I am re-watching last year's games and as I am just now getting to the Illinois game, something big sticks out to me in these games in particular - penalties; drive-killing, largely controllable penalties. I am aware that we vastly improved as the year moved on and I have every reason to believe we won't start out with a 90+ yd/game avg in that department, but on the other hand we are moving in a decent amount of new guys and rebuilding the Offensive Line. So, my goal of this post is to get input as to:
1.) what caused such an influx of penalties (my thought was primarily the misunderstanding of the new system);
2.) insight on the amount of focus on improvement in this area by the coaching staff;
3.) opinions on whether we repeat the early trend due to the moving up of young folks or continue improvement despite young bucks; and
4.) what impact improvement would have compared to other areas in need of improvement (turnovers for example)?
1.) what caused such an influx of penalties (my thought was primarily the misunderstanding of the new system);
2.) insight on the amount of focus on improvement in this area by the coaching staff;
3.) opinions on whether we repeat the early trend due to the moving up of young folks or continue improvement despite young bucks; and
4.) what impact improvement would have compared to other areas in need of improvement (turnovers for example)?
