Hallmarks of the Brookhart Era

[Quickzips]

Terrible puntingLack of discipline (see dead ball personal foul penalties)Turnovers in big gamesLack of halftime adjustmentsAbsolutely terrible run defenseDefensive backs who are giving up a good 6 inches to the WR's they are trying to coverTrying to call trick plays at puzzling timesKickoffs that don't even sniff the goal lineInjuries piling upMediocrityThis University deserves better. That beautiful new stadium deserves better. We, as fans deserve better. I hate to be a knee-jerk reaction fan, but it's pretty clear after three sub-.500 years and the crap I witnessed out on that field today that J.D. Brookhart isn't the guy to captain this ship.

[zipsbandman]

I agree. I would have liked to have seen him ousted after last season. It's time for a change. That shiny new stadium will be empty as long as that quality of football is played there.

[GP1]

Terrible puntingLack of discipline (see dead ball personal foul penalties)Turnovers in big gamesLack of halftime adjustmentsAbsolutely terrible run defenseDefensive backs who are giving up a good 6 inches to the WR's they are trying to coverTrying to call trick plays at puzzling timesKickoffs that don't even sniff the goal lineInjuries piling upMediocrityThis University deserves better. That beautiful new stadium deserves better. We, as fans deserve better. I hate to be a knee-jerk reaction fan, but it's pretty clear after three sub-.500 years and the crap I witnessed out on that field today that J.D. Brookhart isn't the guy to captain this ship.

Interesting post. Let's see.Terrible punting...the coach doesn't kick the ball. The players do.Turnovers....the coach doesn't fumble. The players do.Halftime adjustments....check. The more things change, the more they stay the same.Terrible run defense....check. The more things change, the more they stay the same.Small db's....check. Any DB with size and speed is not playing in the MAC.Trick plays..... As much as I hate them, he did call it around mid field which is where you should try them.Kickoffs.... The coach doesn't kick the ball.Injuries... I'm not certain how that is the fault of the coach.Mediocrity..... Is this your first year watching UofA football.

[GP1]

I agree. I would have liked to have seen him ousted after last season. It's time for a change. That shiny new stadium will be empty as long as that quality of football is played there.

The stadium is going to sit half full in a couple of years regardless. Just like Canal Park.

[zipsbandman]

I agree. I would have liked to have seen him ousted after last season. It's time for a change. That shiny new stadium will be empty as long as that quality of football is played there.

The stadium is going to sit half full in a couple of years regardless. Just like Canal Park.

I said empty not half full

[GP1]

I agree. I would have liked to have seen him ousted after last season. It's time for a change. That shiny new stadium will be empty as long as that quality of football is played there.

The stadium is going to sit half full in a couple of years regardless. Just like Canal Park.

I said empty not half full

Empty? I'm sure Zips Win! will be there.

[zip37]

As I have posted and posted and posted and... Brookhart= <.500 coach and you were expecting WHAT! :blink:

[Quickzips]

Your right GP1. All Brookhart needs is better players. Wait, he recruited all these players didn't he? And he coaches all of them doesn't he? I agree that a lot of it is on the players, but when you see the same damn thing over, and over, and over, and over again year after year its stops being just the players. Ultimatly JD is the guy that has to be accountable. For his entire tenure here we've been mediocre over and over again. A team that can hover around .500 at best. Maybe thats good enough for you. It isn't good enough for me any more. I'm tired of watching crappy football. What I saw today, and what I've seen most of the last five and a half years (and even before that under Lee Owens, no GP, this isn't my first year watching Zips football) is crappy football. I'm sorry, I like JD as a person, but he's not the right coach for this program.

[GP1]

Your right GP1. All Brookhart needs is better players. Wait, he recruited all these players didn't he? And he coaches all of them doesn't he? I agree that a lot of it is on the players, but when you see the same damn thing over, and over, and over, and over again year after year its stops being just the players. Ultimatly JD is the guy that has to be accountable. For his entire tenure here we've been mediocre over and over again. A team that can hover around .500 at best. Maybe thats good enough for you. It isn't good enough for me any more. I'm tired of watching crappy football. What I saw today, and what I've seen most of the last five and a half years (and even before that under Lee Owens, no GP, this isn't my first year watching Zips football) is crappy football. I'm sorry, I like JD as a person, but he's not the right coach for this program.

