But this is what people are complaining about - Sark is stubborn and calls plays for the team he wants, not the team he has. He needs to look at his roster, and most notably his QB, and call plays that allow the team to lean on their strengths. He has never done that at Texas. The TCU game in 2022 is the best example. That shit felt punitive.
Stop listening to Colin fucking Cowherd. He is garbage.
Despite what I said above about Cowherd, there was something of a coaching mismatch in this game. I honestly think Dillingham has the biggest upside of any coach today. He's still young and has plenty of time to develop or disappoint, but I've been watching ASU all season and am impressed with the dude. He's a gambler but he bets smart. He's willing take chances and move his pieces around to create whatever advantages he can. Doesn't always pay off, but the level of innovation and adaptability is something I wish we had more of. Not saying he's a better coach than Sark, but he definitely has some strengths that Sark lacks.
100% TSRH. Our ceiling has been limited since the day we lost Baxter. I love how Wisner has stepped up and I'm glad Blue has settled into his niche, but we do not have an every down back like Brooks, Bijan, or even RoJo. It doesn't excuse all our offense's woes, but it was always going to be a problem for an offense that relies heavily on a successful run game.
Because Sark is stubborn and bad at in-game adjustments. We come out at half time and the other team has made its adjustments to what we're doing. We don't adjust to their adjustments until the fourth quarter (if at all), and it means we consistently have shitty third quarters. Part of me thinks it would be better for us to be down at halftime against OSU - at least then we would know that we have to change our game up and would have the half to do it. The only other game where we trailed at half was UGA and that was probably our best third quarter of the season.
This is drivel with a bunch of clichés thrown in for good measure. I feel like I'm reading a comment on reddit from some poster who watched two of our games all season and gets most of their football analysis from memes.