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10/26/2024 9:25 PM | Football
Head Coach Kyle WhittinghamÂ
Opening Statement…
"We seem to keep finding the same blueprint to lose. First of all, we're not scoring enough points. 14 points won't get you many victories. We're having a hard time rushing for 100 yards. We're having a tough time making first downs, only 12 first downs. Defensively, we're having a hard time stopping the run. They had well over 200 rushing the football. We did some really good things on defense, great red zone defense, had a couple key stops in the red zone, turnovers on downs. We're still not making the impact plays, one takeaway, zero sacks. We typically try to make five or six impact plays. For the last several weeks, that's been a struggle. We missed a couple field goals that would've been key in the outcome, but you're not going to make every field goal. It just seems to be a pattern of how we're not getting it done each week. Obviously, we as coaches need to be better, starting with me. Every issue we have in this program is on my shoulders and that's fine with me. I still have a lot of belief in this football team. We're just in a funk of sorts that we can't seem to break out of."
On the switch at quarterback from Wilson to Rose…
"We were trying to get a spark, trying to create something. We'd only scored one touchdown and we didn't seem to be gaining momentum, so we figured it was time to give Brandon an opportunity. He came in and he scored one touchdown as well, so we got one touchdown with each of those guys at QB."
On the quarterback position going forward…
"We'll grade the film and there's a good body of work from each guy. Of course, Isaac has a much bigger body of work from this season. We'll see how Rose did with his reads and what he did with the opportunities that he had and then make a decision on which one of them we're going to go with. I'm not saying Isaac has lost his job, but everybody has to play to a certain standard and the quarterback position is no different. We'll take a long look at that."
On what he thought of the job Mike Bajakian did as offensive coordinator…
"He did some good things. He was put in a tough spot. We didn't think he was going to create a miracle in five days on the job. I thought we added some things to the offense that were helpful. The touchdown to Kuithe on the second play of the game was an addition. I think there was some good, bad and elements to the offense. We still came away with about 300 yards and only 12 first downs, so the end result is still not what we need it to be."
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Opening Statement…
"We seem to keep finding the same blueprint to lose. First of all, we're not scoring enough points. 14 points won't get you many victories. We're having a hard time rushing for 100 yards. We're having a tough time making first downs, only 12 first downs. Defensively, we're having a hard time stopping the run. They had well over 200 rushing the football. We did some really good things on defense, great red zone defense, had a couple key stops in the red zone, turnovers on downs. We're still not making the impact plays, one takeaway, zero sacks. We typically try to make five or six impact plays. For the last several weeks, that's been a struggle. We missed a couple field goals that would've been key in the outcome, but you're not going to make every field goal. It just seems to be a pattern of how we're not getting it done each week. Obviously, we as coaches need to be better, starting with me. Every issue we have in this program is on my shoulders and that's fine with me. I still have a lot of belief in this football team. We're just in a funk of sorts that we can't seem to break out of."
On the switch at quarterback from Wilson to Rose…
"We were trying to get a spark, trying to create something. We'd only scored one touchdown and we didn't seem to be gaining momentum, so we figured it was time to give Brandon an opportunity. He came in and he scored one touchdown as well, so we got one touchdown with each of those guys at QB."
On the quarterback position going forward…
"We'll grade the film and there's a good body of work from each guy. Of course, Isaac has a much bigger body of work from this season. We'll see how Rose did with his reads and what he did with the opportunities that he had and then make a decision on which one of them we're going to go with. I'm not saying Isaac has lost his job, but everybody has to play to a certain standard and the quarterback position is no different. We'll take a long look at that."
On what he thought of the job Mike Bajakian did as offensive coordinator…
"He did some good things. He was put in a tough spot. We didn't think he was going to create a miracle in five days on the job. I thought we added some things to the offense that were helpful. The touchdown to Kuithe on the second play of the game was an addition. I think there was some good, bad and elements to the offense. We still came away with about 300 yards and only 12 first downs, so the end result is still not what we need it to be."
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