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[QUOTE="Crusty, post: 788889, member: 2265"]
Regardless of whether Marrone left the cupboard bare or the staff has not performed, we are at a critical point in the season. Four of the remaining 5 games are versus teams of our caliber and we need to win 3 of the 4.

We have had three blow outs out of 7 games and that is certainly not only unacceptable but potentially disastrous for recruiting.  The staff needs to right the ship now. After all, seven games in with a bye week it is not too much to ask for the staff to pull together a competitive effort against the bottom of the Conference. Imagine losing three of the remaining 5 games or, put another way, imagine losing to two of these four: Wake, MD, Pitt and BC.
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[*]Except for FSU, which could be a repeat of GT, we cannot afford any more blowouts. FSU would make 4.
[*]We need to win at least 3 of our last 5 games. Losing 4 of 5 gives us 4-8 with probably 4 blowouts. Worse, we would be left with wins against only Wagner, Tulane, NC State and some other lousy team.
[*]We need to score more than 30 points against one or two of the remaining teams, not exactly defensive standouts.
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If we fail to achieve these things, I will fall on the side of assigning most of the blame to the coaches rather than the players as I cannot believe our talent is inferior to Wake, Pitt, BC or MD.
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