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I feel what the Op is saying. but what you fail to realize is...... Golden is terrible at GAMEDAY coaching. Sure he did decent his first year when no one in the aCc knew his coaching strategy.
But now that its clear what type of coach he is there is no secret amongst other coaches that he coaches NOT TO LOSE and thats why we get worse and worse because he has been figured out.
And the only thing carrying this guy along at this time is the talent and other teams blunders.
If the guy could develop guys and had ANY type of gameday flair or rhythm then you wouldnt need to post all of those excuses for his lack of success.
If the guy was losing 1 or 2 MAYBE even 3 games a year in close bouts then all of the slurping would be justifiable.
But if you have any inkling of football knowledge youd know watching us play that this guy and his staff are in over their heads.
Thank you for your reasonable arguments. I agree with most of your post but just view it differently.
I agree with this, but so was Butch. My hope is he gets good coordinators around him or great players like Ed Reed to compensate for that. Players like Reed and Dorsey made Coker look like the best coach in America in 2001.Golden is terrible at GAMEDAY coaching.
But now that its clear what type of coach he is there is no secret amongst other coaches that he coaches NOT TO LOSE and thats why we get worse and worse because he has been figured out.
And the only thing carrying this guy along at this time is the talent and other teams blunders.
I sort of agree with this but I think the Play not to lose is tied to other team blunders. He believes that the team with the least turnovers and penalty will win. all good teams in college rely on talent. Tell me how Ole Miss and Miss St. competes in the SEC, talent alone will not win games. I agree with the philosophy but not the approach. Personally I want to us be more aggressive to force the mistakes.
If the guy was losing 1 or 2 MAYBE even 3 games a year in close bouts then all of the slurping would be justifiable.
I agree with this, but I think last year was the first time he really had a team capable of winning 10+ games. This year has been disappointing for me so far but I'm excited to see how they finish the year. The emergence of Kaya has really given me hope for the future. I did not see us winning the ACC with Williams this year... Kaya has the potential to be NC QB, something we have not had for a while.
But if you have any inkling of football knowledge youd know watching us play that this guy and his staff are in over their heads.
Trust me, I get frustrated watching the games just like you... I'm just trying to put things in perspective. It's not all bad and there are a lot of positives.
Was Butch really that bad at gameday coaching? i mean, how many years was butch a head coach before he got to UM? Al golden already had four years under his belt to work out gameday kinks. And Al golden as had recruited much better than butch did when he first got to UM. Yeah, Reed, dorsey and Co look like a better coach. But coker still had the players in schemes that they can succeed in on both sides of the ball. cokers biggest problem was control and recruiting. wasnt as bad on gameday.
See, the problem is that the players are so worried about not making mistakes and thinking too much. So now they make alot of mistakes because they are thinking too much. since year 1 we have killed ourselves with penalties and it just gets worse and worse.
All good teams do rely on talent but when that talent knows its x's and o's then it destroys teams like Duke, cincy, and Gt.
And youre right. The only way to force mistakes is to play aggressive. i mean, as a coach, why would you be afraid to let kids loose who have been doing this their entire lives.
I can understand employing this type of system at Temple. but why recruit the 1 cb in the nation to play against what made him the 1 cb.
why play a 6'1 200 pound specimen and make it hard for him to make plays? i mean, are we really scared of what Gt's wr's can do to some of the most talented db's in the nation coming out of high school?
I disagree, i think he has had a 10 win+ team every year he has been here. Golden has lost too many players and games due to his philosophy and coaching.
There are countless games that could have been won if we just walked the dbs and backers 5 yards closer to the l.o.s.
You really underestimate the talent on this team. We would have even more if Golden knew how to mold young boys into men/and or knew how to outsmart another coach on game day.
I agree on kaaya but im still wary about James coley as his developer. I still dont trust him as a playcaller although he is clearly getting better.
Im excited about the talent we have but i know in my heart that al Golden will never succeed at the U.
most of us understand all of the circumstances that Al has had to deal with and how its tampered with his success to a certain extent.
But when you can barely beat a lowly wake forest team when you have a team full of south florida monstars then there is a big problem.
sure golden may sneak into a acc ship if the stars align for him one year. But this fanbase is thirsty for glory and the guy cant even win his side of the division with the most talented team by a longshot.
dude is just in over his head and its pointless to be hopeful because he will never ever win here.
you should be disgusted at his excuses alone. how can you recruit these players then blatantly disrespect them to the national media form week to week.
if i was one of our safeties dads id give al golden the biggest cussin out ever.
He is a weak man and a con artist. Guy wrote a 300 page binder on success when he has never had success at anything. who does that?
jump off the train before its too late.