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Message: [QUOTE="griddy, post: 3511062, member: 6511"] We’ve had one game. Our defense looked damn promising, in many ways flashing more potential than any time in the HCDB era. And it should continue to get better. I trust Coach Justin Lustig, one of the best special teams coaches in football, to get that group shining again. Nykiem could be a brilliant kick returner. Andre will settle into being Andre, which is to say a fantastically accurate kicker. So, it’s up to the offense. TD has suffered more criticism than most of us get in a lifetime. Imagine if this was your son. It’s painful to read some of these comments. Carlos and Sharod Johnson have also been vilified. I get it. You play college football at the highest level and it comes with territory. All of us have every reason to be pissed about how the offense played, because it cost us a very good chance to beat North Carolina. I’m sure, as smart a man as he is, HCDB would admit that everyone had responsibility for that poor performance, including the coaches who drew up the game plan and who called the plays. The only question now is: How will we respond? Is the UNC game really what our offense looks like, or are we better than that? I want to be believe we are better than that. But how the hell do I know, or do you know or even how does HCDB know? I’m not giving up on our quarterback, our center, our slot receiver and our play callers after one game in an 11-game season, Starting at noon Saturday in Pittsburgh, all of them can change this narrative. Until then, I’m going to embrace one of HCDB’s favorite sayings about having belief without evidence, and believe we will see a different offense this Saturday. [/QUOTE]

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