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[QUOTE="CU44SE, post: 5550585, member: 2196"]
A few weeks ago, right after the Clemson game, I said we should extend Fran. I still believe that. This season would have played out completely differently with Angeli. When you lose your starting QB — who was leading the country in passing — you’re going to get worse. That’s just reality.

With that said, I can’t begin to explain how disappointed I am in a couple of things.

First: this may be the worst QB performance I’ve ever seen. What have the coaches been seeing in practice that convinced them Filardi was ready to start? This has been gut-wrenching to watch. His accuracy has been atrocious. They truly thought he was the answer? That honestly worries me even more about the rest of the QB depth. Collins hasn’t been great, but this was the best option we had to put out there?

Second: I’ve said this before — I expect more from our defense based on how Fran talks and carries himself. The tackling, the pursuit angles… everything is just so bad. How can you be the rah-rah, hard-nosed guy and tolerate this level of tackling effort? I lost count of how many times we had a UNC player dead to rights in the backfield or at the line of scrimmage, only to give up extra yards. It’s sickening.

As I said from the start, I knew the season was going to take a rough turn after the Angeli injury. Honestly, I lost faith in finishing .500 the moment that happened. But these two issues above are unacceptable. They need to be corrected, and they’re the only things giving me real concern about Fran moving forward.
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