My two cents on the state of things in Ames. Yesterday I said we stink, and I think most people agreed with that after watching the game. It was tough to take and embarrassing to say the least.
But who is to blame? Who actually stinks???
There is only one guilty party here and it is NOT the players. When I boo next week and do it loudly, it won't be directed at them.
I have a ton of respect for the players. Those guys put in a ton of work all year long and have to care about school at the same time. Sure some of them get scholarships, but for the most part, being a D1 football player is a grind. Especially on a bad team.
Those guys are trying their best, but they are outmatched right now and it shows.
ALL of the blame from me goes to the coaches. They are the ones who stink right now!
Yes, coaches are not on the field, players are, but holy crap they are bad right now.
Wally stinks.
Paul stinks.
And yes, JP stinks too for allowing this to get so bad and for extending CPR in the first place.
Sure, winning at ISU is tough, but at least be smart enough to come up with a way to be competitive. Getting massacred by Tech should not happen.
Having a 5th year QB not improving is just as much about bad coaching as it is a lack of skills.
These coaches get paid well. I would be embarrassed to cash my paycheck this week.
In fact, in the few real estate deals I have screwed up, I told the client to just keep their money. I didn't feel I earned it so I didn't want it.
Right now, the coaches aren't earning their dough. They stink.
Who else is at risk of stinking? Us, the fans. We will all STINK unless we demand better for the school that we love. This is garbage right now. Let JP and Leath know we expect better.
That starts with firing everyone and starting over.
AMEN!! Totally agree.
This is not the players fault at all. It is the coaching staff's job to win football games. It is their responsibility for recruiting the kinds of players needed to win football games. It is their jobs, if the recruits aren't ready to play as freshmen, to develop them and get them ready to win football games as juniors or seniors. And it is their job, if players just aren't good enough and are deemed to be recruiting failures to recruit over them and get someone in here that can do the job and win football games.
It is ALL up to them how the product on the field is performing. They are getting huge dollars to do just that. And the great ones not only do that, but also don't take any credit for it when they do. They give the players the credit. And if they don't win, the good coaches take the blame too, and don't lay it on the players.
Rhoads is not only losing, but he's also now blaming the players for the losses. This is the most pathetic response a coach can have IMO. This is a coach that knows he's in over his head and his days are numbered, and now is trying to save face by blaming his players instead of himself in the hopes he can possibly still land on his feet somewhere else because afterall.... none of this was his fault, right? It was the players fault.
Rhoads is not in a good situation right now and he knows it.