Pitt FINALLY has a physical defense! However, if we had any physicality in our offense we win that game yesterday. We probably win the Virginia game as well.
I just can’t agree that we are a physical football team until we become much more physical on offense.
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