303Bear said:
Gunny Hartman said:
Krieg said:
Gunny Hartman said:
Krieg said:
SicThe12 said:
Loyalty has NOTHING to do with business. College football is business, and our OC is tanking our stock.
So is the DC. We played at least 1/3 of the game with what amounted to 10 guys yesterday since we kept removing the safety and putting him literally 20 yards off the ball.
Both coordinators are really bad...so why keep the guy that hired them and let him fail twice?
Enough of the hyperbole. No head coach Is getting fired after one year, nor should they be. A university would essentially kill its chances of hiring any future candidate worth a damn, because no coach worth his salt would take a job where he'd only have one year to turn the program around.
Where's the hyperbole? Both coordinators have shown the same stupidity for 11 games with some of the same strategic mistakes. That's all on Rhule.
I get what you're saying about hiring someone else, but it can't really get worse than what he did this year. We could EASILY hire a coordinator or FCS HC that's been successful and none of them would've finished 1-11 this year. None. Maybe he gets better, but he shouldn't have the opportunity. If they won't do that (and they won't) they need to fire everyone in on his hiring process so that Rhule can have pressure applied to go bowling next year, and then can be kicked to the curb without a MASSIVE improvement in year 2.
Also, next year needs to be judged on what this year should've been. You can't hire someone and let them remove your prior expectations regarding their job and then set really low standards from there. No way should we not win 8 next year, and if he can't win at least 6 he needs to be fired.
I think Rhule did a craptastic job this year, but you expect 8 wins next year? Lol. Okay, so who on the OL is going to provide the protection and the running lanes necessary to make that happen? Perhaps we can sign a few NFL free agents?
So you think that 1) no JUCO or major HS prospects that could come in day one and make an impact will sign with us, and 2) none of our current batch of O Linemen, who now have an entire season of experience / starts, will get any stronger or better during the offseason?
Seems to say a lot about the esteem in which you hold our coaching staff.
We have a number of solid OL coming on board with us next year, one of which (Galvin) is an absolute stud and undoubtedly will enter the rotation immediately. But dear God in heaven I hope we're not having to start another true freshman next year on the offensive line, because their bodies just aren't ready for it.
In addition, we will have Fruh starting at LT, which is fantastic, and then two jucos coming on board, one of which should compete to start. But that's only two talented and experienced lineman, and to win 8 or more games we would need at least four healthy throughout the season.
Question marks remain on our 4 returning starters. Will they markedly improve? Who knows. The one I feel the best about is Newman the true freshman, but I don't expect to see marked improvement from him until his 3rd year, or towards the end of next season at the earliest.
Next year, the ceiling is four to five wins solely because of a developing offensive line. In year 3, we will see what Rhule and company are really made of.