should have fired him when he had a pass oriented game plan in a hurricane.
That's one of those funny one-liners that tells a deep truth.
That game plan of trying to pass through a monsoon came about, I would guess, because of the balls Fedora was juggling. First, there was Trubisky, The guy had been sitting, and because he is not close to dumb, he knew that he had a potentially very bright NFL future. Many of us - on IC and Carolina Blue and non-UNC specific boards as well as this one - had been discussing for a couple of years what deals had gone on behind the scenes to keep Marquise Williams happy after the dust ups from Marquise Williams telling the press he deserved to be #1 QB - that was when he was a .500 QB with an up and down game.
I always thought that Fedora made promises to Williams (Williams would start and not have to share playing time), which in turn would mean that Fedora would have to make promises to Trubisky (Trubisky would not run much when he finally was allowed to play after Williams).
Any time you do such a thing, you set in motion major headaches for the future. Even as we were winning in 2016, I was saying that the bottom was going to fall out because I could feel some kind of tension filled awful vibe coming off the program. And I was certain it had to do with whatever deal was made to placate Marquise Williams and persuade Trubisky to be a silent benchwarmer until Williams was gone.
The monsoon game was when it all blew up. Unlike 2015, when everything went perfectly (virtually 0 injuries, none of them important) things became to hint at doom over the horizon. If we had had a fully healthy team in 2016, then we'd have run Hood and Logan, behind an OL that was ready to block for RBs carrying the ball as opposed to blocking for a running QB. But Hood was fully healthy in 2016 for only 5 or so games, and Logan had minor issues all year. And the OL seemed stuck in a rut, as if it felt it were still blocking for a run-first QB.
The above I attribute primarily to Kap's failures to be both OC and OL coach with any degree of high quality.
And so in the monsoon against VT, Fedora felt he had to stick to his deal with Trubisky, and pass. Trubisky was not going to run it 20 times, and Fedora, delighted with his running QB Marquise, had failed miserably to prepare a top RB corps. So when Hood was gimpy and the foe had a tough D, we were out of luck as far as running the ball, unless Logan could get going and play 75% of the downs. And Logan getting going usually meant the fear of Hood and the pair alternating, forcing Ds to change what they do while facing a fresh RB.
Fedora created his own fall in setting up his dream season. He created a balloon that eventually would burst.
Now, if Fedora could remake his offense, he might have a chance to save himself. But that he will not do, because his entire claim to fame is as some kind of offensive guru.
