Are we better?

[Irishsecra1]

I personally think that Gill, and to some extent Cook, are not being given the respect they deserve.
Lets be honest, before Angeli went down, we led the country in passing yards.
Gill especially, and Cook, got a lot of those yards.
Gill was a star in the making in my opinion. That he got Mossed catch was superb.

But once Angeli went down, we literally had no one who could get the ball to our receivers consistently.
NO ONE AT ALL.

I truly think they should be judged on what they accomplished under Angeli, not what they did the rest of the year with the parade of unacceptable QBS in Collins and Filardi. The QBS were so bad it was laughable.

The fact that Ole Miss grabbed both of them speaks volumes.

We can only hope that the new WRS have at least one WR who is close to Gill in their ability, not to mention Cook.

 

[DBCooper]

Defense is a little better. Offense, with the exception of backup QBs< is worse.
Still on the fence if our coaching is better though on the defensive side, there is no way to go but up.

The loss of Gill is huge in my opinion. I fear it will seriously bite us in the butt.
Having a mass exodus from WR starting with Ross is very bad for our program in my opinion.
All our wide receivers are straight up rookies or very little experience.

You are on the fence if our coaching is better? You cant possibly be serious.

 

[PAcuse]

All our wide receivers are straight up rookies or very little experience.

Merriweather -15 TDs
Weaver - was having a great year to the starting QB got hurt
Moore - 2 years at FSU did some game action
Outten - was looking like he would make the two deep at PSU as a Freshman but dealt with injures (that's after PSU brought in 3 starting WRs)
Russell - top 50 prospect in the country
Williams and Russell, Tyshawn both saw a good amount of game action

To me it looks like a good blend of experience in Merriweather and Weaver then brining in a new type of WR corp in what we picked up with the others and left on the roster.
Remember Gill was the only one of the group that we wanted to keep, coaches clearly saw something that was not working in our WR.

So yes we have a few with light experience but you can not call this group "straight up rookies or very little experience"

 

[Irishsecra1]

You are on the fence if our coaching is better? You cant possibly be serious.

Defense should be better coaching wise with the Toledo DC.
But we got rid of our Special Teams Coach and have redone most of our offensive coaches (not including the DC)
On paper, the OL coach should be great but is he now past his prime? He isn't exactly a youngster.

QB coach - on paper seems good but he has bounced around a lot.

With the exception of the Toledo DC and the assistant he brought with him, none of the other coaches
exactly scream big upgrade.

Time will tell.

 

[Ttk.gman2]

Defense should be better coaching wise with the Toledo DC.
But we got rid of our Special Teams Coach and have redone most of our offensive coaches (not including the DC)
On paper, the OL coach should be great but is he now past his prime? He isn't exactly a youngster.

QB coach - on paper seems good but he has bounced around a lot.

With the exception of the Toledo DC and the assistant he brought with him, none of the other coaches
exactly scream big upgrade.

Time will tell.

A coach past his prime?

 

[XC Cuse]

A coach past his prime?

Yea, not sure I see it that way either

 

[upperdeck]

A coach can be past his prime if he needs to recruit and can't do it anymore.

But with Fran thats a lot less of a heavy lift.

 

[MikeSU02]

By the end of the year, we were arguably the worst P4 team in the country.

Our most important guy is a healthy Angeli. Our second most important guy is our backup QB at this point until Angeli is without a doubt 100%. Our third is the new DC.

OL has to be better than the sum of its parts. DL has to be competent.

Not worried about the RBs. Worried about the WRs. Not bc of Gill, but because I need to see who is our Jackson Meeks.

Our core frosh from last year like Samuels and the Canadian Terminator need to get a level better, which I think they will.

Fran has to make his rhetoric a reality this year. I think he will.

 

[buffalorange]

I thought I read that Cuban was sort of late to the IU party, but I agree we need a whale, though Cignetti helps.

I think just having the additional disposable income resulting from the Micron project will help.