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You ask too much, CD. Keep it at big pictures and little words.
I noticed my previous comment was deleted. Sensitive.
We’re chasing recruits with uniform changes?… Maybe we should go with solid well executed football over uniform changes. just a thought
Maybe they can walk AND chew gum.
And that horseless carriage thing, it’s just a fad.
An above average offense doesn’t get shut out by a team with two losses.
That’s a rather dumb, general, blanket statement.
Creating a false axiom that can easily be discredited as evidence to support a subjective opinion coming from someone posturing themselves as the voice of reason, truth, and virtuous posts is quite comical.
easily one of the best 3-5 gameday coaches in the nation – he won’t leave any weakness unexploited
Yeah, I agree. That’s what scares me as to what level of ugly (on defense) we might get, again.
I was hoping Chad Morris had more Butch Davis in him than Bobby P. Was hoping he’d keep his QB with his 4.89 40 in the pocket and the designed runs to a minimum. Knew we had no chance if the game planned prominently featured Watson running the ball. No such luck. He called Watson’s number early and it was ugly.
Coming into the season, I expected 3 games somewhat (at varying degrees) like was just experienced down in Death Valley. FSU, Clemson, and Louisville. FSU was what it was, and Louisville has had its own relative struggles.
As disappointed as I was after the Clemson game, at worst, we’re still on schedule.
Win or lose, we get our first legit metric point of the program’s progress this weekend. A loss doesn’t necessarily denote a bad measure. To me, it will depend on how it plays out.
I’m still expecting a loss to Louisville – with our defense, and Petrino on the other sideline, it will probably be a big one.
Then there’s Syracuse, Ga Tech, Wake, and u*nc. We’re probably only favored against Wake, I don’t know what to think of Syracuse at this point, I think Ga Tech offers an interesting opportunity (I THINK our D might match up relatively well), and then the u*nc rivalry game.
So this weekend is huge, but 2 (3 at most) realistic, legitimate opportunities for wins remain.
Still have no idea what to expect this weekend. Would not be surprised by a 20 point loss. Would not be surprised by a 20 point victory. Curious to see how we play their run dominant offense (blitzes en mass?). It could play to our ‘strengths’ (yes, using that term lightly) on D. If we win, #8 D Wright will be a big part of it.
I disagree, VAW82, I think the offense is better than average.
I agree, but it hasn’t proven it yet. Time will tell.
That’s no criticism of Sade and Baumann, God bless ‘em !!!
Baumann has really upped his game this season. If he continues, he won’t have to worry about attending job fairs after graduation.
S. Miss has been a complete train wreck, so love him or hate him, Fedora was seemingly doing something right.
Look beyond the surface. S. Miss would’ve been a train wreck if Fedora had stayed. There’s more than one reason why he got out when he did.
Success in sports is reliant on 3 factors (if you take away officials) – preparation, execution and ability.
Missing something there, Chop’. Don’t matter how well you prepare and execute if the game plan ain’t worth a damn. And ability won’t help if the astuteness of you coaches don’t surpass the combined measures of BFD and Bunting.
There’s a coach’s mental acuity and shrewdness aspect that fits in there somewhere. Don’t matter how hard or how much you work if you’re not working smart towards the proper destination.
Let’s hope that DD’s 3 star recruits are better than the 3 star recruits O’Brien brought in.
Well dammit, let’s just castrate the coaches for only bringing in a few 4 stars in their first 2 recruiting classes post TOB’s recruiting retirement 4 or 5 years ago. I mean, c’mon. It’s not like DD was limited to only a few months with that 2nd class like he was with his first, he had a full freakn year!
Especially with all those inroads the previous staff made with NC high schools. How many was it, that said an NC State coach had never visited, or even contact them, prior to DD’s staff? Dammit, with that set up, DD shoulda hit the ground running, full speed, and brought in a least a half dozen 5 stars by now!
You handled this ^ very nicely. I wanted to rip off his head and sh8t down his throat.
As I was reading the words I quoted, my second thought was, “Aw lordy, wait until Grey’ gets a load of this”. 🙂
I see the sunshine squad is back.
I’m in no way attacking our current QB, who put the team on his back vs FSU. But I think he’s primarily a running back who’s trying to be something he’s not.
That has got to be the most stupid comment I’ve read to date about this season, this team. Brissett is a good QB (at worst) with potential to be great. And of all the things Brissett is not, he is certainly not an RB.
Mods – I want to be clear and have it noted that I am criticizing a comment, not the poster who made them.
I haven’t see one thing so far this season that makes me think our program is going down the right road.
Given the first quote above, what you have not seen does not surprise me.
EDIT
In the above,
… where even Philip Rivers and Russell Wilson…
should read
… where even the talents of Philip Rivers and Russell Wilson…
A subtle difference, but an important one.
I agree with you in principle, Grey’. I’m not really upset either, more irritated, spawned from disappointment. I keep it plain and direct.
Yes, football IS a sport of emotion. Probably more so than any other. But it’s impossible for a team to carry a full tank throughout the season. It must be cultivated and managed. Throw in the age of the players and it’s easy to understand why there’s such a high premium on program culture and leadership in college football.
Team still has lots of learning to do. As with TOB, I suspect this group will be ok in handling adversity. But it’s been many years (have to go all the way back to Sheridan) since this program has known how to handle ‘success’ – relative, perceived, or otherwise.
It’s a HUGE step, and probably no other program has demonstrated it more clearly that the rollercoaster Wolfpack, where even Philip Rivers and Russell Wilson couldn’t adequately compensate for a program that did not know how to handle success.
Anyway, that’s probably what’s gotten me so annoyed. I saw signs of the same old, same old in Saturday’s game.
But as I wrote above, the team is still on schedule.
If coming off a string of emotional tough games, or even just 2, I would agree with you.
But this was just one such game.
It was a poor performance, period. One of talent disparity exacerbated by a lack of fortitude.
I don’t know the reasons or the why fors, but I certainly hope it can NOT all be laid at the foot of the FSU loss. For if that’s the case, our boys have one small tank coupled with an emotional immaturity that won’t soon be remedied.
I tend to think that in the mix was an excessive amount in basking in media attention, and taking too much pride in a LOSS.
But today, all this is still just a single aberrant data point. I hope it stays that way.
This team is still woefully short in leadership.
But WORST case, this team is still on schedule.
Side Note: With Watson at QB, Clemson’s defense makes them clearly superior to FSU. The Seminoles benefited from fortuitous scheduling.
The good: Team is still on schedule to meet preseason expectations.
The bad: Completely disappointed in last week’s performance. Not in the loss, but how they lost.
Channeling my inner Stephen A Smith, quite frankly, I expected more in the mental toughness areas than what we got.
But then, sometimes there’s no telling the inner workings of the mind with this age group. But then, it’s the job of the coaches to have a better handle on ’em.
Coaches and players disappointed.
Maybe I expected too much.
Between wishful hope and sour grapes pessimism, I have no idea what to expect this weekend.
None.
