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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 273993, member: 405"]
Well, losing 5 in a row and losing a team to close the season is a sign of maybe him being too uptight. There have been a ton of suspensions for violations of team rules, it seems. Maybe it's just me. It also seems like we've had a lot of injuries.
 
Now, I understand how he had to re-instill toughness back into the program, but I'm starting to wonder how many of these problems may be self-inflicted. I'm not "out to get" Marrone. I thought last year should have had a better result, and since it didn't, he has less margin for error this year.  Closing out the locals after making such a point of reaching out is kind of curious, and not a good sign, IMO.  Maybe he's trying too hard.
 
And the result on the field ?  Wow, Bud didn't do them any favors with that review.  And you have to agree, I wanted to see us run the ball at a basic 3-4 yards per carry and score a few touchdowns. Is that too much to ask? Geez, that was just a dreadful advertisement for the coming season. I am afraid we have cause to be concerned about whether we can field a team that can execute a basic offense.  You don't win in college football today scoring 17 points a game.  
 
This could be a very bad time to have a 4-8 year, with a dreary offense that can't score and an undersized defense.  I certainly hope it doesn't turn out that way, because we can't afford another rebuild.  We need for Marrone to be successful.  
 
But this is a HUGE year.  Think about it - we had a little hope based on Shaffer's defense and a bowl and then a 5-2 record - should have been 6-1 - and then we fell apart.  We have to turn it back around quickly.  We must make another bowl this year, before we are off to the ACC.  We need a huge recruiting year, too.  Doesn't seem like we cashed in on the bowl game at Yankee Stadium in recruiting.  Kind of the same level of class as we always seem to get - rated around 50-60.
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