N.C. State 44, Boston College 17: Post Game Thoughts
by Brian Favat on Oct 9, 2010 3:31 PM EDT
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PrintAnother week, another listless offensive performance. "Listless" might be generous.
You can direct your ire towards quarterback Dave Shinskie, but I think that's energy wasted at this point. Dave Shinskie didn't turn the keys to the offense over to Dave Shinskie at the beginning of the season. Dave Shinskie also didn't leave Dave Shinskie on the field for about three more possessions than he deserved.
Shinskie also didn't decide that this program needed three different head coaches in the last five seasons.
Even though the offensive line continues to struggle, neither Shinskie or Marscovetra is the answer for BC. Rettig has the most potential of the three, but will be limited by an extremely talented O line that continues to underachieve.
Buckle up, because it will be a long season.
Leave your post-game thoughts below. Full analysis on Monday.
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Did ANY of us see this happening? By that I mean this team stinking so horribly? They’re not just losing, they’re getting killed every week (and as I’ve mentioned a thousand times, they didn’t exactly light the world on fire against Weber and Kent States, either).
Brian was right in what he said on STG the other day; this season could be one of the biggest wasted opportunities the program has had.
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There is no way Tranq doesn't get fired before next week is there?
Like really? They can’t continue to let him coach up this crap can they?
7 games and counting left in the Spaz era!
Brian - I disagree
Special teams gave up a TD. Offense gave up a TD. And defense gave up 30 points.
Not just Dave Shinskie’s fault. The coaches clearly feel that however bad Shinskie is, Marscovetra is ten times worse. They are in no hurry to put him in and then once he is in the play calling is run run run even though we’re down 20. Being at the game, Marscovetra coming off the sideline is completely demoralizing. Every time Marscovetra has come in the last three games has been equivalent to Spaz putting up the white flag.
by Jeff Martyn on Oct 9, 2010 6:52 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I'm unclear what exactly you are disagreeing about?
That coaching isn’t to blame?
That GDF isn’t somewhat responsible?
That Shinskie was on the field for the right amount of time?
I don’t care how much the coaches think the alternative sucks. When you complete less than 1/3 of your passes, you don’t deserve to be the starting QB for a BCS football program.
Throw Flutie in.
Throw (your boy) Boek in.
Mix in some Bazooka formations and get Shinskie off the field.
Make an offensive adjustment. Apparently those are lost on our septuagenarian OC.
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Why are you ranting about Shinskie
We knew he sucked before yesterday. The problem is he’s supposedly our best option. The defense sucks. 44 points?!??! Special teams sucks again witha blocked punt, missed field goal, allowed big returns and we never catch the ball inside the 20 and let it roll to the goal line instead. Coaching is horrible. Playcalling is the worst. Clock management is horrible. Assessing time and situation is worse. We don’t make adjustments. We get beat by the same play over and over. Then on offense a play doesn’t work so we try it again.
Blame our QB for all our problems if you want and forget that our receivers suck. We suck all around. Got murdered on penalties again.
by Jeff Martyn on Oct 10, 2010 8:23 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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You can direct your ire towards quarterback Dave Shinskie, but I think that’s energy wasted at this point.
Where is this made-up rant about Shinskie? I said in the post we have a lot of other, bigger problems besides Shinskie!
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You said “Dave Shinskie” 5 times and “Shinskie” two more times. The post wasn’t that long.
by Jeff Martyn on Oct 10, 2010 9:25 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Let me break it down for you, since apparently you think I was being sarcastic or something ...
Dave Shinskie didn’t turn the keys to the offense over to Dave Shinskie at the beginning of the season.
Translation: If Rettig has the most potential of the three QBs — which I all think we largely agree is true at this point — then he should have started at the beginning of the season. Blame the coaching staff.
Dave Shinskie also didn’t leave Dave Shinskie on the field for about three more possessions than he deserved.
Translation: Nothing was working for the offense on Saturday. No adjustments, yet the coaching staff continued to throw Shinskie out there for much longer than he was even remotely effective. So what if Marscovetra coming onto the field is demoralizing to the team? It can’t be even remotely as demoralizing as watching Shinskie throw pass after pass into the mitts of N.C. State’s D linemen, behind receivers or hold onto the ball for far too long. Like I said, Shinskie was on the field for too long. Put Montel in the shotgun / Bazooka. Run a trick play. Throw Flutie / Boek out there. Do something. Again, not blaming Shinskie. Blaming the staff.
Shinskie also didn’t decide that this program needed three different head coaches in the last five seasons.
Translation: GDF isn’t blameless in all this. He mishandled the Jags situation and we both weren’t fans of the Spaz hire. Name another BCS program that has gone through 3 coaches in 5 years and didn’t have a drop off. I can’t think of one. He can kick and scream all he wants about how disappointing this season has already become, but he helped create this situation.
To conclude, at no point in the above post am I blaming Shinskie. Quite the opposite.
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