My original post is not a defense of JD. He has had good enough talent over the past few years to have won more games than he has. Whether it is Faust, Owens or JD, the losing continues. At what point are the players to blame? The opening kickoff was run back because a Zip squarely hit the IU player and the kid broke the tackle and ran for a TD....I blame the player in that case.Like I said before, JD has nine games to win six more. Six years is enough. Five was too few and seven will be too many if he doesn't win 7. I have no emotion about JD at all. Either he gets it done or he doesn't.

[UADavid]

He was outcoached. He was overmatched. JD knew it after the game ended. That's a bit late for any adjustment. ''We kind of got into a drop-back game and let their defensive ends rear their ears back and get going, which they did,'' Brookhart said. ''Matt made some bad decisions but he'll continue to improve. He's a football player. It means a lot to him and he'll get better.''He is a wide receivers coach. no more no less.

[ZippyforPresident]

Terrible puntingLack of discipline (see dead ball personal foul penalties)Turnovers in big gamesLack of halftime adjustmentsAbsolutely terrible run defenseDefensive backs who are giving up a good 6 inches to the WR's they are trying to coverTrying to call trick plays at puzzling timesKickoffs that don't even sniff the goal lineInjuries piling upMediocrityThis University deserves better. That beautiful new stadium deserves better. We, as fans deserve better. I hate to be a knee-jerk reaction fan, but it's pretty clear after three sub-.500 years and the crap I witnessed out on that field today that J.D. Brookhart isn't the guy to captain this ship.

Not JD's fault. Ask Jacquemain and the rest of his "boys" about that one. At least a few of them give a damn I hope. JD made the tough choice by benching the only chance we had to win..And it hurt us, BAD. Yeah, I'm just completely blowing off some steam after this embarrassment. Sorry, but I don't know what else to do, Indiana is absolutely horrible and our defense was even more pathetic. We just made a complete fool of ourselves today.We had a chance to be taken seriously, but that's gone now. Thank you Chris, hope it was worth it to you. And for all of you Rodgers advocates... How many MORE pics can your boy throw? Clearly the kid is nowhere near ready... I just hope these guys figure it out soon.. Good luck to you the rest of the season, because after what I witnessed today you're really gonna need it.. ugh

[RootforRoo44]

Blaming Brookhart entirely is asinine. I think this game was lost in large part to CJ11 letting his teammates and fans down. I know he let me down.

[akronad]

I waited until this morning to post because I was too disappointed and p---ed off after yesterday's embarrasment.Discipline or should I say a lack thereof seems to be the trademark for this team & JD. First, we lose our starting qb for doing something stupid b4 one the season's biggest games (JD did the right thing), but then there were at least 2 dead ball penalties. One in the 3rd quarter that just killed any momentum we might have had. Also, after an excellet kick return, there was the infamous illegal block penalty.I believe we saw the true Zip fb team play yesterday and I don't care for it much at all. Just to be bowl eligible (6-6), we need to go 5-4 the rest of the way. To get us to a bowl other than representing the MAC champion, we need to go 6-3. Can we do it, I want to hope that we can, but my gut is telling me we will be 5-7 or 4-8 this year. I truly hope I'm wrong.

[GP1]

Indiana is absolutely horrible and our defense was even more pathetic.

I've said it already and I'll say it again. IU is 3-0 with games against Purdue, Northwestern, Virginia and Iowa remaining. They could win six games and go to a bowl.I don't think the talent level on IU is all that bad. Like us, they have a huge QB problem. Chappell is terrible. Put a decent qb on that team and they win six easy.

[mivid12]

Indiana is absolutely horrible and our defense was even more pathetic.

I've said it already and I'll say it again. IU is 3-0 with games against Purdue, Northwestern, Virginia and Iowa remaining. They could win six games and go to a bowl.I don't think the talent level on IU is all that bad. Like us, they have a huge QB problem. Chappell is terrible. Put a decent qb on that team and they win six easy.

Brookhart apologist provide much hilarity....he is not a good HC & if Akron fans like poor coaching & mediocre football, then he's your man....first & foremost his defensive scheme stinks...it has always stunk & doesn't give the team a chance to compete....pls someone argue that with me & i'll merely post the points allowed the last cpl years....my guess is the new AD will give JD the heave-ho...and not a minute too soon.

[Buckzip]

Indiana is absolutely horrible and our defense was even more pathetic.

I've said it already and I'll say it again. IU is 3-0 with games against Purdue, Northwestern, Virginia and Iowa remaining. They could win six games and go to a bowl.I don't think the talent level on IU is all that bad. Like us, they have a huge QB problem. Chappell is terrible. Put a decent qb on that team and they win six easy.

