Postgame Presser

[Black Saturday]

Interesting last minute.

[mountaineerman]

That was awesome! Coach Drink has got it!

[NavyApp]

My man was fired up and I absolutely love it!

[HighPointApp]

Thanks for posting this. You heard it from Coach D’s mouth. I believe Coach D has faith in his defensive staff. Coach Roof and all his assistants, great job!!!

You could just feel the excitement emanating from Coach D. He was excited and proud of his players. Still has perspective when he spoke of his wife and daughters. Humble but ready to kick some a$$ on the field with his players.

[goapps93]

The Kool aid tastes great and I'm chugging it. GOAPPSGO!!!

[bigdaddyg]

Guess they read the stupid fire Roof threads. Man he is a cool coach. I agree hopefully two years.

[mtoddsolomon]

I was on the fence at first, He isn't Satt, and I didn't love his press conference after Charlotte. But man I like Drink now, I think he has embraced Appalachian more than I had thought originally and I think he's going to continue to win.

[nomadb]

That last minute was some salty shade for the overreacting crowd and I love it.

[appstatealum]

Haha. Us fans are a funny bunch for sure. We are “in the wind” with everything he said. I wouldn’t read too much into what he said about Roof etc. No matter if any of the rumors or theories are true or not, Drink said exactly what a HC should say to help his team move forward from something.
The defense was definitely critical to this win, and will be moving forward. Hopefully the “issues” of the last two weeks are behind Roof and Co and we can see a duplication of the thoughtful gameplan, quality adjustments and inspired defensive football that we saw on Saturday. What should be focused on is how confident he was in his gameplan and how much he seemed to exude that “App culture” that we all were hoping he would get saturated with.

Go App.

[ericsaid]

"Yeah we called a zone read. They had been playing with two corners to the side, taking away that play call. But we went with it on that 3rd down...shoudl've gone with it again" (paraphrase).

That zone read play to take advantage of what Drink knew would be a middle crash call on defense was a thing of beauty. I wondered why we haven't seen as much of those keeper plays for Zac in this offense but keeping it as an option for that exact moment was a thing of beauty. Sort of thought it would be coming when the camera panned to Zac right after the time out and Drink is still talking directly to him and no one else.

...and he should've called it again on the next 3rd down because UNC crashed the line again.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

"Yeah we called a zone read. They had been playing with two corners to the side, taking away that play call. But we went with it on that 3rd down...shoudl've gone with it again" (paraphrase).

That zone read play to take advantage of what Drink knew would be a middle crash call on defense was a thing of beauty. I wondered why we haven't seen as much of those keeper plays for Zac in this offense but keeping it as an option for that exact moment was a thing of beauty. Sort of thought it would be coming when the camera panned to Zac right after the time out and Drink is still talking directly to him and no one else.

...and he should've called it again on the next 3rd down because UNC crashed the line again.

When I rewatched it, it look like he had the option to do the same thing on the left but tripped and let the RB keep it. But it looked like the same call, just to the left.

[ericsaid]

"Yeah we called a zone read. They had been playing with two corners to the side, taking away that play call. But we went with it on that 3rd down...shoudl've gone with it again" (paraphrase).

That zone read play to take advantage of what Drink knew would be a middle crash call on defense was a thing of beauty. I wondered why we haven't seen as much of those keeper plays for Zac in this offense but keeping it as an option for that exact moment was a thing of beauty. Sort of thought it would be coming when the camera panned to Zac right after the time out and Drink is still talking directly to him and no one else.

...and he should've called it again on the next 3rd down because UNC crashed the line again.

When I rewatched it, it look like he had the option to do the same thing on the left but tripped and let the RB keep it. But it looked like the same call, just to the left.

I thought the line was stacked to the play side where Evans ended up going. I saw the feet get tangled up but it looked like the ball was already given to Evans by that point.

Another option I'd like to have seen incorporated would be the pistol set right, play action, H-back wheel route to the opposite side of the field. We used to see that a lot with Lamb and I seriously doubt UNC would've played with enough discipline to follow the H back out of the other side. Worst comes to worst, Thomas either keeps it or just gives himself up to keep the clock moving.

Also, it wasn't the same call, I don't think. Drink admitted as much in the presser.

[Rekdiver]

Ted probably did see better from the box....That would fit his style much better. Gaspo would feed the energy to the players.....Coach needs to cut down on the caffine....or zip tie his hands at pressers. Man was on fire!

[BeauFoster]

Ted probably did see better from the box....That would fit his style much better. Gaspo would feed the energy to the players.....Coach needs to cut down on the caffine....or zip tie his hands at pressers. Man was on fire!

I think he was just a little geeked up. I know I was. There's got to be a ton of nervous energy that builds up through the course of a tight game like that, especially your "first time".

As for Roof being in the box, it seemed to work well last week and I hope that we continue to make changes that positively benefit the team throughout the season. If we aren't trying to improve, then we're regressing.

[moonshine]

Coach Drink was amped!!! Time for everyone to make an impact after getting the Ferrari back from it's tune-up.

[dlh71]

Just made mine in memory of Mr. Yosef who was looking in from above while Mrs. Yosef was part of the celebration here.

[/\PP ST/\TE GRAD 09]

I bet coach made some lunch table beats when he was in school.