What Tom Allen Said After Indiana’s 38-33 Loss to Maryland

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana head coach Tom Allen took to the rostrum following the Hoosiers’ 38-33 loss to Maryland for Indiana’s fourth straight lack of the season. 

Learn Allen’s full transcript, or watch the connected video of all the press convention.

On the frustration of the large run performs with a brand new quarterback…

ALLEN: “Very disappointing. I feel that final run, it was third-and-long. They ran the soccer. Form of attempting to cease some various things. Clearly have that decision again, you have got a distinct sport. On the similar time you bought to get him on the bottom.

So it is nonetheless a run play. Then he had the lengthy quarterback run on a brief yardage scenario. I believed that was dangerous execution on our half.

Disappointing. To me you set your self in a troublesome spot, the protection has to step up. That basically to me was a irritating factor, with out query.”

On if the turnovers mirrored an offense that might discover its rhythm however not consistency…

ALLEN: “Yeah, I imply, the primary one was a tip ball. The second was a 50/50 ball. Yeah, they had been the primary performs. Gave them momentum proper out of the beginning of every half, which is hard.

Then clearly the ultimate fumble. Preventing for yards. We work so exhausting on ball safety every single day, to get a helmet on the ball.

Yeah, it is irritating, with out query. However received to do a greater job defending the soccer. Takeaways, large deal on protection. Defending the ball is a large deal on offense.”

On what you want to do to cease making errors that put you in a gap within the first minutes of every half…

ALLEN: “There is no query, yeah. So irritating for me. Have not had one of these sample proceed like this. That is simply exhausting to place a finger on.

Clearly we have modified so many various issues practice-wise, tried to emphasise the robust begins, large issues, giving up factors.

To me we received to return and proceed to strive to have a look at other ways to try to create. Like I mentioned, it isn’t that our guys weren’t able to play. 

They performed exhausting, had been locked in. This one as we speak form of appeared not capable of give you the play on protection to get a cease. You then give the ball away proper out of the gate, it form of units the whole lot off to a unfavourable tone.

They’re a part of the sport, cannot separate them. They’re irritating, little doubt.”

On Monster being known as for the unsportsmanlike conduct…

ALLEN: “I simply do not see that decision being made in that scenario. That is my opinion, so I simply do not see it.”

On how the protection is adapting to the lack of Cam Jones and Jaylin Williams and what wants enchancment…

ALLEN: “Yeah, I imply, you lose two elite gamers, it is exhausting. However different guys are stepping up. Yeah, it is made it tougher, and not using a query.

However hopefully we get Jaylin again right here. Has an opportunity to come back again sooner most likely than Cam. Hope we would get him again right here quickly.

Yeah, we’d like these guys, little doubt about it. We’d like everyone. Brylan Lanier received an enormous sack earlier than half, which is large for his confidence. His execution was great on that play. We labored exhausting on that. Different guys are rising up and doing issues.

Clearly it hurts to lose All-Huge Ten guys. Cam was taking part in at All-American stage in my view. You simply do not substitute guys like that.”

On the defensive sport plan stepping into in opposition to Taulia…

ALLEN: “We had been attempting to forestall the explosive go performs. That is one thing he does actually, very well. He creates them along with his legs in addition to simply within the stream of the drop.

We had a tough time getting him on the bottom. He is a extremely, actually elusive man. Has been that means each single week on tape. A very good offense, we knew that stepping into. Knew they had been going to be difficult. The most effective receiver cores within the nation. No query.

You when have a proficient quarterback like that, with the mixture, makes it powerful. Once you get a brand new man in there, he performed slightly bit in opposition to Michigan. Got here in that sport, drove down and scored in opposition to Michigan. Just a little bit comparable type by way of we did not assume it will essentially change. The quarterback runs slightly bit extra downhill than they had been making guys miss.

We simply did not execute, in my view, by way of the calls that was made for these conditions the place he broke free slightly bit.

However, yeah, I imply, a man goes down, one other man’s received to step in and make performs. Clearly slightly bit completely different type, however comparable sufficient the place we did not assume they had been going to alter issues.”

On Rod Carey…

ALLEN: “I believed they performed strong. I have never watched the movie. I noticed some enchancment, with out query. I believed they had been a giant, bodily defensive position that has pressured folks. I believed they held up higher within the go protections, did some issues to assist them as effectively.

However, yeah, undoubtedly a optimistic step in the appropriate route with that group. No query about it.”

On tackling and what wasn’t clicking as we speak…

ALLEN: “I believed particularly early on, I imply, we had a number of occasions the place we had guys proper there in the appropriate place to make these performs. They received to complete ’em. Whether or not it is a few of our corners attempting to sort out their large backs, each of their backs are large and bodily, that may very well be a bodily mismatch in some methods. Nonetheless received to play with method.

Man, we have labored extraordinarily exhausting the final couple weeks on it. Noticed some enchancment final week. Upset in as we speak.

They’ve good athletes. When you have got extra elite athletes, it makes it tougher. The mixture of energy and quickness makes it powerful.

Simply proceed to work on it. That is not going to alter. Upset in that, for certain. Third down earlier within the sport the place we had the man two, three yards behind the road, did not get him on the bottom. A few them are extra of our older guys that we depend on to try this.

By no means going to stop to emphasise takeaways and tackling. Not getting sufficient takeaways and we did not sort out ok tonight. To me that is the disappointing half for our protection.”

On what went flawed after being up by three when Taulia went out…

ALLEN: “There have been a pair quarterback runs, like I mentioned, one particularly. To me the important thing one was the third-and-long the place we had an opportunity to get off the sector and we did not. They ran the soccer. We had a go stress known as and so they ran it.

Typically you are attempting to determine what they’ll do. In case you have a run name, if you are going to give them an excessive amount of time in opposition to proficient receivers, if you do not get any stress on the quarterback…

Simply a part of it. It’s important to make choices. I want we may have that decision again, with out query. However to me it is nearly having a ending mindset, ending mentality. We had ourselves in place to try this and we did not do this. That is what makes this actually, actually disappointing.”

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