Slop on the rock

[ASU843]

I don’t think our coaches pulled back our offense. The JMU coaches and players dictated what our offense could do and we didn’t take advantage of what we could have and should have done. Late in the 2nd quarter JMU started blitzing on almost ever play. They sent backers, corners and safety’s. It was mostly to keep us from being able to throw the long ball but it also effected the running lanes. The solution is to throw short passes in the lactation vacated by the blitzing players. We’ve all heard it, take what the defense give you. Well we didn’t. Their coaches adapted, our coaches failed to adapt. This loss was a flat out coaching failure.

How many tackles did the coaches miss? How many holding penalties did they get? How many passes did they drop? How many blocking assignments did they miss? How many sacks did they allow?

Some of you guys like Vegas odds. The streamer boys were picked to win yesterday. And they did.

The answer is none. That's not their job!

[GSUwasGump’sFallbackSchool]

Because 99% of the people who criticize coaches have never coached any sport at any level. The other team tries to win too. Sometimes they make better adjustments and win. App is 2-2 with a top 10 P5 win (and technically 1-0 in conference), and y'all act like we should just close up shop and try again next year. Get a grip. I'm not sure some of y'all even like App State.

What a stupid comment.

Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that when a rocket blows up, someone messed up.

And I love app state and want it to be as good as possible. Not mediocre.

What if App wins the rest of their games? What if they win the Sun Belt and their bowl game? Who will have the stupid comments then, me or the folks screaming that the sky is falling in week 4?
The same exact commenters who are despondent over this week's loss were the exact same commenters who were saying "Fire Ted Roof" after 2 games (both wins) in 2019.

If you can’t see that this wasn’t your run of the mill loss, I can’t say anything else to change your mind. It was 28-3 with 6 minutes left in the third quarter. It was an FCS call up. We were in the spotlight.

Give it up. It was a bad, bad loss.

I didn't say it wasn't a bad loss. I'm saying one loss isn't worth someone losing their job. App has had some bad losses in the past. 41-14 to ULL last year was a bad loss. Do you know what happened the next six games after that? We've got a lot of football left to play. If we lose 6-7 games and continue to see these same problems at the end of the season THEN we coaching changes need to be considered.

You’re refusing to accept what’s happening right in front of your eyes. “What if they win out and win their bowl,” is something we haven’t done in the previous two seasons under this staff when this exact thing happened. Actually this exact thing hasn’t happened yet, since this loss is so much worse than any in the previous 2 year.

That’s like saying “it’s not that Santa doesn’t exist, it’s just that I haven’t seen him coming down my chimney yet.” The “detractors” are just the ones who acknowledged the concerning trends of the Clark era, and prefer App not sink into mediocrity.

If a miracle does happen, and hell freezes over, and a team that’s not coached well enough to put away an FCS call up finds a way to win @ Marshall, Coastal, and Southern then win the CCG, I’ll happily eat the most crow anyone’s ever eaten.

[AppGrad78]

To correct yosef69, the score was 28-10 at the half.

[appstate5]

UNC scored 34 unanswered on us and JMU scored 29 unanswered on us. Offense can't afford to go conservative this year with our defensive issues.

[wb247]

I personally want to embarrass every single opponent we play.

Yep. That's what, "sandpaper their asses," means to me...

[PhillyApp1]

I personally want to embarrass every single opponent we play.

Yep. That's what, "sandpaper their asses," means to me...

Omg
I forgot about "sandpaper their ass"

Because...... in the last 6-7 games( jmu, Troy, unc, wku, uL) I saw it once in Texas

[MrCraig]

I personally want to embarrass every single opponent we play.

Yep. That's what, "sandpaper their asses," means to me...

Omg
I forgot about "sandpaper their ass"

Because...... in the last 6-7 games( jmu, Troy, unc, wku, uL) I saw it once in Texas

App State beat the opponent by 3 touchdowns or more in literally half of their games last year.

[App91]

I personally want to embarrass every single opponent we play.

Yep. That's what, "sandpaper their asses," means to me...

Omg
I forgot about "sandpaper their ass"

Because...... in the last 6-7 games( jmu, Troy, unc, wku, uL) I saw it once in Texas

App State beat the opponent by 3 touchdowns or more in literally half of their games last year.

You did notice that the statement was qualified to the last 6-7 games, correct?

[HkyMtneer]

I personally want to embarrass every single opponent we play.

Yep. That's what, "sandpaper their asses," means to me...

Omg
I forgot about "sandpaper their ass"

Because...... in the last 6-7 games( jmu, Troy, unc, wku, uL) I saw it once in Texas

"Sandpaper their asses" and "Bombs over Baghdad" -- way too much sportsmanship out of Clark for me. And I'm a SC fan. I want him to succeed and I want him to be here forever, a la Jerry Moore. BUT, the older I get the more I want to destroy every opponent on the football field. It's a game, it's not life, so if you can run up the score have fun and do it. If you get absolutely beat down sometimes, so be it. Again, it's not life, it's a game and you'll bounce back. Let's have fun and when you're a winner like us, go out there and win big every time you can. Offer the opponent a hand off the ground, kneel for an injury, and shake hands afterwards, but do everything you can to lay down a 100 every time out and keep the opponent to a big goose egg. You'll win a lot more of the games you should never loose or let teams back into with this philosophy. The bigger problem in the JMU game wasn't the offense, as stagnant as it was. It was Dale Jones 'D'. I know about the injuries and everything else but you just can't, you just can't, give up a 25 point lead in college football.

