Have always been a fan of Mike Leach. While Leach is going to start the senior Luke Falk, putting in his sophomore QB turned a 31-10 deficit to a win in triple OT.
Don't like his calling out his players, but interesting comments by Leach about his OL and WRs thinking they are great and not demonstrating it in the 1st half.
Last year, Chris Ash stayed too long with an ineffective QB. Hope that either Bolin gets it together, or if he does not, we give Gio or Lewis a shot, and not just one or two reps to hand the ball off. Even so, we need both Gio and Lewis to get reps and experience for next year.
http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/wsu-cougar-football/mike-leach-offense-timid-boise-state/
http://www.espn.com/college-football/playbyplay?gameId=400935267
WSU went into the locker room at half time with only 148 offensive yards and having converted only three of eight third downs.
Luke Falk was a pedestrian 12 of 19 for 116 passing yards and an interception, James Williams was averaging 1.9 yards per carry, and aside from one 59-yard pass to Renard Bell, WSU seemed incapable of completing any long passes.
What was wrong?
Everything, says Leach.
“I think our whole offense were a bunch of cautious pattycakers out there,” Leach said, proceeding to call out every offensive position group.
“We’ve got receivers, they think they’re really good players. If you don’t believe me, just listen to them talk as they walk around the hall,” Leach said. “And they’re getting jammed and beat up by kids approximately their same age. …. I thought our receivers played timid.”
He wasn’t thrilled with the play of his starting quarterback either. Leach said he took Falk out of the game for one series in the third quarter because he wanted him to “see how easy it would be out there” and get an opportunity to review things from the sidelines.
“Sometimes, just an extra set of eyes as it slows down from the sideline will kind of clarify things for you, which I think it did (for Falk),” Leach said.
The quarterback re-entered the game in the fourth quarter, but was knocked out of action entirely after he took a big hit from Boise State’s Jabril Frazier.
Leach at least seemed pleased with the way backup quarterback Tyler Hilinski performed. Hilinski finished 25 of 33 for 240 yards and three touchdowns.
However, he also threw one interception and took a sack for a loss of 20 yards on his first offensive series.
“I thought his first drive started out fine, but he had to take care of the football better and make some better choices, but I thought that his drives after that, he did a really good job,” Leach said.
Hilinski agreed.
“I made a couple bonehead plays,” Hilinski said. “The sack obviously was pretty terrible, and the flip interception wasn’t too good. But you learn from your mistakes.”
Don't like his calling out his players, but interesting comments by Leach about his OL and WRs thinking they are great and not demonstrating it in the 1st half.
Last year, Chris Ash stayed too long with an ineffective QB. Hope that either Bolin gets it together, or if he does not, we give Gio or Lewis a shot, and not just one or two reps to hand the ball off. Even so, we need both Gio and Lewis to get reps and experience for next year.
http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/wsu-cougar-football/mike-leach-offense-timid-boise-state/
http://www.espn.com/college-football/playbyplay?gameId=400935267
WSU went into the locker room at half time with only 148 offensive yards and having converted only three of eight third downs.
Luke Falk was a pedestrian 12 of 19 for 116 passing yards and an interception, James Williams was averaging 1.9 yards per carry, and aside from one 59-yard pass to Renard Bell, WSU seemed incapable of completing any long passes.
What was wrong?
Everything, says Leach.
“I think our whole offense were a bunch of cautious pattycakers out there,” Leach said, proceeding to call out every offensive position group.
“We’ve got receivers, they think they’re really good players. If you don’t believe me, just listen to them talk as they walk around the hall,” Leach said. “And they’re getting jammed and beat up by kids approximately their same age. …. I thought our receivers played timid.”
He wasn’t thrilled with the play of his starting quarterback either. Leach said he took Falk out of the game for one series in the third quarter because he wanted him to “see how easy it would be out there” and get an opportunity to review things from the sidelines.
“Sometimes, just an extra set of eyes as it slows down from the sideline will kind of clarify things for you, which I think it did (for Falk),” Leach said.
The quarterback re-entered the game in the fourth quarter, but was knocked out of action entirely after he took a big hit from Boise State’s Jabril Frazier.
Leach at least seemed pleased with the way backup quarterback Tyler Hilinski performed. Hilinski finished 25 of 33 for 240 yards and three touchdowns.
However, he also threw one interception and took a sack for a loss of 20 yards on his first offensive series.
“I thought his first drive started out fine, but he had to take care of the football better and make some better choices, but I thought that his drives after that, he did a really good job,” Leach said.
Hilinski agreed.
“I made a couple bonehead plays,” Hilinski said. “The sack obviously was pretty terrible, and the flip interception wasn’t too good. But you learn from your mistakes.”
