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[QUOTE="DoctahLexus, post: 4185687, member: 6798"]
This one feels like a real litmus test for the new staff. The negativity I have seen after the past two games does not take into account that we were playing the top two teams in the nation, literally 1 and 2. With the personnel we lost, while UVA and MD either returned a good deal of their core or immediately replaced losses with transfers and top recruits, it was always going to be a massive task, especially with Gait not hitting the portal hard in year 1. It is damn near impossible to look like a fresh new team/offensive innovator, or a boost to the teams defensive coaching, when you are going up against the absolute best teams at the very beginning of your 1st season. It is hard to pass any sort of judgement.

In Army we have a team that is not loaded with multiple lines of dodging talent, they are looking for replacements on D, they most likely are behind us at the x, and they have already shown signs of weakness this year. It is an extremely winnable game. Main adjustments I would hope to see are new looks at who we put on the wings (Rice will be especially undersized against those army boys) and more faith in our young middie depth. If the O is still getting lost in the hero ball like they did against MD, and the D is blowing off ball assignments etc. like against UVA, there will be some cause for concern, but I expect a far better performance.
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