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Barring major injuries to key players next year, a good coach should be able to get us to 8-4 next year. If you are being fair and objective, that is the measuring stick.
Why 8-4? 8-4 assumes we lose every game to teams that are more talented than we are and win every game that we should. If we unexpectedly beat Florida State and then drop one to UNC, im fine with that as well.
We lose to: Kansas State, Notre Dame, Florida State, Virginia Tech
We beat: Bethune-Cookman, USF, NC State, UNC, Georgia Tech, Duke, Virginia, Boston College
We are actually very talented on offense next year. Fisch and Golden have the talent on the roster to make this a lethal offense next year. Another year in Fisch's system will only help our players and we have the talent on the O-Line to dominate. Whether or not Golden effectively maximizes this talent by firing Kehoe remains to be seen. However, a good coach would have the O-Line ready to dominate in Year 2. In addition, Stephen Morris has the arm strength and legs to complete those bombs that Jacory turned into INTs and scramble for some tough 3rd down yardage to keep drives alive. Another year learning the offense will only help him.
Bottom line, the offense will have to bail the defense out most of the year, but given the talent on the roster I think that is not an unreasonable expectation.
A good coach should be able to improve the team this off-season in these facets: mental and physical strength, football IQ, attitude and work ethic. If Golden is able to do that, and that alone, there is no way we can't beat the dregs of the ACC that I have listed above in the win column.
Bethune and USF are hot garbage, and we beat them this year anyway. NC State is terrible. We beat UNC, Duke and Georgia Tech soundly THIS year. Virginia and BC are mediocre teams that a combination of strength training, practice and good coaching should be able to beat.
If anyone thinks 8-4 is not the measuring stick by which to judge this coaching staff then please share. I believe accepting anything less means we have been ShanCokerized worse than I thought.
Why 8-4? 8-4 assumes we lose every game to teams that are more talented than we are and win every game that we should. If we unexpectedly beat Florida State and then drop one to UNC, im fine with that as well.
We lose to: Kansas State, Notre Dame, Florida State, Virginia Tech
We beat: Bethune-Cookman, USF, NC State, UNC, Georgia Tech, Duke, Virginia, Boston College
We are actually very talented on offense next year. Fisch and Golden have the talent on the roster to make this a lethal offense next year. Another year in Fisch's system will only help our players and we have the talent on the O-Line to dominate. Whether or not Golden effectively maximizes this talent by firing Kehoe remains to be seen. However, a good coach would have the O-Line ready to dominate in Year 2. In addition, Stephen Morris has the arm strength and legs to complete those bombs that Jacory turned into INTs and scramble for some tough 3rd down yardage to keep drives alive. Another year learning the offense will only help him.
Bottom line, the offense will have to bail the defense out most of the year, but given the talent on the roster I think that is not an unreasonable expectation.
A good coach should be able to improve the team this off-season in these facets: mental and physical strength, football IQ, attitude and work ethic. If Golden is able to do that, and that alone, there is no way we can't beat the dregs of the ACC that I have listed above in the win column.
Bethune and USF are hot garbage, and we beat them this year anyway. NC State is terrible. We beat UNC, Duke and Georgia Tech soundly THIS year. Virginia and BC are mediocre teams that a combination of strength training, practice and good coaching should be able to beat.
If anyone thinks 8-4 is not the measuring stick by which to judge this coaching staff then please share. I believe accepting anything less means we have been ShanCokerized worse than I thought.
