vegasvolfan
Do what you have to until you can do what you want
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All I know is we are not good enough in the trenches and at wide receiver. You can’t be good in the backfield or at QB, RB if you aren’t pressuring the QB or your QB is running for his life and doesn’t have time to throw.
1 sack against Chattanooga, no sacks against Kent St. and some other lack luster performances including this one had me questioning the elite label our defense was getting all year. They are good, but not elite. And all of the dropped balls, OLs penalties and sacks had me questioning all the blame Nico has taken.
What’s worse is we lose every starting lineman next year on both sides of the ball sans Heard who is our worst OL. Add two more 2nd string OL and include Mays who has no one behind him with any experience.
I think we reup on DL, but reup with more guys who can’t pressure the QB?
On OL, oh no… we were already bad enough the last two years and we’re worse this year.
Sampson will be gone too.
Our wide receivers have gotten worse over the last two years and we lose two starters there as well.
Meanwhile we return everyone in the mid and mid and backfield on D that is currently stating on D except for our walk on.
All that said, we have been recruiting well… but have too few blue chippers—especially in the trenches.
Banks’ defenses get better in stats every year. So, I’m not with those that blame him.
If we need coaching changes, which I’m not a fan of calling for jobs, but I guess it makes sense to start with the positions trending in the wrong direction.
WR and OL
Not sure that’s the right move though either.
What do we do about recruiting? Guess we keep on swinging there with what we have.
All this said, we could still end up with a 11-2 season, or perhaps sneak our way into the playoffs if a bunch of things happen. Regardless of the playoffs, this season is NOT a failure if we finish 10-2/11-2.
In defense of the staff, when Heupel was hired, most of us were reluctant in thinking that he was the guy. Let alone the idea that he would have us staring at the top 4 spots in a playoff by the last Q of the season TWICE within his first 4 years.
What he has done here needs to be savored, and that’s MUCH easier when you stay realistic throughout the season. So, if you did that, then you would have noticed the above and probably don’t feel as let down as others at this point.
Regardless of how anyone FEELS or what could have been, Heupel and company are on schedule. Heupel was given 5 years to get us to the playoffs. So, next year is the year that he was expected to get us back to the promised land. When we fell just short in 2022, I think expectations became unrealistic for many—even during that very season. I think those same unrealistic expectations spilled over into early expectations of Nico and now this team.
But boy there are some issues facing us.
I have no answers, so good thing I’m just a fan. One that is going to hope for the best the rest of the season and enjoy a 10-2 record as I have enjoyed our wins throughout the year without unrealistic expectations.
BYU lost… A&M loses and our chances get better.
1 sack against Chattanooga, no sacks against Kent St. and some other lack luster performances including this one had me questioning the elite label our defense was getting all year. They are good, but not elite. And all of the dropped balls, OLs penalties and sacks had me questioning all the blame Nico has taken.
What’s worse is we lose every starting lineman next year on both sides of the ball sans Heard who is our worst OL. Add two more 2nd string OL and include Mays who has no one behind him with any experience.
I think we reup on DL, but reup with more guys who can’t pressure the QB?
On OL, oh no… we were already bad enough the last two years and we’re worse this year.
Sampson will be gone too.
Our wide receivers have gotten worse over the last two years and we lose two starters there as well.
Meanwhile we return everyone in the mid and mid and backfield on D that is currently stating on D except for our walk on.
All that said, we have been recruiting well… but have too few blue chippers—especially in the trenches.
Banks’ defenses get better in stats every year. So, I’m not with those that blame him.
If we need coaching changes, which I’m not a fan of calling for jobs, but I guess it makes sense to start with the positions trending in the wrong direction.
WR and OL
Not sure that’s the right move though either.
What do we do about recruiting? Guess we keep on swinging there with what we have.
All this said, we could still end up with a 11-2 season, or perhaps sneak our way into the playoffs if a bunch of things happen. Regardless of the playoffs, this season is NOT a failure if we finish 10-2/11-2.
In defense of the staff, when Heupel was hired, most of us were reluctant in thinking that he was the guy. Let alone the idea that he would have us staring at the top 4 spots in a playoff by the last Q of the season TWICE within his first 4 years.
What he has done here needs to be savored, and that’s MUCH easier when you stay realistic throughout the season. So, if you did that, then you would have noticed the above and probably don’t feel as let down as others at this point.
Regardless of how anyone FEELS or what could have been, Heupel and company are on schedule. Heupel was given 5 years to get us to the playoffs. So, next year is the year that he was expected to get us back to the promised land. When we fell just short in 2022, I think expectations became unrealistic for many—even during that very season. I think those same unrealistic expectations spilled over into early expectations of Nico and now this team.
But boy there are some issues facing us.
I have no answers, so good thing I’m just a fan. One that is going to hope for the best the rest of the season and enjoy a 10-2 record as I have enjoyed our wins throughout the year without unrealistic expectations.
BYU lost… A&M loses and our chances get better.
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