-Kory Sheets vocal criticisms of what's been going on has made him off-limits to the press
-Elliott does not need surgery, but is still out for the season
-No mention of who's the second-string QB
-Kyle Adams is still out
-Frank Duong will play more this week
-Purdue's receivers aren't "big-play" receivers, but they're competent
(nothing makes an offense and its players more confident than being told they're "competent"...atta boy, Psych Guru!)
-Painter misses too many passes and is the main reason for the offense's problems
(Just because a quarterback isn't "accurate" and doesn't "read defenses" or "go through progressions" doesn't mean he should be held accountable...[all of these have been complaints of Tiller about Painter this season, mind you])
-Pre-determined passes hurt Painter's accuracy (Tiller's pre-determined route calling, according to the coach)
-The offense hasn't been challenging the opposition enough...
-Play-calling is too vanilla
-Historically, Tiller has demanded 2 trick plays to be available for each game...this year he has not demanded this...That seems contradictory, no?
(note: This is especially kooky since Tiller said they were going to call a fun, loose offense this season back when it was announced it was his last season...)
-Tiller's seriously, really, absolutely demanding 2 trick plays for each game to be presented to him as available for the rest of the season prior to each game...But he's not guaranteeing they'll be called.
(Way to hold their feet to the fire, coach!!!)
-His opinion of the offensive and defensive coordinators this season:
"I think they've done as good a job as they can based on our lack of productivity..."Nice! Here's how good they've done in conference, statistically, you can decide for yourself:
11th in scoring offense
8th in scoring defense
10th in turnover margin
10th in rush offense (w/ Sheets averaging 98 yds/gm)
7th in rush defense
7th in total offense (w/ two receivers in the top-10 for receiving)
6th in total defense (63rd nationwide)
10th in pass efficiency
9th in first downs
6th in red zone offense
9th in red zone defense
10th in 3rd down conversion
Tied in last in the conference standings (my least favorite stat of all)
I wonder who is at fault when a team "lacks productivity"...hmmm? Ahhh, no matter, everything is just fine and should fix itself as the season progresses.
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Coach Tiller went on to say that he now believes water is wet, and that "Friends" wasn't funny.
This is the kind of insight that we stupid bloggers will never grasp.
Thanks for enlightening me, Coach.
Dude, you're so low IQ.
Tiller was right to make Kory off limits to the press. His "no comment" was over the line.
He is right we don't have big play receivers.
Him recognizing they need to mix it up with trick plays is a good thing.
He is right about Curtis predetermining where he is going with the ball.
You are being way too critical.
Way too critical? Are you crazy?
Let's look at this example.
Company P goes from having a nice 50% profit in year 1 to a decent profit of 20% in year 4 to a loss of 80% in year 7.
Who gets blamed? The CEO. The man in charge. The head honcho. That's who.
College football is no different. Take Clemson as the most recent example. Regardless of what Tommy Bowden had done for that program, he was ousted because they weren't performing up to expectations.
So, let me ask you Purdue Matt, what exactly are you expectations? Are they to just show up and that's good enough for you? Do you expect them to play like cream puffs but you're excited to just be in the Big Ten conference? What the hell do you expect from this team?
Let's say Tiller wasn't retiring this year. Would you be willing to put up with 15 years of 2-9 records just because he took the team to the Rose Bowl once? That's STUPID.
S T U P I D !
Purdue Matt
While I'm glad Coach Tiller is finally recognizing these short-comings, I am bothered that it has taken him until 2-5 to admit that something is wrong.
I have wanted something done about the predictable offense, Painter's telegraphed passes and inaccuracy since the Oregon game.
As for Mr. Sheets, I would rather hear an honest, astute press conference from Kory Sheets than Tiller's typical "Aw shucks, we'll get 'em next week, where's my fishing pole?" blather.
Another thing- there are big play receivers in this stable.
Last year, Greg Orton made catches for more than 25 yards a few times...This year, at least on five occasions, he's been thrown to over the wrong shoulder thus making it impossible to catch the ball. Similarly, Des Tardy has already had two 50+ plays from the line of scrimmage...now he's not a big play guy. Even more- If Sheets was lined up as a receiver in the slot a la Marshall Faulk for the St. L Rams, he'd create an awfully tough match-up for LBs...and Keith Smith the same starting in three-point stance demanding a LB or DE to defend him.
This is all coaching...tired, lazy coaching. Just as coaching took a bunch of rag tag players that were simply unsuccessful, the year before back in 1997, this coach and surrounding staff has taken some very good players and rendered them unexciting and no more than competitive.
Like Tiller used to say, it's all about match-ups...Well, defenses now know exactly what's coming, so they can match-up perfectly thus making a "big play" into an incompletion or only a small gain.
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