Re: If not Mac then who?
*loud sound of breaks, tires squealing on pavement*
Hold up a sec...
Didn't you recently go on about how you don't plan to donate any further money to the program - and...if I recall - said you'd rather have a new coach that win a BCS game?
And here...you give a pass to Loney and the Cardinal coaching staff because they have poor offensive line. Cited it limits play calling, etc.
So the ISU staff needs tossed under the bus, but the Cardinal coaches are not the problem - it's the players that need to execute.
Now to make sure I'm not putting words in your mouth - did I get that right? It seems black-n-white to me, but - I've been wrong before.
The MAJOR difference between the cardinals and ISU is Loney is in his first year dealing with the players has has been dealt. I am not a Cardinals fan (baseball or football) so I don't know makes player and talent decisions.
I liken Loney's situation to Cotton's. They both came on board to a team recently that talent wise is most likely not indicative of their coaching abilities. There have been player decisions at ISU (recruiting etc) that have resulted in what Barney has to work with. There have been player decisions in Arizona (draft, free agency etc.) that Steve has to work with. I think the problem is not the players and the execution, it is the management of player decisions that has put both teams where they are. In ISU's case that is Spin DMC who has contributed to the issue. In Arizona it is who ever handles the personnel management decisions.
By the way, I did not say I was not going to donate again, just not until something changes.
Does the fact that the plays called are not executed mean they were not the ones the coach thought most likely to be executed? Perhaps more complex plays would have been even greater failures (Int returned for a TD, QB sacked for a season ending injury, etc).
I did not say they call the plays the know will be executed, sometimes when the oline sucks, it sucks. I would say that holds for both teams.
