Avery Johnson needs to return to his running and gunning self | Daily Delivery

hi everyone it's Fitz with the daily delivery kind of awkwardly positioned here in the stands at yulman Stadium yulman Stadium here in New Orleans K State gets the win as you know uh but there's some things they have to fix today I'm going to talk about what's wrong with number two why why isn't Avery Johnson looking like Avery Johnson But first you reminder please subscribe to this YouTube channel hit the thumbs up leave those comments appreciate it so very much as we travel with the cats wherever they go this season it's going to be a busy year a lot of long road trips and boy this wasn't an easy one to watch uh every Johnson is not himself right now it's a little concerning um I think his confidence has been dented in his ability to throw the ball which honestly in practice this isn't an issue and uh I I don't think he's comfortable with maybe how he's being pass protected he's got pressure on him quite a bit I know that's troubling to him uh but biggest thing is and I mentioned this on my postgame talk my power talk he looks scared to get hit that's not Avery Johnson Avery Johnson's Fearless Runner and he just doesn't seem to have the same gidy up decisiveness that you need and I I'm going to just say this and this is pure speculation on my part I think the coaches have spent so much time talking about importance of keeping him healthy and not getting him injured that he's not playing his football he's not doing what he does uh and he's got to get back to that kimman mentioned coach kimman mentioned they got to carve out an identity and that identity uh needs to be a big play offense I'm sorry I I don't think this is a ground and pound offense right now DJ giddens does a good job but you know what uh he he just only got into the open one time in this game it was just over and over repeated hammering with him he's a great receiver uh when they call upon him uh but uh they need to use that but not be the focus and I really believe they need to get the ball down field a little bit more they're not letting Avery play Avery Johnson football it baffles me to be real honest because ay's got so many skill sets and an ability to play at a really high level um and he's just being very cautious right now and I feel like the coaches are being very cautious you know um I think Conor Eary mentioned this on Thursday when we talked to him that you felt like they were playing not to lose instead of playing to win in the first half they did that in this game too this team's got to come out and assert itself if if you want to win games in the Big 12 you can't be messing around letting a team that you should be beating either hang around at halftime or lead at halftime as tane did in this game 20 to 10 at halftime they held to land to seven points in the second half and you know put up their own chunk of of you know 24 points in the second half so that was good but man Arizona's not going to let you come back like that uh and neither will a lot of lot of teams in this conference this team has got to assert itself Avery Johnson needs to get back to what Avery Johnson does and the coaches need to just let him play quit telling him you know save yourself don't get hurt just let him play um and yeah I agree it might put him at risk but by protecting him you're you're going to protect your ability to win a game to you got to let him be Avery and let him do his thing and once he does I think this team's going to be pretty good

Share your thoughts

Related Transcripts

What is Kansas State's 'lynchpin' game on its 2024 schedule? | Daily Delivery thumbnail
What is Kansas State's 'lynchpin' game on its 2024 schedule? | Daily Delivery

Category: Sports

Hi everyone it's fitz with your daily delivery i'm here i'm on the set we've wrapped up the recording portion of our big 12 reports check those out at the big 12 insiders channel they'll still be spilling out into the middle of next week but they're done and i'm purple again hey i got a question here... Read more

Dylan Edwards seems to fill out this very deep Kansas State team | Daily Delivery thumbnail
Dylan Edwards seems to fill out this very deep Kansas State team | Daily Delivery

Category: Sports

He everyone it's fitz with your daily delivery hope you're doing well i'm quite good although i got to say this i'm just going to put it out there on the table full disclosure having monday press conferences was weird we had chris kimman ay johnson up at the table and five other players you can see... Read more

Big 12 football is now on all day, every Saturday | Daily Delivery thumbnail
Big 12 football is now on all day, every Saturday | Daily Delivery

Category: Sports

Everyone it's fitz it's game day i'm doing great i bet you you are too it doesn't matter if your case dat or not maybe you played earlier in the week and that's kind of today's topic but man most of those teams are in action and i got to tell you i was looking forward to this new 12 the 16 it's better... Read more

