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Message: [QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 4386045, member: 4819"] Gait can blame last years players all he wants, but push comes to shove, if he isn’t getting results, he’ll only have his record to stand beside. Players come and go but Gait will be the constant. It does seem pretty clear that he was a bit naive about what he was stepping into last year. He admitted as much last year when he said he made the schedule too difficult. That said I don’t think he’s all that wrong, there were talent issues last year. I’m pretty sure we could all see a team that had a hard time catching and throwing the ball. It’s hard to tell how much is on the players and how much is on the staff with some of this stuff. The Albany game seemed to be mostly on the staff with all the offsides calls. Games where players like Dordevic weren’t moving the ball and not shooting it well (Hopkins game comes to mind) whose fault is that? Should the coaches have benched him? I just don’t know. Berkman couldn’t beat a short stick last year which really hindered the offense. The offense improved when Birtwistle took his spot, a negative for the staff is why did that take so long? Hiltz going down I think hurt the offense more than people give it credit. I think he was meant to be the pivot that made everything connect. When he went down Curry and Dordevic felt like they had to do everything themselves. Defense was awful last year and I’m extremely worried about that unit this year. The same group of players weren’t much better with Rogers in charge the year prior which gives Petro a bit of an excuse. But Petros defenses at Hopkins at the end of his reign were not good either. I think it’s best that the unit will be welcoming a bunch of new starters but there were some things I saw, from a scheme perspective, that were all wrong last year. Anyways, this post is all over the place. I think the offense has a ton of talent with a nice mix of freshmen and veterans. The defense I’m worried will just be too young and Petro makes me nervous given his recent track record. Long story short I think more nervous about the coaching staff than I am the talent for 2023. [/QUOTE]

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