We've reached the McCarney point

[CurvedAir]

McCarney was good for the program. He had some success. Eventually, he could not keep up with the other schools. We're at the exact same point with Rhoads. It is time for a change. When you get embarrassed repeatedly, at home, after six years, your time is over.

I'm not asking for 10 win seasons. I'm asking to be reasonably competitive in most games and have a decent chance at .500 and a bowl game. This is ridiculous.

 

[CyDude16]

Bowl game or bust next year for Paul.

 

[Gunnerclone]

McCarney was good for the program. He had some success. Eventually, he could not keep up with the other schools. We're at the exact same point with Rhoads. It is time for a change. When you get embarrassed repeatedly, at home, after six years, your time is over.

I'm not asking for 10 win seasons. I'm asking to be reasonably competitive in most games and have a decent chance at .500 and a bowl game. This is ridiculous.

Tell all of your friends to stop going to games. That's what got Mac fired.

 

[Cytation]

BCS bowl or better.

 

[CurvedAir]

Stadium was less than half full at halftime. Looks like they already got the word.

 

[Spam]

National championship or nothing

 

[atlantacyclone]

Are we the worst rated D in power conferences yet? The sad thing is that if we were in the B1G we would be thinking conference championship about now...

 

[DFWClone]

He could win 2 games next year and not get fired.

 

[jdoggivjc]

BCS bowl or better.

It's only the CPR apologists that are making this argument, trying to mock those of us that expect better than 3-win seasons and making ***** of themselves in the process.

 

[TheJackWePack5]

Paul should be embarrassed. How quickly OU took the little life we had away, we got pounded. We didn't even belong on the same field as OU.

Something has to change. Force a turnover on downs when down 21-7 and we run it and do little dink passes instead of take a shot downfield to a 6'5 target. So much fail today.

 

[AMarner32]

I left today's game at halftime. Usually I would feel bad about it, but I don't know. Today we weren't prepared. I've had season tickets to ISU football since the Meyer/Blythe era, and I've left early a grand total of three times, including today. There's a HUGE difference between losing because you're simply not good enough and losing because you're not prepared/not focused. Based on our poor WR play, our inability to tackle and just lack of focus in general, I would say this is the latter.

 

[jdoggivjc]

It's kind of sad I'm pining for the McCarney years, as frustrating as those years were.

 

[scyclonekid]

Our football program is a ******* joke and that will never change with Rhoads at the helm. Will we ever see an 8 win season again ever!!?? JFC.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Our football program is a ******* joke and that will never change with Rhoads at the helm. Will we ever see an 8 win season again ever!!?? JFC.

What's really sad is some here think asking for 8 wins every few years or so is asking too much.

 

[awd4cy]

Bowl game or bust next year for Paul.

Shouldn't take playing next year to know it will be the latter of the 2.

 

[jbhtexas]

Sadly, to me this has been looking like McCarney 2.0 for some time now, except it seems that there isn't going to be that one 9-win season...

Overly-emotional coach who can't translate that emotion into mental toughness on the field
Team constantly exhibits unsound fundamentals
Team constantly comes out not ready to play
Talent below the necessary level to compete in the Big 12

 

[jdoggivjc]

Sadly, to me this has been looking like McCarney 2.0 for some time now, except it seems that there isn't going to be that one 9-win season...

Overly-emotional coach who can't translate that emotion into mental toughness on the field
Team constantly exhibits unsound fundamentals
Team constantly comes out not ready to play
Talent below the necessary level to compete in the Big 12

The real question is will there even be any more 6 or 7 win (mediocre) seasons?

 

[CurvedAir]

Sadly, to me this has been looking like McCarney 2.0 for some time now, except it seems that there isn't going to be that one 9-win season...

Overly-emotional coach who can't translate that emotion into mental toughness on the field
Team constantly exhibits unsound fundamentals
Team constantly comes out not ready to play
Talent below the necessary level to compete in the Big 12

Agree with everything except I think McCarney and his staff were probably better recruiters. I have to think there are at least 75 teams with more collective talent than us... especially on defense. How can Rhoads be such a poor recruiter on that side of the ball? Just a complete and total mismatch at every level and position.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Agree with everything except I think McCarney and his staff were probably better recruiters. I have to think there are at least 75 teams with more collective talent than us... especially on defense. How can Rhoads be such a poor recruiter on that side of the ball? Just a complete and total mismatch at every level and position.

Including teams at the FCS level.

 

[AMarner32]

Agree with everything except I think McCarney and his staff were probably better recruiters. I have to think there are at least 75 teams with more collective talent than us... especially on defense. How can Rhoads be such a poor recruiter on that side of the ball? Just a complete and total mismatch at every level and position.

We have a handful of competent players. Mutcherson and Cotton-Moya are both good (albeit incapable of tacking an OU RB) and Tribune is solid.
Speaking of Tribune... Where was he?