I don't know how you scheme your way out of that LB room. (Or any other room with an injury or two)
Exactly. We have a talent problem, I don't see a scheme problem and I don't know if any of us are qualified to do so. They say these young guys in the program has what it takes, we'll see.
One criticism of the staff I have in general, and I blame the head coach for this, is that we commit far too many mistakes given the thin margins we have. That 12 men on the field call after we made a 3rd down stop then gave up the 3rd down conversion after the penalty, that eventually led to a score, is emblematic of the bullshit that happens with this program that needs to stop.
This, this has really been the killer in the 3 losses. All 3 games just had maddening turnovers, untimely/dumb penalties, while on the opposite side OSU, OU, and ISU basically played as clean of a game as you can, we really have done a lot of dig ourselves in holes we can't get out of. All 3 games had moments that if we just played cleanly/better we'd either win or make it way, way more interesting.
Yep. Snyder 2.0 understood this, special teams (still pretty good aside from some missed FGs this year), and the need to run the QB. If you aren’t going to get the horses, this crap is mega important.
Saying OSU, OU and ISU played cleanly is certainly an interesting take
Edit: quoted the wrong post but I’m too lazy to edit more than this
They pretty much did, 5 TO vs 1 combined in those 3 games, 1 of them returned for a TD, 1 ended the opening drive vs OU that basically changed the game/was the game, and 1 vs ISU that stopped a team that finally looked to get it's footing.
Penalties were basically even between all 3 teams, but we by far get penalized big in big situations (thinking about the back to back personal fouls vs OSU on their second drive that allowed them to go up 14-10). Not to mention all 3 QBs we faced basically played perfect games, where Howard sucked balls and Lewis did a lil better for OSU, Skylar had a pretty good game vs OU, and a meh game vs ISU. Basically, we just never got anything together in all 3 games and/or blew huge opportunities that make the difference, and quite simply put OSU, OU, and ISU didn't.
Snyder teams at least would cut those penalties down, and turnovers. All those add up in the end, so it doesn't surprise me that a roughly equal talented k-state team is losing games now vs Snyder just based on those results.
That being said I do like Klieman's more loose play style, in that he doesn't seem to mind mixing it up more often or throwing guys in to see what will happen, the more in general aggressive defense and tendency to take risks and be comfortable with it. Those however are offset with lack of discipline, and sometimes getting too stuck in the game plan and not being willing to ditch something that isn't working.
