I have been disappointed for almost 20 years now, I try to do the opposite of this board and not crown teams/players until I see it.
That is one of the biggest problems here, too quick to crown and they they cry because expectations they made are not met. I'm not saying you, you make good points about the OL, but overall it happens here way too often.
Yeah I feel you, but most of our problems have been from bad coaching.
We have had too many stubborn coaches that did not prepare for the team they actually had.
Every team outside the handful of elite teams have strengths and weaknesses. The overachieving programs have coaches who develop an identity for their team based on what the players they have can actually do. We have underachieved because we do the opposite and force philosophies that don’t fit our players.
As much as I dislike the fundamental flaws of the Diaz defense, it gets the job done against most opponents.
I like Lashlee, but was disappointed with his lack of rhythmic, drop back short passing, especially between the hashes. But the spring game has me hopeful that Lashlee is committed to growing the passing concepts he learned at SMU.
That quick short passing game is the key to potent modern offense. That trying to out-athlete your opponent **** doesn’t work anymore.
Think about it. Clemson is a pedigreed multinational championship team and the 2nd best program in the country. They out-recruited us for elite talent and productive role players. They were better than us. Did they come out and try to out-athlete us with predictable playcalling? Nope! They out-schemed is and put us on skates with a misdirection short passing game.
All success boils down to coaching. Getting the right guys and designing the right systems. Even Saban went to a high octane attack, and he would win every game 3-0 if he thought he could.
It’s 2021 and stubborn coaching don’t get you nothing but blood thirsty fans and a trip to the unemployment office.