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Message: [QUOTE="kingtidge, post: 65404, member: 994"] Here's my issue: The loss to Louisville... OK, I can stomach that... Would have been nice to win, but not a terrible loss either. UCONN: A terrible loss. The way we have played at times this year, one could argue this game should have been easily within hand at halftime. But that is the issue: [I][B]Why are we so wildly inconsistent?[/B][/I] We obviously have serviceable talent and we are at the point in the season where consistency should be much improved. But it isn't and unlike last year when we went through this same stretch a mess with key injuries, we are relatively healthy and starting the players that should yield consistency. The inability for our team to come out a play at a consistent level is a MAJOR problem and the difference in performance (between the team that beat #11 WV and the team that lost to UCONN, Rutgers and almost Tulane is astounding). We look like a borderline top 25 team at times and a D2A poorly coached squad at others. The swath between our high mark and low mark in performances is baffling and it's on the coaches - no question. Getting players ready to play, playing disciplined with strong fundamentals - that is what you hire a coach to do... Good coaches get players to bring it every week. Now, teams will lose games due to poor performance and execution, but the effort should always be evident. I don't think we can say that the effort has been there in every game this year. The UCONN game - our team was not ready to play when the whistle blew... and it was clearly obvious. And the specials team play and complete implosion of proper tackling fundamentals on D?? It is maddening. Also, Special Teams Coaching by Committee = EPIC FAIL. Even with the other warts evident in this game, we still win it if we had some semblance of fair to poor special teams play on kickoffs. Our kickoff packages are an absolute abomination. I've been a Marrone supporter for sure, but I am beginning to question his abilities at this point - and I think that's a fair criticism and we have ominous evidence to be worried. I hope he and Shafer pull it together and prove that these concerns are unfounded. [/QUOTE]

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