Fire Carty & Rojas Part 3

[Henny]

You're completely missing my point. Everyone knows what you're doing. Instead, If you want to have fun, why don't you go play in traffic today?

Aren't you a ray of sunshine?

No kids playing on your lawn to yell at?

Happy to have you speaking for "EVERYONE"? Is that an elected or an anointed position?

Did somebody designate you as the good taste & fun moderator for the message board? Good luck with that.

Your response makes it even more enjoyable.

Now look who turned into a sour puss.

[Caribbean Hen]

maybe Santa should give Blue Hen fans a choice for their off-season Christmas present

I would put this to the tune of 12 days of Christmas, but I’m kind of busy driving over a sun drenched bridge right now

Choice A) Rojas stays but we get transfers to the tune of two big strong quick powerful defensive lineman, 1 huge fast Alpha dog LB and throw in a DB similar to #7

Choice B) Rojas is fired and we get a new defensive coordinator but no significant additions via the portal

Given this choice, I keep Manny Rojas

[Hens79]

Looks like we need another poll

Was J’s post “good trouble” or just silly?

Or maybe, is the Doc off his meds?

Or perhaps, has the Doc become the patient?



Regarding the topic of coaches, how many here thinks it would be a bad move if the Hens got a new DC?

[UDFootballFan]

I have said it multiple times...Manny has to go & we need a true OC. Let Ryan manage the game but the OC call the plays and run the offense.

Multiple times this year, Manny and his D never made any adjustments. They kept taking bad angles and poor tackling led to chunk plays. Dont get me started on the 3-man front without a blitzing backer.

[Udforever1]

Maybe it’s just me and I’m in the minority but I’m a bit confused why we need someone else calling plays? UD 01 posted the CUSA stats that has our offense at or near the top of the CUSA in points and YPG and we want to take away the play caller?

Carty certainly has some questionable play calling at times, no denying that. I actually thought he had grown up a little bit those first few games but reverted back a bit to his old “get in his own way” ways in the middle of the season. But he cut his teeth calling offenses for some pretty good teams in UNH and Sammy and the offense was far from the issue this year.

[Hensfansince03]

maybe Santa should give Blue Hen fans a choice for their off-season Christmas present

I would put this to the tune of 12 days of Christmas, but I’m kind of busy driving over a sun drenched bridge right now

Choice A) Rojas stays but we get transfers to the tune of two big strong quick powerful defensive lineman, 1 huge fast Alpha dog LB and throw in a DB similar to #7

Choice B) Rojas is fired and we get a new defensive coordinator but no significant additions via the portal

Given this choice, I keep Manny Rojas

A and B can both happen and need to happen. When will we know if Rojas is staying or going?

[Ramblinrec74]

As far as being manhandled, it wasn't just the defense being manhandled. The OL was manhandled as well, definitely in the Jax State & Liberty game. They just didn't come ready to play, Our inability to run the ball at times during the season was a problem. The Ol was good in pass protection, but their run blocking needed to show some consistency,
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[Caldwell Chicken]

We cannot change the past...but I would love to play Liberty again when they do not have a 17 day rest between games.

[77HEN]

We cannot change the past...but I would love to play Liberty again when they do not have a 17 day rest between games.

And when coach does not call for a fake punt gamble deep in his own territory in the first quarter of the game.

The Jax game certainly was affected by two strange, unfortunate INTS in Q1.

[Cluck U]

I just don't ever want to see 3 down lineman rushing the passer. Until recently that has been the Rojas " Three High Life" defense. Toward the end of the season Rojas started playing with four man fronts in running situations and he started to bring 4 and sometimes 5 men in passing situations. I applaud the change. However, I still hate his version of the prevent defense. It almost cost us in Mobile. He needs to rethink and reteach the way we use that defense in the future. That prevent defense allowed Louisiana to march down the entire field and miss scoring by an arms length. Can you imagine this thread if that pass was completed with no time left on the clock?

Spot on.

Too many years of Rojas being passive. Happy that he changed things a few times, but we got blown out and/or gave up too many silly plays on a regular basis as Rojas stuck to his passive guns.

31 points per game...there is the evidence.

[mpwerrell]

Maybe it’s just me and I’m in the minority but I’m a bit confused why we need someone else calling plays? UD 01 posted the CUSA stats that has our offense at or near the top of the CUSA in points and YPG and we want to take away the play caller?

Carty certainly has some questionable play calling at times, no denying that. I actually thought he had grown up a little bit those first few games but reverted back a bit to his old “get in his own way” ways in the middle of the season. But he cut his teeth calling offenses for some pretty good teams in UNH and Sammy and the offense was far from the issue this year.

You beat me to that question UDforever. I’m sure someone can find a handful of examples over the past four years when Carty could have “managed” the game better. But what are the specific reasons to make a change away from him calling plays?
Would this be a change because traditionally the head coach does not call plays?

[CaliHen98]

Let me first qualify this post by stating that I truly don't know if Manny is the right guy or not. That being said, from watching all the games, along with reading all the posts on this board, it seems to me that when Manny was lining us up wirh 3-man fronts, not blitzing, and playing to the bend-don't break philosophy, the posters would blame the lack of success on defense directly on Manny. But then when we would go to 4-man fronts, and/or consistently send 5 or 6 rushers in passing situations (only to give up big pass and RUN plays), the problem shifted to "we have ZERO speed in the secondary and at LB. While I understand that 2 things can be equally true at the same time, I will still go ahead and propose the following -- maybe, just maybe, Manny and his staff on D realized that we are still lacking the overall team speed on defense to be able to consistently send 5 or 6 rushers, and therefore had no choice but to play more conservative than everyone would have liked? I would also imagine that if we had more quality interior defensive lineman and edge rushers, maybe we would see the 4-man front be the norm.

At this point, I can't help but think we can't truly evaluate our coaches until we have had a chance to assemble a roster that is completely recruited for the FBS level. What bothers me is when in one post we rant about not having team speed (or enough big bodies at DT), and in the next post we go on to blame our coaches, the schemes, etc.

[Cluck U]

Cali...who recruited our slow defensive players...for the last several years?

The issue isn't just this year with the move up to FBS. We also haven't been able to compete with the big boys in FCS as the bigger, stronger teams have just pushed through our D at will under Rojas. Heck, we've had several professional players on our roster and we still got our butts handed to us when we came up against quality teams...and it wasn't just the Dakotas. Certainly Richmond and nova didn't have a huge advantage over us in facilities/recruiting.

So, who has been the constant in our failure to field a D that could make a stand against the better teams?

[Bluewyn Gold]

I didn't notice a lack of speed in the secondary so much as issues with technique and, at times, not being in the right position at the right times. In the secondary, hip technique, footwork, eyes, proper communication, etc. are more important than out-and-out speed. Speed becomes most important when you're chasing down a receiver who's gotten behind you because you failed your assignment.

Ah, what do I know? At this point, I couldn't cover a tortoise if you gave me a head start.

[Info Hound]

There are quite a few established FBS programs that would like to have all of our problems, and our outlook for the future!