No, I don't think so. They might have the talent going forward but not the coaching. Could it happen yes, but the probabilities suggest otherwise. Do we want to reup a coach for another 3-4 years with a losing record? No thanks. You don't invest in failure. The idea that he suddenly learned how to coach in year 6 doesn't leave me feeling good about the future. Demand and expect more.
I hate citing career records without context. The first 2 years were digging out of the Shafer hole with our starting QB getting injured both years. That already puts a coach behind. The biggest mistake was not landing a good enough QB that could keep his head on straight to lead the team post Dungey. That seems to be rectified along with the oline. Progress often isn't linear.
Here. But he was a winner elsewhere as his record indicates pre SU
Recruiting failures? The whole roster is upgraded compared to when he arrived. Has he missed in some guys? Yeah. Guess what, every team does, and it's been a long time since SU was viewed as a prime destination. It takes time to build that.
But how then do you explain the immediate turn arounds that seem to happen every year in college FB ? Dumb luck ?Good head coaches are important. I accept that the U made some very bad hiring decisions in Gump and Shafer but somehow other schools are able to overcome this issue time and again. This is a significant body of work after 6 years. He's not getting it done. He's responsible for for the failure to identify, recruit and install a starting QB. You can't just say oh well on that. Hoping for a miracle this year and next is not a game plan. I will root for them every single game as I have always done but at some point we have to move the proverbial ball forward here.
My gripes are with wide receiver corp - Except for Amba; Dino's best wrs were Shafer kids.
Does this mean you’ll be complaining for two more years?
Name those schools. It absolutely happens, but more fail than succeed. And if you're not referencing P5 schools, I don't care. Fuente was one of those hot coaches that turned around a bad Memphis team and now he's on the hot seat at VPI. Babers turned around Eastern Illinois before moving on to success at Bowling Green. Coaches that are good at one place don't always stay good when they step in competition. Successful coordinators at highly successful schools often fall flat on their face when stepping up to a head coaching role at a place with more challenges than where they came from. It's not straight forward.
Go for 2, pick or fumble returned for 2 points the other way and you’re only up 2 losing to a field goal when they would otherwise need to go the length of the field with 19 seconds left to win if down more than 3. Doing anything else but kicking the extra point is reckless at best and stupid at worst.
Trishton Jackson wasn’t a Dino pickup? Taj wasn’t a Dino pickup? Just because taj left doesn’t mean he wasn’t a clear talent for the last 3 years
Maybe you missed earlier in the game when they blocked the extra and ran it back. Kicking it is the one thing you can't do. It doesn't help at all. There is no difference between 4 and 5. How can you not understand that? If you are worried about them converting a turnover, fall on the ball and go kick off. You just don't kick the extra pt. There is nothing to gain by doing that. At least going for 2, you can be up 6. And by the way, that is what a TD is worth. You would at least make them kick an extra pt if they did score. to kick the extra pt is the dumbest thing you can do. It adds risk and gives you nothing. It is simple math.
The narrative is greater than winning %, ready?
Yeah, we've missed there. I've wondered why. The success of our WRs the first three years should've been attractive. Recruiting is an inexact science.
Field turf in a controlled environment too. It's crazy.
AET too. But I get what he's saying. Taj was was no Ishmael or Philips, and it just seems different when the best guys he's brought in were transfers. Hopefully we're seeing Alford start to blossom and maybe there are a couple other young guys developing that will contribute next year.
I'm not sure the controlled environment matters all that much to recruits. They grow up playing outside. The southern guys can avoid snow and cold by staying south. I think glitz matters more. Our cool new scoreboard may help there. Who else can say they have a center hung board? We're never going to compete in the attendance game. I've said before we need ro make our place the Cameron Indoor of college football. Our fans are close to the field and a packed place may be louder than anywhere. That could be appealing, if we can get things going consistently enough to establish a reputation.
Great players that make plays always make coaches look good. McNabb did a lot of that for 4 years. Watkins and Lawrence made Dabo look pretty darn good. A coach can't win when he is criticised for his players being good.
He wasn't
True but the entire staff and more importantly the players new Shrader was good.
