I think @jiacono nailed the post game summary. Thanks Joe.
We will get an indicator of how stubborn Coach Monken and Coach Davis are in the upcoming bowl game versus Missouri. I expect them to stubbornly cling to playing Anderson and Tyler in the same drive. If they do that I hope it works well enough to win.
The bowl will also give us a measure of the resilience of this 2021 Army team. It is not easy for any team to take final exams and prep to play a bowl game in 10 days. I expect the team to pull together and make a strong effort in Dallas.
Coach Monken does not mention players by name while criticizing play right after a game. But this was not the first postgame where Monken has anonymously criticized Andre Carter’s poor tackling and play containment on sideline runs. He knows this is a problem.
Tyhier Tyler was a drive killer in the first half. He tripped on the turf, tripped on his linemen, and had a crucial delay of game penalty that made 3rd and 7 in the red zone become 3rd and 12. The coaches keep hoping Tyler will run for a TD in the red zone but those only come from great blocking where he runs through a hole quickly and untouched. That does not happen when we play this Navy defense. We should have tried something else in these situations. Know your enemy and know yourself and you will not have to fear outcome of a thousand battles.
This game and final outcome remind me a lot of last year’s bowl loss to West Virginia. We went up early in that game too. We went up even more to start the 3rd quarter But then we played too conservatively on offense with TT at QB and fell behind. Christian Anderson came in to move us down the field well at the end of that game and then the coaches put TT back in and he could not finish a drive. I do not understand the infatuation with TT at QB In the red zone.
Army has a bad habit of playing too conservatively on offense with a lead or when behind by one score. We did that this year versus WKU, Miami of Ohio, Wisconsin, Air Force, and Liberty. We did it again yesterday versus Navy. We do not trust our offense as much as we trust our defense.
We will get an indicator of how stubborn Coach Monken and Coach Davis are in the upcoming bowl game versus Missouri. I expect them to stubbornly cling to playing Anderson and Tyler in the same drive. If they do that I hope it works well enough to win.
The bowl will also give us a measure of the resilience of this 2021 Army team. It is not easy for any team to take final exams and prep to play a bowl game in 10 days. I expect the team to pull together and make a strong effort in Dallas.
Coach Monken does not mention players by name while criticizing play right after a game. But this was not the first postgame where Monken has anonymously criticized Andre Carter’s poor tackling and play containment on sideline runs. He knows this is a problem.
Tyhier Tyler was a drive killer in the first half. He tripped on the turf, tripped on his linemen, and had a crucial delay of game penalty that made 3rd and 7 in the red zone become 3rd and 12. The coaches keep hoping Tyler will run for a TD in the red zone but those only come from great blocking where he runs through a hole quickly and untouched. That does not happen when we play this Navy defense. We should have tried something else in these situations. Know your enemy and know yourself and you will not have to fear outcome of a thousand battles.
This game and final outcome remind me a lot of last year’s bowl loss to West Virginia. We went up early in that game too. We went up even more to start the 3rd quarter But then we played too conservatively on offense with TT at QB and fell behind. Christian Anderson came in to move us down the field well at the end of that game and then the coaches put TT back in and he could not finish a drive. I do not understand the infatuation with TT at QB In the red zone.
Army has a bad habit of playing too conservatively on offense with a lead or when behind by one score. We did that this year versus WKU, Miami of Ohio, Wisconsin, Air Force, and Liberty. We did it again yesterday versus Navy. We do not trust our offense as much as we trust our defense.
