(07-16-2017 12:54 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(07-16-2017 12:11 PM)fanhood Wrote:  

(07-16-2017 12:05 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(07-16-2017 11:26 AM)fanhood Wrote:  I do think Major made a big mistake in saying "9-3 is not good enough."

He said that in his introductory press conference when the team was 9-3 and had underachieved. He was referring to the often anticlimactic 4-3 end to a 5-0 Top 6 national start.

Ok. So would a 2-2 start followed by finished 7-1 in conference play and making it to the Conference Championship Game be acceptable?

Yes, considering in April he said:

"I think 8-4, 9-3, 10-2, 11-1 should be a minimum every year. I think that's what we need to hold ourselves to. ... I don't think that's unrealistic, I don't think that's a pie-in-the-sky thought."

http://www.espn.com/college-football/sto...ep-winning

In April, he was discussing expectations for the program.

In December, he was looking at his (9-3) team in the press conference room who were disappointed in how they finished when he said "We know 9-3 is not good enough."

Well that is entirely different. I am glad he expounded, and/or clarified that point. That is the SDSU standard now as well.