UK Coaches Are Great At killing Momentum

[MrHotDice]

whomever on UKs Coaching Staff that thought running the Wildcat with Davis and taking the football out of Learys hands was a good idea has no understanding of momentum or home field advantage. A blind man could see that Leary was having a great game, that the receivers were catching the ball, and UK had Tennessee on their heels in the 4th quarter. The true blame for this loss falls not on NIL, or the defense but the coach that called these plays from the Wildcat that stopped momentum, instantly took the fans out of the game, and gave away your home field advantage.

 

[Imafan4evr_]

That was a goofy call at that point in the game by every measure imaginable. Leary hot, Davis having trouble finding much of anything, so lining up a formation that only had one way of playing out? It’s almost like they weren’t actually prepared to call something quickly that made sense strategically so panicked something they thought looked fancy.

 

[YaketySax]

Are you taking about the first and 10 that went for five yards in the RZ? The possession that ended with a Brown TD reception?

 

[KyCatFan]

Are you taking about the first and 10 that went for five yards in the RZ? The possession that ended with a Brown TD reception?

I believe that one caused us to have to take a long FG that was missed because of a high snap when we were heading for a TD. Then there's the 4th and 6 that we threw deep when we could have tried a FG or at least a short pass beyond the 1st down marker. Also not being able to get 1 yard on 2 plays and turning it over on downs on our side of the field. Those 3 plays could have changed the outcome if the coaches didn't have their heads up their butts.

 

[ManitouDan]

whomever on UKs Coaching Staff that thought running the Wildcat with Davis and taking the football out of Learys hands was a good idea has no understanding of momentum or home field advantage. A blind man could see that Leary was having a great game, that the receivers were catching the ball, and UK had Tennessee on their heels in the 4th quarter. The true blame for this loss falls not on NIL, or the defense but the coach that called these plays from the Wildcat that stopped momentum, instantly took the fans out of the game, and gave away your home field advantage.

Preach it brother !!! scream it from the rooftops , Everyone ... EVERYONE was like WTH after the game .. we have momentum , Ray has been totally bottled up the entire game , Leary has been doing very well , and on 1st and 10 late in the game on TN side of the field we line up in the Wildcat for the 2nd time in this disaster of a game ??? And people totally praise Coen all the time .. And the QBsneak with a pretty damn slow QB when its a looooooong yard to get a 1st down . Horrible call . then cant dial up a play to gain 2 feet . .. and actually ran Mcclain in a series . Really a poor effort by the staff . Very poor . And going long on the 4th down play was bad . Just lots of bad .. We fell behind 10-0 before we could warmer seats .

 

[bigblueinsanity]

3 or 4 times we went with wildcat and another time a wr pass (that he thankfully didn't throw). With the offense clicking no idea why we went to those looks.

However I don't think the call came from some mystery person. It came from coen who had good game but definitely had some weird calls

 

[bluecoon1]

Two straight games that we went away from what was working, should have gone up 21-0 against Mizzou if we kept running Davis and Leary/WRs were unstoppable in the pitch and catch. Glad Coen finally went to Leary’s strengths but totally dumbfounded we went away from it at critical moments, once again a sign of thinking you’re the smartest guy in the room. From peewee through juco I’ve always thought that a good coach sticks with what’s working but we kill any momentum by getting cute. I just don’t understand it.

 

[YaketySax]

I believe that one caused us to have to take a long FG that was missed because of a high snap when we were heading for a TD. Then there's the 4th and 6 that we threw deep when we could have tried a FG or at least a short pass beyond the 1st down marker. Also not being able to get 1 yard on 2 plays and turning it over on downs on our side of the field. Those 3 plays could have changed the outcome if the coaches didn't have their heads up their butts.

Must’ve been two different possessions. I was thinking of the TD in the 2Q. The exact play is at 8:31. 1st-and-10 from the UT 15 yd line. Yahoo! play-by-play lists it as a 4yd gain.

 

[MrHotDice]

It seems that this coaching staff wants to be a 50/50 team pass and run offense which is fine but if it take running 30 straight times or passing on every down to win the game that is what you do.. If Coen thought the Wildcat was the way to go in the 4th quarter then I question what he saw from the press box that killed UKs chances and destroyed every bit of momentum . Momentum is home field. Advantage in big games.

 

[TheDude73]

UT was ready to defend the run. It was obvious. We had easy gains on passes, and Leary was finally hitting his receivers. I think this was a Stoops override to keep trying to force the run game hoping one time it would break through. Every time we set up for a run play with Davis in the backfield, UT had the d-line stuffed with players. Play action worked because they were so focused on stopping the run game, but for whatever reason, the staff kept trying to force Davis into the mix.