And he acknowledged that in this year's issue. Phil doesn't have a perfect record, but he's pretty good.
And with more experience, looking at this season versus last season far more comprehensive improvements appear to have been made. We knew last year that the offensive line was hugely suspect, and after a disastrous scrimmage in early August my hopes dimmed considerably (I called for a 6-6 season on another site that included an FIU loss, albeit as a worst case scenario). Last year the OL was the biggest challenge going into the season. Unlike last season, this year there's grounds for far more optimism in that our returning offensive linemen are theoretically stronger, we've added Williams, we have a blue-chip lineman coming in, we've gone to the spread, and we have a new OL coach. We've done just about everything thinkable in seven months to turn this position around, and if that is fixed....the team as a whole has a lot going for it. Thus the cause for improvement.