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[QUOTE="leftytg, post: 1883004, member: 2651"]
Perspective, people.

Art Briles went 4-8, 4-8, and 7-6 his first three years at Baylor before busting out with a 10 win season in year four.

Briles had an established offensive system and found success at the mid major level with it before being hired to implement it at the P5 level.  Sound familiar?  He landed at a school with lagging talent relative to peers and an established pattern of losing.  Sound familiar?

Change is hard.  Implementing this brand new way of doing things is hard.  Transition will, necessarily, lead to mistakes and lack of efficiency.  I get that, as fans, we love to dissect what just happened and pour over it all week until the next game, but in this time of transition it is best to think in terms of broader trajectories.  This team isn't good.  This team coached by the love child of Nick Saban and Vince Lombardi wouldn't be good.  Look for signs of the team grasping the concepts.  Look for glimpses of potential for what can be, and then see how those glimpses increase in frequency.

Compare where the team is at in the beginning of the year to what they look like at the end of the year.  Is there growth?  A deeper, more second nature understanding of what they are doing?  Are there fewer breakdowns?  Is the rhythm sustained for longer periods of time?  That is how to define success in year one.  Too strong a focus on the nitty gritty week to week misses the forest for the trees.
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