[AppOrange]

You don't blow a 25 point lead at home without everyone contributing. Offense, Defense, ST, coaching . . . pepper in some awful calls by the refs, and their you have it. No singular entity is to blame for the total meltdown, but everyone contributed. O keeps scoring, we win, D stops them more, we win, coaches stop the bleeding and adjust better, we win, hell, if that punt call is correct, we probably still win. This was a top 5 upset at home for me in 25 years of APP football and I am ashamed to say I am still not over it. This collapse was a truly a team effort.

[appst89]

You don't blow a 25 point lead at home without everyone contributing. Offense, Defense, ST, coaching . . . pepper in some awful calls by the refs, and their you have it. No singular entity is to blame for the total meltdown, but everyone contributed. O keeps scoring, we win, D stops them more, we win, coaches stop the bleeding and adjust better, we win, hell, if that punt call is correct, we probably still win. This was a top 5 upset at home for me in 25 years of APP football and I am ashamed to say I am still not over it. This collapse was a truly a team effort.

Worst home loss in my 37 years of following App State football.

[MrCraig]

I personally want to embarrass every single opponent we play.

Yep. That's what, "sandpaper their asses," means to me...

Omg
I forgot about "sandpaper their ass"

Because...... in the last 6-7 games( jmu, Troy, unc, wku, uL) I saw it once in Texas

App State beat the opponent by 3 touchdowns or more in literally half of their games last year.

You did notice that the statement was qualified to the last 6-7 games, correct?

Sure. My point is, you are handpicking a small sample size. If you look back to 2020 as well, App beat exactly half of their opponents by 3 or more touchdowns as well. So, over his career as head coach, Clark has applied rear to fine grit 50% of the time.
If I did this right (and please check my math, it's not my strong suit), Clark has a 21-9 record. 15 of those 21 wins have been by 3 touchdowns or more. So, only 6 games were won in a non-blowout fashion.

I think this supports my point that play calling doesn't really get "conservative." The opposing defense adjusts. Sometimes App adjusts back, and sometimes they don't.

[Yosefus]

I have had tons of heartburn since Saturday over the loss to JMU. After some time has passed to mull it over I still think JMU is one of the better teams we will face all year. Yes they are just moving up to FBS BUT they have been at the very top teir of FCS for years. We had some just ok years prior to moving up to FBS but have been in conference title contention nearly since the beginning. I'm shocked how we lost the game Saturday but not shocked at how well the Dukes played. It wouldn't surprise me if the ran the table in conference play same as the Stink did first season in Sunbelt. I'm not tooting the JMU horn, we should not have lost that game. It was the worst of worst timing for the wheels to slip off. I'm looking forward to seeing if we see a more determined team and coaches the rest of the season or we fade into what could be a disaster in November.

[App91]

Yep. That's what, "sandpaper their asses," means to me...

Omg
I forgot about "sandpaper their ass"

Because...... in the last 6-7 games( jmu, Troy, unc, wku, uL) I saw it once in Texas

App State beat the opponent by 3 touchdowns or more in literally half of their games last year.

You did notice that the statement was qualified to the last 6-7 games, correct?

Sure. My point is, you are handpicking a small sample size. If you look back to 2020 as well, App beat exactly half of their opponents by 3 or more touchdowns as well. So, over his career as head coach, Clark has applied rear to fine grit 50% of the time.
If I did this right (and please check my math, it's not my strong suit), Clark has a 21-9 record. 15 of those 21 wins have been by 3 touchdowns or more. So, only 6 games were won in a non-blowout fashion.

I think this supports my point that play calling doesn't really get "conservative." The opposing defense adjusts. Sometimes App adjusts back, and sometimes they don't.

Hard to say that the most recent observations and outcomes are cherry picking. They are quite literally the most recent examples. I understand your thought but 2020 is ancient history and a completely different cast

[AppOrange]

You don't blow a 25 point lead at home without everyone contributing. Offense, Defense, ST, coaching . . . pepper in some awful calls by the refs, and their you have it. No singular entity is to blame for the total meltdown, but everyone contributed. O keeps scoring, we win, D stops them more, we win, coaches stop the bleeding and adjust better, we win, hell, if that punt call is correct, we probably still win. This was a top 5 upset at home for me in 25 years of APP football and I am ashamed to say I am still not over it. This collapse was a truly a team effort.

Worst home loss in my 37 years of following App State football.

Yeah, it is up there, I'd still put the missed Illinois State XP up there ahead of it with the SFA loss and my personal #1, Wake Forest a few years ago, man I hated that.

This one would have had us primed for a ranking, a few weeks to get healthy and who knows what from a national perspective . . . instead, we set JMU up for a magical run their first year. uggg

[Yosef1986]

I do not believe JMU had better players - they just wanted the game more and we opened to door for them. They played harder and wanted it more. We still seem to play to the level of the other team. No way JMU should hold us to points in only 1 quarter. I do believe we have the talent - experienced coaching etc.... Just need a team/coaching effort for 4 quarters Also, I do not believe we are so superior to our opponents that we need to let up and coast.

[yikas1]

What kind of crazy thread is this? People need to chill out. It's a long season and the boys need to develop. I swear our fans are like the Alabama fans of the Sun Belt. Spoiled.

[Rekdiver]

It’s a game…..stuff happens. I’ve moved on.

[Seattleapp]

It’s a game…..stuff happens. I’ve moved on.

What’s wrong with you? Don’t you know you can never ever move on from a loss….ever. How else will people know you are a real fan if you aren’t endlessly bemoaning the team?

[Seattleapp]

What kind of crazy thread is this? People need to chill out. It's a long season and the boys need to develop. I swear our fans are like the Alabama fans of the Sun Belt. Spoiled.

Try looking at the jmu thread. Like 33 pages of circular bitching