The Coaching Turnaround Has Been Drastic
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The new Campbell (hopefully) is more like the old Campbell. Maybe even better if he is learning to correct some of his past shortcomings?
The big difference on the OL has been inserting a freshman RG, Black (51) for multi-year starter Simmons (55). My only Simmons sighting today came immediately following the high snap on the FG attempt, saved by the punter / holder. CMC appeared to be chewing out Simmons on the sideline immediately following that play. Is Simmons the long snapper?
Jaylin Noel and Gerry Vaughn did not play in the game versus Ohio. They are difference makers. We missed them.
I thought Noel did play, but Vaughn didn't. Noel just didn't play well. I agree both those guys are critical.
You thought wrong. According to this. Lots of people overlooking how bad the virus hurt us. And Rocco was really sick but played.
The day CMC starts to read CF is the day he freshens up his resume to leave.
Queue tapping head guy:
Always be sarcastic so when you're wrong you can play it off as being sarcastic.
JFC people MC fired his best friend to make a change suddenly everyone is surprised he's willing to change.
In a world where a college football coach's ego is surpassed only by his salary, I absolutely love the fact that we have a coach humble enough to publicly admit a few weeks ago that he's been trying too much to protect his guys from losing rather than allowing them to try to win.
Maybe I'm just old school, but I love how Matt Campbell practices what he preaches to his players when it comes to humility. He's a lot like our university in general. He's also the polar opposite of the trendy Deon 'Prime Time' Sanders and I'm okay with that.
Maybe I'm just old school, but I love how Matt Campbell practices what he preaches to his players when it comes to humility. He's a lot like our university in general. He's also the polar opposite of the trendy Deon 'Prime Time' Sanders and I'm okay with that.
I should have said the TEs haven’t quite been as good as advertised until the game against Cincinnati. Can't ask for much more than 2 TDs. Glad to see the coaches use them more in the red zone. Not sure our running game is good enough to pound it in from the 20.
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I don't feel the coaches have changed at all. Feel the players have changed. So the staff is now willing to put a little more on their plates from a game plan standpoint.
Also, our o-line was so disfunctional early in season, my guess is coaches tried to simplify play calling
Also, our o-line was so disfunctional early in season, my guess is coaches tried to simplify play calling
Rocco's performance in terms of poise, seeing the field, taking care of the ball, and overall decision-making has been off-the-charts good for a (redshirt) freshman starting and playing full-time for the first time against Power 5 defenses. It's like the opposite of last year where Deckers was a step behind on reads all year. I've been thinking recently about what's going to happen with Kohl. If Rocco keeps playing like this and presumably improves, hard to see Kohl getting much playing time unless he's just a hugely superior talent.
It's a good thing to have multiple QB recruits you can win with. I get it, the times have changed and you always need to re-recruit your own players now, but I don't think most schools fans worry about this kind of thing. JJ is always just one play away from being in the game.
I believe we have better QB play and leadership now.
I love that he is coaching like 2017 and 2018 again as far as playing to win.
I wasn't expecting it, but am very happy about that development.
I LOVE waking up on Sunday mornings knowing our Cyclones won the day before. It's awesome.
I'm thinking transfer portal, not "is it good for the team?" Sure it's good for the team to have multiple great QBs on the roster but JJ is going to want to play, not back up Rocco for four years.
