Whoever feels this way has a ticket, on me, to go join the Black and Gold bandwagon. That is just idiotic if anyone truly feels strongly that way.Sadly, if some wins don't start appearing even this season, people will probably be ready to move on.
I'm liking the approach. Hopefully a couple of weeks of rest can produce a fun game this Saturday.
Whoever feels this way has a ticket, on me, to go join the Black and Gold bandwagon. That is just idiotic if anyone truly feels strongly that way.
You're right. But that doesn't make it any less stupid. Now, if Steve Prohm would have come in last year with the team he was given and he went 7-11 in conference and missed the NCAA tourney, I would at least understand where something like that would come from. But the situation that CMC came into, with the talent he had, compared to the talent he has brought in, there should be no reason anyone wants to fire Campbell after this year, nobody. I don't care what anyone says, that isn't fair to CMC.In today's world of needing everything right now, it wouldn't shock me.
One thing, well two things, are obvious to me thus far:
1. This staff actually knows how to coach. It's weird. I know.
2. We're talent deficient. **I should to this that Campbell and crew's ability to recruit has brought a significant bump in talent.
I think that all we've really wanted to see out of this season was improvement and some sort of inclining that the staff is competent. I think we can all agree that both of these are apparent.
I'm not sure if I agree or disagree at this point but to play devils advocate, this team is the exact same thing as it was last year on Saturdays. UNI=Toledo, OSU=OSU, Baylor=KSU (Ok not quite the same letdown but a letdown) while we weren't competitive against Iowa and only somewhat against TCU.
Yes, the oline is bad but it's also been good enough to do whatever we wanted for 10/12 quarters in three straight games. I don't know that we can just determine this staff knows how to coach with the UNI, OSU, and Baylor games out there. We should have won those games just like we should have won more games last year.
This isn't a indictment of this staff. Most of them are young and will learn things and they do have to change attitudes, however, we can't just say that everything is just so much better now. There's certainly some coherency to the offense that wasn't there pre-Sturdy last year but the results have been exactly the same. I think some personnel and coaching mistakes were made by this staff that have hurt a little bit, but again, most of them are young and will learn. They can certainly recruit but you have to win games next year or people won't believe in your message.
I look at it from the perspective of these guys are in their first year and are essentially without an OL, LB's, and to a lesser extent, a DL. Those 3 position groups make or break a football team. We've seen significant improvement as the season progressed. Progression like we'd not seen before under Rhoads. He regressed.
There's a huge deficit of confidence within the locker room that Campbell has had to address on top of everything else. I think it's apparent these guys have a plan and are executing it. It's going to take time in order to change the culture here. Nothing we didn't already know.
I'm not sure if I agree or disagree at this point but to play devils advocate, this team is the exact same thing as it was last year on Saturdays. UNI=Toledo, OSU=OSU, Baylor=KSU (Ok not quite the same letdown but a letdown) while we weren't competitive against Iowa and only somewhat against TCU.
Yes, the oline is bad but it's also been good enough to do whatever we wanted for 10/12 quarters in three straight games. I don't know that we can just determine this staff knows how to coach with the UNI, OSU, and Baylor games out there. We should have won those games just like we should have won more games last year.
This isn't a indictment of this staff. Most of them are young and will learn things and they do have to change attitudes, however, we can't just say that everything is just so much better now. There's certainly some coherency to the offense that wasn't there pre-Sturdy last year but the results have been exactly the same. I think some personnel and coaching mistakes were made by this staff that have hurt a little bit, but again, most of them are young and will learn. They can certainly recruit but you have to win games next year or people won't believe in your message.
They can certainly recruit but you have to win games next year or people won't believe in your message.
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