Ena has been a disaster!!

AgMac · Post by **AgMac** » December 20th, 2019, 8:37 pm

He is the worst D Coordinator we've had in over a decade. And it isn't close.

Turbo54 · Post by **Turbo54** » December 20th, 2019, 9:00 pm

No discipline, the last play on defense was the epidamy of the whole season, the D end crashes instead of staying home on an option play like every D end is coached to do

kofdog · Post by **kofdog** » December 20th, 2019, 9:01 pm

I’ll never figure out what Tipa was given a new roll... the wrong one

N8boz · Post by **N8boz** » December 20th, 2019, 9:01 pm

He should be let go tonight. 50 points to 6 win Kent State.

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slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » December 20th, 2019, 9:02 pm

I think the biggest issue this year on defense is we didn’t play to our players strengths.

GUS · Post by **GUS** » December 20th, 2019, 9:06 pm

Send Ena back to byu. Let him screw up down in Prowo.

ThunderAggie · Post by **ThunderAggie** » December 20th, 2019, 9:07 pm

Bad defensive players + Bad defensive coordinator = Train wreck

ineptimusprime · Post by **ineptimusprime** » December 20th, 2019, 9:08 pm

ThunderAggie wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 9:07 pm
Bad defensive players + Bad defensive coordinator = Train wreck

But here’s the thing, we had a flawed, but competent defense last year with essentially the same players. That tells me this is much more about the Xs and Os than the Jimmys and Joes.

HomeTown · Post by **HomeTown** » December 20th, 2019, 9:11 pm

At least we don't have to worry or think about this disaster of a defense any more. Hopefully somebody (coaches) sees/knows something I don't. If Ena is the problem, let him go. If it was a lack of players, go out an recruit.

brian5562 · Post by **brian5562** » December 20th, 2019, 9:23 pm

The fact that he didn’t start spying the qb after being repeatedly killed on scrambles tells me all I need to know.

bullshot · Post by **bullshot** » December 20th, 2019, 9:33 pm

HomeTown wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 9:11 pm
At least we don't have to worry or think about this disaster of a defense any more. Hopefully somebody (coaches) sees/knows something I don't. If Ena is the problem, let him go. If it was a lack of players, go out an recruit.

Trouble is recruiting is over for 2020, and I’m not seeing any game changers coming in. This defense could use a few, no they could use a lot.

hickaggie · Post by **hickaggie** » December 20th, 2019, 9:37 pm

D lacked talent. Ena made it exponentially worse. He was so damn insistent on going to a 4 man front with only Henigar as his true 4 man end. So he converted our 2 OLBs to D-ends where they weren't equiped to play leaving Woody to clean up the mess. It sort of worked until 24 tackles a game got Woody concussed. Then Katie bar the door with a lazy d line and the worst coverage secondary in D1 football and no LBs.

Post by **Aglicious** » December 20th, 2019, 9:45 pm

hickaggie wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 9:37 pm
D lacked talent. Ena made it exponentially worse. He was so damn insistent on going to a 4 man front with only Henigar as his true 4 man end. So he converted our 2 OLBs to D-ends where they weren't equiped to play leaving Woody to clean up the mess. It sort of worked until 24 tackles a game got Woody concussed. Then Katie bar the door with a lazy d line and the worst coverage secondary in D1 football and no LBs.

That's a pretty decent summary of what has happened. The scheme is just so poor for the personnel we had.

Aggie75 · Post by **Aggie75** » December 20th, 2019, 10:06 pm

All year long we couldn't figure out how to get off blocks, wrap up people and basically just play sound defense. It all goes back to the defensive coordinator. There were just too many games this year when we weren't even competitive. Losing to BYU, Air Force, Boise State and Kent State is not an embarrassment, but to be shellacked the way we were defensively is. I trust Gary to get rid of the dead wood and that includes Ena.

Elkaggie · Post by **Elkaggie** » December 20th, 2019, 10:10 pm

EnA’s not leaving. Remember when GA hired him how excited he was??? No way he lets his buddy go after one season.

ineptimusprime · Post by **ineptimusprime** » December 20th, 2019, 10:15 pm

Elkaggie wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 10:10 pm
EnA’s not leaving. Remember when GA hired him how excited he was??? No way he lets his buddy go after one season.

I unfortunately think you are correct, unless we somehow get the “Allies closing in on Berlin” version of Gary that came out in his final days at Oregon State.

Ena really does deserve to be fired.

JFW_AGGIES · Post by **JFW_AGGIES** » December 20th, 2019, 10:15 pm

Elkaggie wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 10:10 pm
EnA’s not leaving. Remember when GA hired him how excited he was??? No way he lets his buddy go after one season.

I remember when he removed his buddy Bill Bush as DC, so if he feels that's what needs to happen he will do it.

CW51 · Post by **CW51** » December 21st, 2019, 1:04 am

Elkaggie wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 10:10 pm
EnA’s not leaving. Remember when GA hired him how excited he was??? No way he lets his buddy go after one season.

Buddy or not! Gotta go! Embarrassing!

Empire of Dirt · Post by **Empire of Dirt** » December 21st, 2019, 5:12 am

IIRC, It took two terrible seasons before he removed Busch.

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Aggie formerly in Hawaii · Post by **Aggie formerly in Hawaii** » December 21st, 2019, 6:44 am

I imagine ena gets another year, but year one has not been a good sign. There certainly were injuries, but when you are letting offenses do things they haven't done all year or only against fcs teams something is off.

Harcher · Post by **Harcher** » December 21st, 2019, 7:33 am

They would put 3 receivers on the open side of field and our DBs would be 7-8 yards off them. Then Kent would do running play, not really a sweep but run wide to open side of field. They would get 7+ yards on that consistently.

