The Official “Regular Posters of the Basketball Forum” Thread

[Lefteye]

Sorry but some of the Big Ten schedules sucked. In hindsight, the Bama game was a play-in game. If they beat us, they are in.

Did they though? That seems tough to say emphatically with the head thumping we just took.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Heup has bought himself a lot of goodwill considering the preceding 2 decades of awful football we had.

But one thing was glaring last night was the talent and coaching gap between elite top shelf program and us. If he wants to take next step instead of being consistently good program and being a great program he's got to take steps this offseason. Namely Oline and WR coaching is awful and those position groups have gotten worse since 2022. The fact the Oline was littered with Pruitt recruits is bad.

Agreed. I can’t say there is a single coach on our offensive staff I’d be upset to see leave, which speaks to the huge issues we have with assistants. Upgrades are desperately needed, but how badly does Heupel want to get better? Because it will require firing some of his friends.

I also think we have to find a way to convince some donor to drop a stack of cash on the portal. There are a lot of holes we need to patch that won’t happen with just the incoming high school class. We need playmakers on offense. There are some available, but you have to be willing to spend.

 

[cncchris33]

Agreed. I can’t say there is a single coach on our offensive staff I’d be upset to see leave, which speaks to the huge issues we have with assistants. Upgrades are desperately needed, but how badly does Heupel want to get better? Because it will require firing some of his friends.

I also think we have to find a way to convince some donor to drop a stack of cash on the portal. There are a lot of holes we need to patch that won’t happen with just the incoming high school class. We need playmakers on offense. There are some available, but you have to be willing to spend.

Rodney Garner and William Inge have done well. Garner in production and Inge in recruiting to increase our talent level. And then LaVorn "Chop" Harbin if we go beyond the major assistants. Those are about the only 3 who I'd not want to lose.

 

[Chaz-Vol]

Rodney Garner and William Inge have done well. Garner in production and Inge in recruiting to increase our talent level. And then LaVorn "Chop" Harbin if we go beyond the major assistants. Those are about the only 3 who I'd not want to lose.

I'd even say Sims our RB coach. The RBs produced this season despite the oline which is impressive. What's interesting is none of them are Heupel lifers which speaks to who the best coaches and recruiters are on the team.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Rodney Garner and William Inge have done well. Garner in production and Inge in recruiting to increase our talent level. And then LaVorn "Chop" Harbin if we go beyond the major assistants. Those are about the only 3 who I'd not want to lose.

Yeah, don’t disagree there at all. That’s why I said offensive assistants, because I do like a few on the defensive side of the ball. It’s just our entire offense needs to be reworked, IMO. May even need to consider significant scheme changes, even though I know Heupel probably doesn’t want to do it.

 

[VolGee4]

Did they though? That seems tough to say emphatically with the head thumping we just took.

Yea, our game result doesn’t change that.

Indiana played just two teams in the top 7 of their conference. Played like the bottom 6 teams. The league sizes have changed the way to look at this stuff.