GP1, Do you feel like a loner here being the lone defender of Brookhart? Just curious.When you go line by line and say nothing is the coaches fault, it tells a lot...

[GP1]

Indiana is absolutely horrible and our defense was even more pathetic.

I've said it already and I'll say it again. IU is 3-0 with games against Purdue, Northwestern, Virginia and Iowa remaining. They could win six games and go to a bowl.I don't think the talent level on IU is all that bad. Like us, they have a huge QB problem. Chappell is terrible. Put a decent qb on that team and they win six easy.

Brookhart apologist provide much hilarity....he is not a good HC & if Akron fans like poor coaching & mediocre football, then he's your man....first & foremost his defensive scheme stinks...it has always stunk & doesn't give the team a chance to compete....pls someone argue that with me & i'll merely post the points allowed the last cpl years....my guess is the new AD will give JD the heave-ho...and not a minute too soon.

What about my post makes you think I am a Brookhart apologist?The defensive scheme. If you followed this board closely over the past 3-4 years, I was the first to say the defensive scheme stinks. I was the first one to be critical of Brookhart in a meaningful way. Not only does it stink, it makes the offensive soft. The 3-3-5 is a soft defense. Our offense practices against them in the spring and fall making them soft. The main point is that while Brookhart is largely to blame, we need to start asking why the players can't grab their balls in a big game and do something. The players need to start earning their scholarships. The taxpayers of Ohio are shelling out a ton of money for them to go to school and they need to start earning it.

[GP1]

Indiana is absolutely horrible and our defense was even more pathetic.

I've said it already and I'll say it again. IU is 3-0 with games against Purdue, Northwestern, Virginia and Iowa remaining. They could win six games and go to a bowl.I don't think the talent level on IU is all that bad. Like us, they have a huge QB problem. Chappell is terrible. Put a decent qb on that team and they win six easy.

GP1, Do you feel like a loner here being the lone defender of Brookhart? Just curious.When you go line by line and say nothing is the coaches fault, it tells a lot...

Maybe your reading comprehension skills aren't at a fifth grade level, but I think my original post did direct some criticism at JD.

[uafan]

He is a wide receivers coach. no more no less.

Certainly not a special teams coach!

[Lee Adams]

Blaming Brookhart entirely is asinine. I think this game was lost in large part to CJ11 letting his teammates and fans down. I know he let me down.

wrong!

[GP1]

Blaming Brookhart entirely is asinine. I think this game was lost in large part to CJ11 letting his teammates and fans down. I know he let me down.

wrong!

"You lie!"

[johnnyzip84]

Blaming Brookhart entirely is asinine. I think this game was lost in large part to CJ11 letting his teammates and fans down. I know he let me down.

wrong!

"You lie!"

[Buckzip]

Indiana is absolutely horrible and our defense was even more pathetic.

I've said it already and I'll say it again. IU is 3-0 with games against Purdue, Northwestern, Virginia and Iowa remaining. They could win six games and go to a bowl.I don't think the talent level on IU is all that bad. Like us, they have a huge QB problem. Chappell is terrible. Put a decent qb on that team and they win six easy.

GP1, Do you feel like a loner here being the lone defender of Brookhart? Just curious.When you go line by line and say nothing is the coaches fault, it tells a lot...

Maybe your reading comprehension skills aren't at a fifth grade level, but I think my original post did direct some criticism at JD.

A 5th grade level would still behigher that yours...Gotta love the putdowns when you know you are losing an argument...

[Dr Z]

The defensive scheme. If you followed this board closely over the past 3-4 years, I was the first to say the defensive scheme stinks. I was the first one to be critical of Brookhart in a meaningful way. Not only does it stink, it makes the offensive soft. The 3-3-5 is a soft defense. Our offense practices against them in the spring and fall making them soft.

I'm not sure if I could come up with a post proving it, not that it is important, but I have NEVER liked this trick scheme. I was going to agree with QZ observation of "no halftime adjustments" and add the 3-3-5. I'm not sure I agree with the others listed as being JD's fault, but I will go with 1. Defensive scheme and 2. No halftime adjustments. I wonder if Indiana run off tackle left and off tackle right ALL GAME (no other plays), if our defense would ever be put in a position to stop it.

[goodthts]

The Akron PeeWee Rams (if they still exist) could figure out after a few plays that the Zips run a slowly developing half-draw run up the middle on first down. And they would probably stop us too.Remember "Metcalf up the MIDDLE"? Zips run the 3 yards and a cloud of rubber pellets offense.