People bent over backwards to praise the defense as much as possible last year

Jun 26, 2024
2:17:26pm

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

And some will want to get into a Hill vs Tuiaki argument over this, but the bottom line is that the defense simply wasn't good enough last year. Neither side of the ball were remotely good enough. It was a complete team effort in 2023.

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Retzlaff gets the blame for last 4 games, but you won't win giving up 38 points

viper

Jun 26, 2:14pm

When your entire team stinks, the blame starts to point to one person

Huge Manatee

Jun 26, 2:16pm

This guy?

OldFogey

Jun 26, 5:33pm

I doubt it. That guy's pure muscle.

Y05

Jun 26, 6:22pm

I believe the thought is the previous defensive staff left little talent behind to work with.

GfB

Jun 26, 2:16pm

But you will get the blame for throwing a 99 yrd INT against OU and not scoring

bad84cougar

Jun 26, 2:17pm

Especially when play calling showed these problems in other games.

BYUtka

Jun 26, 2:21pm

People bent over backwards to praise the defense as much as possible last year

Indy Coug

Jun 26, 2:17pm

Both sides of the ball had weak lines and I don’t see any improvement

claw

Jun 26, 2:30pm

The offensive line was much better at run blocking in the final few games

Belboz

Jun 26, 3:09pm

I like Retzlaff. Sure, he made some major mistakes, but he also

BlueFever

Jun 26, 2:17pm

Team seemed mentally and physically worn down the past 4-5 games

Dr T-bone

Jun 26, 2:19pm

We aren't blaming the defense as much because changes were made there, it will

BYUtka

Jun 26, 2:20pm

Coach Hill was in his first year, following a staff that recruited poorly.

idcougarfan

Jun 26, 2:37pm

I don't blame him for the game results any more than anyone else on the roster

CougarCanuck76

Jun 26, 2:44pm

The offense could not move the ball.

davidmj10

Jun 26, 2:51pm

THIS

runningryan

Jun 26, 3:35pm

Who isn't blaming both sides of the ball on the losses last year? The issue is..

LateToTheGame

Jun 26, 2:59pm

Turnovers were a big cause in the losses. A bunch of those came close to our own endzone too. 🙁

ManicBlue

Jun 26, 3:22pm

I'll add that not all of the turnovers were Retzlaff's fault.

ManicBlue

Jun 26, 3:39pm

Lots of blown assignments on offense

runningryan

Jun 26, 3:42pm

Retzlaff was only a Soph and thrown into BYU's toughest stretch so I'll hold off on condemning him and branding him as a

ManicBlue

Jun 26, 3:56pm

Well when you don’t have an O line that can block and an uncoordinated and disjointed offense

runningryan

Jun 26, 3:38pm

always a team effort, but throwing a pick six at 1st and goal at the 2 is very hard to erase in fans' minds.

Bob Vance

Jun 26, 3:56pm

I know talking about those last two games and how a play or two, the cougs

Beetdiggercoug

Jun 26, 6:36pm

While true, Retzlaff alone shoulders the blame for the Oklahoma loss

andrewg3

Jun 26, 6:46pm

But who gets credit for keeping it close against Oklahoma?

Great38

Jun 26, 8:35pm

Aidan Robbins

andrewg3

Jun 27, 12:09am

Playing from behind forces you to throw more. Defense lacked depth.

rbr

Jun 26, 7:49pm

He was the lowest rated player on the entire offense 😬

gocougs719

Jun 26, 8:04pm

QBR was in the 30's and 40's, not good enough to win. Plus defense was improved

here's to hoping

Jun 26, 8:37pm

Was the defense improved?? Look at the stats. Offense and defense sucked bad.

byusage

Jun 26, 9:31pm

The two seasons are very difficult to compare. First, our offense was OK in 2022

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