frostycane
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Plain and simple. Every program is different. We do not/can not operate like a large state school. Though our past is much more glorious than most, our fan base is still small, we don't have the pockets the big state schools have. And every situation is different. Herbie said it best. Once the "sanctions" had been handed down it does not mean you just go right back to business as usual. We lost some good recruits to them not trusting our possible sanctions. We landed some good ones too, no doubt. But just look at the 2016 class, we're landing some studs. This next class is shaping up very well.
I still think this program needs continuity. However, I also think next year is the absolute put up or GTFO season. There has been some real improvement this season. There really has. But there is still the UL and GT games that were just an abomination of either offense or defense. Those performances need to go. Or the second halves of NEB (Def.) or FSU (Off.) where parts of the team just seem lost. However, we are seeing some sacks, ints, tfls. Those are positives. But it is true that at some point some big wins need to come along with the dominant performances of teams we should pound. Though, some of those losses were terrible, the UNC, Duke, VT wins were good solid *** whoopings that we have not been laying down on those teams in the past. So there is the start of the improvement we are looking for, we are smashing the teams we should.
Going forward it needs to look like this, win out this season bowl included. Continue to smash the teams you should and get a couple of big wins. We need to beat one of FSU and Neb. next season. I also think we need to go undefeated in the coastal division. Next season needs to be a 10 win season or he goes. I don't care who gets hurt. In the past I have given way to if "X" guy gets hurt all bets are off. Next yr we should have adequate depth on the whole roster to the point that even if Kaaya got hurt I would still expect ten wins. That is the program we should expect. Some of us expect those things a bit sooner than others. But we all believe we should be a contender every year.
I still think this program needs continuity. However, I also think next year is the absolute put up or GTFO season. There has been some real improvement this season. There really has. But there is still the UL and GT games that were just an abomination of either offense or defense. Those performances need to go. Or the second halves of NEB (Def.) or FSU (Off.) where parts of the team just seem lost. However, we are seeing some sacks, ints, tfls. Those are positives. But it is true that at some point some big wins need to come along with the dominant performances of teams we should pound. Though, some of those losses were terrible, the UNC, Duke, VT wins were good solid *** whoopings that we have not been laying down on those teams in the past. So there is the start of the improvement we are looking for, we are smashing the teams we should.
Going forward it needs to look like this, win out this season bowl included. Continue to smash the teams you should and get a couple of big wins. We need to beat one of FSU and Neb. next season. I also think we need to go undefeated in the coastal division. Next season needs to be a 10 win season or he goes. I don't care who gets hurt. In the past I have given way to if "X" guy gets hurt all bets are off. Next yr we should have adequate depth on the whole roster to the point that even if Kaaya got hurt I would still expect ten wins. That is the program we should expect. Some of us expect those things a bit sooner than others. But we all believe we should be a contender every year.