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I'm a firm believer that talent without tremendous effort at this level is useless. And Fred Garvin was pretty fcking useless last year. So, yeah, I would have sat him down, or, as a great leader of men, I would have had him breathing fire and not needed to bench him.

Fans getting mad shouldn't dictate what the HC does in the best interest of the program. Fans were mad at the Duke game because we stunk like rotten garbage in that game. Benching Fred Garvin in that game wouldn't have even been noticed and likely wouldn't have had any noticeable affect in that...

You can claim hindsight. But coaches would never get fired if they could just say, "Yeah, but hindsight is 20/20." By the way, it wasn't hindsight with me. I called Garvin out several times for lack of effort.

That's why you need some long vision to change a locker room. In the end, was it better to play Garvin and win 6 games? Or not play him and maybe win 5? Not sure with the effort he was giving that he was responsible for an extra win anyway. The same diseased mindset that we allowed to infect...

It's not just being able to predict that Garvin would coast in 2019. It's being able to keep his fire stoked so that he didn't feel like it was acceptable to coast. If he gave effort in 2018, there's no reason we shouldn't have been able to keep that effort level up.

He said, "It starts with the HC." The HC is also responsible for "better diligence in recruiting." So, it still starts with the HC. Character, in the football world, means all of the stuff you listed--Hard work, competitive, etc.

A great leader would bench Ivey even if he doesn't have a top JUCO or grad transfer behind him. Cultivate the guys you do have and apply the pressure. If Ivey doesn't respond, sit his ***. Booch did it with our entire WR group one year and replaced them with a bunch of true freshmans.

I disagree because I'm a natural born leader and am constantly praised for my leadership skills. But I don't go about by being abrasive. I think there's a difference between being honest and direct and being abrasive. I think you can be the former without being the latter. But everyone's...

It's a lot about the coaches too because the great coaches breed that fire BEFORE they get their rosters stacked like they are now. Meyer, Sabag, and ***** all started with clubs that were nowhere near as loaded as they are now, but they still produced that fire through their own leadership.

Or their eyes suck because they're just measurables nerds. Football is such a violent, competitive game that effort level is a top 3 variable.

A lot of the most vocal guys on here either don't watch the games or barely pay attention.

As it always does. If your HC isn't a great leader of men, then he's useless. All this scheme **** as it relates to a HC is goofball talk. You don't have to be Bill Belichick as a scheme guy to be a great HC. You just have be a great leader and hire great coordinators. Two of the absolute...

Jon Garvin giving max effort is better than Jon Garvin going through the motions, which is what he did last year. If your HC isn't a leader this is the problem that just keeps reoccurring. You don't have to be an abrasive **** head to be a leader, but you have to do something that inspires the...

I tried to tell everyone his effort sucked, but they didn't want to hear it. All the geniuses: "How do you know he wasn't giving effort?" Me: "I watch the games."