Yeah, I remember the Gattis hype video last year and then nothing but vitriol the latter half of this season.
I get that these guys wants views and clicks, but the over-hype when a new coach is hired and then the non-stop bashing when he stumbles out the gate and proves to be the wrong fit... it's exhausting.
I like the Guidry hire. I also liked the old days before there were a zillion Canes fan sites, blogs and podcasts all competing for eyeballs and ears—beleaguering every point non-stop, even in the off-season.
Everybody has to get their hot take in on every topic, ad nauseam.
Appreciate that feedback. You’re not wrong that being a mope on your pod or in your articles doesn’t sell.
I’ve been guilty of this myself on two occasions that stand out.
- in 1996 I was at Missouri State. On defense, so not my coach, but still as a scout player, I was around him a TON. Enos was a complete jerk. Most hated coach of all of them. He was there only one year. Did a great job, truth be told, but also picked the one year they might’ve had their best QB ever (a transfer from Indiana).
I had that personal experience, but chose a happier viewpoint of Enos because his play-action game was great. Here’s the rub, that was before RPO’s and easy buttons (my term for RPO, play-action, motion, read option with a bubble etc.) made it easy for QB’s to produce. I failed to recognize his lack of evolution and made a silly statement that Canes fans should be excited about him. Truth be told, I never really liked the hire in my core because he was just so hated by everyone all those years ago and lasted only one year there.
- The infamous Butler transfer Tommy Kennedy. I watched that film against Youngstown and definitely didn’t give enough credence to a backup DE literally putting him on his back. His lack of strength and on-field competitiveness was glaring. I didn’t discount him enough, and wrote a more glowing report than I felt.
After publishing those two, I went back to trying to simply tell what I feel, even if it isn’t going to be what few listeners I had for my podcast wanted to hear. My pledge to you is I’ll give you the truth as I see it.
That means I’ll be wrong in that direction as well, can’t think of many evaluators who don’t get some wrong, but that’s the chance I’ll take now to be true to myself.
As I see it, Guidry hasn’t been hired by bigger schools because he’s a little nutty, has some legal problems in past that won’t pass a background check at most places, and he isn’t the most marketable to all places. To me, it’s a great hire, that will be better than the brand name SEC guy that we had.
If I’m wrong, people can- and will- remind me of that fact. But at least I won’t be ****ed at myself for not writing what I really felt at the time.