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[QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 2691252, member: 3201"]
I do think it's clear that he was somewhat wrong about what he was dealing with.  That said, we have lost 4 of 5 starters of a line that was questionable to begin with, and that's not something he could have anticipated.  We had our intended line for all of one half against VT, and we actually put up respectable yards per play in that half.

There are other things that are contributing, like poor blocking by wide receivers, and issues lining up, and those are things that tell me we were not prepared as well as the staff thought they were.

Right now, I'd say it's about 80% on Jimbo and 25% on Taggart, people really have no idea how bad things had gotten culturally under Jimbo, as well as how poorly they'd maintained/developed some units.  But that's going to slide more in Taggart's direction each season.

Not expecting a pity party from you guys of course, but you have to take the 10,000 foot view.  Look at the funk that programs like Tennessee, Texas, Nebraska, USC, even UF have been in for going on a decade or more.  Through multiple coaches.  Resources, location, etc...you don't just snap your finger and turn it around.  Hell, Texas has been really good what, about 7 out of the last 40 years?

I've resigned myself to hoping it's just not a 10+ year funk.  I don't think there's any way it's less a 3-5 year slip, and if it's only that I'll be thankful.
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