Why not come up right on the receivers once in a while? As I understand it, man coverage is at risk for going deep on you, which they did for first TD. The whole season was consistent with minimal adjustments and a type of soft zone. I recall AF game in particular.

So chicken or egg: We dont have personnel and hence run zone always, OR is it poorly executed/decision scheme?

SLB · Post by **SLB** » December 21st, 2019, 8:57 am

Jay Hill is still at Weber State.

NavyBlueAggie · Post by **NavyBlueAggie** » December 21st, 2019, 9:01 am

GUS wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 9:06 pm
Send Ena back to byu. Let him screw up down in Prowo.

And if they don't want him back in Provo????? Not sure where this coach fits yet it's obvious where he doesn't belong!!!!

El Sapo · Post by **El Sapo** » December 21st, 2019, 12:16 pm

hickaggie wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 9:37 pm
D lacked talent. Ena made it exponentially worse. He was so damn insistent on going to a 4 man front with only Henigar as his true 4 man end. So he converted our 2 OLBs to D-ends where they weren't equiped to play leaving Woody to clean up the mess. It sort of worked until 24 tackles a game got Woody concussed. Then Katie bar the door with a lazy d line and the worst coverage secondary in D1 football and no LBs.

Jesus, Hick, that's just what I was thinking. Poor coverage combined with not being able to stop the run is a bad mix for your defense.

Every time I looked at our defensive alignment I thought we didn't have the right defense on the field. I did like the individual players. I thought our DBackfield was scrappy and played good enough. They clearly didn't know certain coverages early in the season but they improved throughout the year. Our DLine guys seemed solid individually. The LB play is hard for me to follow. I saw Woody making plays but after he went out I think we really were exposed physically at that position. And we're supposed to be LB U!

Coaching not players need's improvement

Post by **aggies22** » December 22nd, 2019, 12:57 am

bullshot wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 9:33 pm

HomeTown wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 9:11 pm
At least we don't have to worry or think about this disaster of a defense any more. Hopefully somebody (coaches) sees/knows something I don't. If Ena is the problem, let him go. If it was a lack of players, go out an recruit.
Trouble is recruiting is over for 2020, and I’m not seeing any game changers coming in. This defense could use a few, no they could use a lot.

Recruiting for 2020 is NOT over.

FloridaAggie13 · Post by **FloridaAggie13** » December 22nd, 2019, 12:27 pm

SLB wrote: ↑
December 21st, 2019, 8:57 am
Jay Hill is still at Weber State.

Wonder why he is still there. After all the hoopla I read about him I'm shocked he's not coaching in the Big Ten or the SEC already.

Post by **aggies22** » December 22nd, 2019, 12:53 pm

Whomever was responsible for jogging DJ Williams out week after week should go too. Either Ena or Orphey or both.

oleblu111 · Post by **oleblu111** » December 22nd, 2019, 1:03 pm

The problem with this team on either side of the ball was a lack of toughness. Football is a game that is a physical contest if you are not that strong you are in trouble regardless of the alignment. By the way they play a lot of 3 man fronts in this game.

I'm not defending any coach, but that lack of toughness is the real problem.

Post by **aggies22** » December 22nd, 2019, 1:17 pm

oleblu111 wrote: ↑
December 22nd, 2019, 1:03 pm
The problem with this team on either side of the ball was a lack of toughness. Football is a game that is a physical contest if you are not that strong you are in trouble regardless of the alignment. By the way they play a lot of 3 man fronts in this game.

I'm not defending any coach, but that lack of toughness is the real problem.

What I find strange is that these guys were plenty tough last year.

KissMyAg · Post by **KissMyAg** » December 22nd, 2019, 2:04 pm

AgMac wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 8:37 pm
He is the worst D Coordinator we've had in over a decade. And it isn't close.

What a (I can't express myself without swearing) little post.

Roy McAvoy · Post by **Roy McAvoy** » December 22nd, 2019, 2:30 pm

KissMyAg wrote: ↑
December 22nd, 2019, 2:04 pm

AgMac wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 8:37 pm
He is the worst D Coordinator we've had in over a decade. And it isn't close.
What a (I can't express myself without swearing) little post.

Name a worse d coordinator we’ve had the last decade. I’ll wait.

AggieFBObsession · Post by **AggieFBObsession** » December 22nd, 2019, 2:52 pm

aggies22 wrote: ↑
December 22nd, 2019, 12:53 pm
Whomever was responsible for jogging DJ Williams out week after week should go too. Either Ena or Orphey or both.

I don't know why teams didn't throw DJ's way all year.... (All day, all week, all month, all year)

I've never been a proponent of hiring a BYU grad. That's the first mistake.

AgMac · Post by **AgMac** » December 22nd, 2019, 3:43 pm

KissMyAg wrote: ↑
December 22nd, 2019, 2:04 pm

AgMac wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 8:37 pm
He is the worst D Coordinator we've had in over a decade. And it isn't close.
What a (I can't express myself without swearing) little post.

Yeah, but (I can't express myself without swearing) and accurate are not mutually exclusive.

mcaggie1 · Post by **mcaggie1** » December 22nd, 2019, 6:22 pm

AgMac wrote: ↑
December 20th, 2019, 8:37 pm
He is the worst D Coordinator we've had in over a decade. And it isn't close.

That is exactly what the Y fans were saying about Sitake the first two years of his tenure.
Now, they love him.

Aggiecountry · Post by **Aggiecountry** » December 22nd, 2019, 6:53 pm

I understand everyone’s frustration and I don’t necessarily disagree with allot of what’s being said about Ena. However can we quit headlining this (I can't express myself without swearing) all over this board during recruiting, can’t be good for potential recruits especially defensive ones. Has to be a better way to vent maybe chat?

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