Use of Dylan Edwards at Kansas State's practice was notable | Daily Delivery thumbnail
Use of Dylan Edwards at Kansas State's practice was notable | Daily Delivery

Category: Sports

Everyone it's fitz with your daily delivery hope you are well welcome to the weekend i'm i guess it's sunday now that you're watching this i'm recording this on saturday so it gets a little confusing for my little manb brain but it is still the weekend and i have an observation left over from last week... Read more

Fitz explains what's apparently transpiring between the Big 12 & UConn | Daily Delivery thumbnail
Fitz explains what's apparently transpiring between the Big 12 & UConn | Daily Delivery

Category: Sports

Hey everyone it's fitz with your daily delivery hope you are doing well i am quite good i'm having fun this weekend but i had to pause and redo the daily delivery because it was supposed to be about another grievance but breaking news dictates that i forget that one and move on to the topic at hand... Read more

It wasn't easy, but Colorado survives first night of Big 12 football | Daily Delivery thumbnail
It wasn't easy, but Colorado survives first night of Big 12 football | Daily Delivery

Category: Sports

He everyone it's fitz with the daily delivery hope you're doing well i'm tired i'm great but i'm tired because i watched a lot of football on thursday night because it's college football season it's big 12 football season four schools four members were in action and i'm going to talk about the biggest... Read more

Protecting Avery Johnson also prevents him from playing his way | Daily Delivery thumbnail
Protecting Avery Johnson also prevents him from playing his way | Daily Delivery

Category: Sports

He everyone it's fitz with the daily delivery hope you're doing well i'm good it's game week but it just happened that fast we had the game on saturday it's sunday we're wrapping up the coverage at goat.com of all things kate football and monday this day is a press conference leading up to the two-lane... Read more

Today marks Kansas State football's last day of fall camp | Daily Delivery thumbnail
Today marks Kansas State football's last day of fall camp | Daily Delivery

Category: Sports

Hi everyone it's fitz with your daily delivery hope you're doing well i am very good ball camp for the kansas state wildcats the football team ends today today's their last practice of fall camp on this glorious sunday here in the state of kansas why because classes start on monday doesn't that seem... Read more

VJ Payne postgame Tulane Press Conference | 09.07.24 thumbnail
VJ Payne postgame Tulane Press Conference | 09.07.24

Category: Sports

Besides taking a shower that's the only time i put it in my locker i was yeah i walked me through that play how did you read it how' you come up the intercep um uh basically i was in the post coming from the boundary and i was showing um in the middle of the field so i kind of figured the quarterback... Read more

Previewing No. 17 Kansas State at Tulane | Friday Walk Through thumbnail
Previewing No. 17 Kansas State at Tulane | Friday Walk Through

Category: Sports

Welcome to gopowercat.com friday walkthrough sponsored by riverbank brewing now let's head into the studio hey everyone and welcome in here to the friday walkthrough i'm cole cary and with me as always former kansas state defensive back monty spiller here to preview the game against tlane and wrap up... Read more

No. 18 Kansas State 41, UT-Martin 6 | Postgame Podcast thumbnail
No. 18 Kansas State 41, UT-Martin 6 | Postgame Podcast

Category: Sports

Welcome to the powercat podcast the original kate sports show now let's go to the rolling flint hills home of the cats and dogs studio here's your host tim fitzgerald welcome to the powercat postgame podcast fitz and cole cary right here in the cats and dogs studio with two dogs were asleep i think... Read more

Yes, Kansas State won, but this team must improve quickly | Power Talk thumbnail
Yes, Kansas State won, but this team must improve quickly | Power Talk

Category: Sports

Everyone it's fitz with your postgame power talk kansas state escapes with a 3427 victory it was one of the ugliest winds you will ever see in your life this can state team has a lot of improving to do they just kind of look not fully engaged in the first half again and uh they came out in the second... Read more