Ugh.... I love the guy... but we really need to upgrade that position, and it's tough to bump a 6th year senior
Monty's Performance Thus Far
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no witty jack response to him for the "solid B" comment? he must not be paying attention at all just like me, right? silly $$.
The team is getting better. We can score on anyone but we cant stop nobody. We need run stopping DT and a pass rush to get to the QB. I hope we can find two good CBs. I hope to find a DT maybe a DE from JUCO. This team is ready to compete for a title now. We have weapons on offense but we have to get stronger at CB position and pass rush.
Statistically, the offense is one of the best in the country. Unfortunately statistically we have one of the worst defenses in the country. We simply don't not have the athletes to play defense right now ... thanks BB. Hopefully Monty can bring in some better athletes to improve our defense to at least marginal. We could be a very good team with this offense if our defense improves somewhat.
And are bowl bound.
This team has done what it needed to do against a more difficult schedule.
I think the linebacker corp are going to be fine with experience and weight training. I fear we are too late to recruit CB from JUCO. Most of the top JUCO CB have committed. There are a few 5'10 CBs not committed.
Agreed... given the 1 or 2 annual win history of the current roster, getting to 6 wins is confirmation that this was the right hire.... I cannot wait to see how his own recruits develop and how we do in 2017.
Didn't we stop the vaunted NM running attack ?
Maybe we have a shot at Navy using the same strategy?
We may match up well with Navy run offense. We have to play a 5 man front which is a 50 defense. We need our LB to be good tacklers this weekend. I think our underclassmen will be the key to containing the running game on defense.
Grade: "B"
He brought some energy straight away to the team, which was sorely needed. I'm a big fan of Hurricane Monte, but the OP asked for an eval, so...
His staff has done a good job coaching certain positions. Dane Evans (QB) is a key example, he has vastly improved his form and footwork as well as his decision making (he actually goes through progressions sometimes!). Others remain dubious - tackling is an issue, our DBs are incredibly soft, etc.
Play calling is improved, but does become too predictable from time to time. The stats on our play calling propensity are painful (e..g, run between the tackles 75% on first down). We also rarely run anything creative. But those limitations may be because he lacks confidence in the personnel to do what he wants to do.
It also seems that our style changes based on the opponent or maybe his mood? We play up to most of our competition, and down to others. Sometimes we are in it to win it, and losing by 21 is no different than losing by 7--- so go for it. Other times we go really conservative against more average competition.
Same goes for the hurry up. We are capable of really moving the ball and running play after play after play. But usually we are at a more manageable pace. It seems our hurry up really puts the defense on their heals, not sure why we don't push more often.
Overall, we are vastly improved and I am happy. We are ahead of where I thought we would be in year 1. But so far I am not "wowed" by anything - that's not a bad thing and he has exceeded expectations, but I guess the back of my mind hoped that we went rock star straight away. I acknowledge he is learning on the job in many respects and that he doesn't have the personnel he has become used to. And hell, most of the teams we have lost to are very difficult competition.
Lets see how recruiting goes. Year 3 is the key to any coach evaluation IMHO.
He brought some energy straight away to the team, which was sorely needed. I'm a big fan of Hurricane Monte, but the OP asked for an eval, so...
His staff has done a good job coaching certain positions. Dane Evans (QB) is a key example, he has vastly improved his form and footwork as well as his decision making (he actually goes through progressions sometimes!). Others remain dubious - tackling is an issue, our DBs are incredibly soft, etc.
Play calling is improved, but does become too predictable from time to time. The stats on our play calling propensity are painful (e..g, run between the tackles 75% on first down). We also rarely run anything creative. But those limitations may be because he lacks confidence in the personnel to do what he wants to do.
It also seems that our style changes based on the opponent or maybe his mood? We play up to most of our competition, and down to others. Sometimes we are in it to win it, and losing by 21 is no different than losing by 7--- so go for it. Other times we go really conservative against more average competition.
Same goes for the hurry up. We are capable of really moving the ball and running play after play after play. But usually we are at a more manageable pace. It seems our hurry up really puts the defense on their heals, not sure why we don't push more often.
Overall, we are vastly improved and I am happy. We are ahead of where I thought we would be in year 1. But so far I am not "wowed" by anything - that's not a bad thing and he has exceeded expectations, but I guess the back of my mind hoped that we went rock star straight away. I acknowledge he is learning on the job in many respects and that he doesn't have the personnel he has become used to. And hell, most of the teams we have lost to are very difficult competition.
Lets see how recruiting goes. Year 3 is the key to any coach evaluation IMHO.
