(11-20-2017 09:11 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(11-20-2017 08:10 AM)Banter Wrote:  

(11-19-2017 10:15 PM)doss2 Wrote:  

(11-19-2017 09:05 PM)rosewater Wrote:  

(11-19-2017 08:23 PM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  Maybe you did it somewhere, but it wasn't in the week 1 poll I did here. Just to refresh some memories: We had 48 predictions and NOBODY picked us worse than 6-6.

As far as next year, yeah I think it will be better but I'm not that confident of it right now and also lacking confidence that it will involve great improvement. During the offseason I thought we could start putting it together this year which we obviously haven't. Then I was fooled into thinking we were at least seeing improvement during the season, but that looks more like the ordinary ups and (mostly in this case) downs every team faces.. So I'm now pretty much in "prove it" mode...

From predictions made on 7-27. 5-7 with wins in 3 of last four. Some others also predicted the same.

Correct I also was guilty of thinking we had hired a competent coach. Having seen almost a year of his work, I have seen no improvement at all. Total lack of discipline, no in game meaningful adjustments.

I'm still under the impression most people here don't know what a "in game adjustment" is, and they just echo the circlejerk of the board. According to Bearcat Banter the problem with out team lies completely in coaching and we hired a dud.

Exactly. I don't care what the 247 rankings say, this talent doesn't even match up to some of our teams from the 90s. I'd take the talent on the roster on the 1997 team over the 2017 team. Those who were around remember:

-Chad Plummer over Hayden Moore
-Love to have Daryl Royal, Robert Cooper or Landen Smith in this backfield (admit the young guys Doaks and Warren have potential to be special but they are not there yet)
- WR-- Jason Collins Baker and Cornelius Bonner would be top guys if added to this crew
TE- Cogswell couldn't hold Rodrick Monroe's jock.
OL- Can't recall the OL that year, I think Fabini was gone by then... maybe Rosfeld was still around but he was better than what we got now by a mile.
Defense- Hassan Champion, Philip Curry, Brad Jackson, Artrell Hawkins, Tinker Keck... yep all better than their current counterparts
Special Teams- Tinker Keck (enough said)

Jeesus, reading those names (in a thick Rick Minter accent) had me nostalgic there for a minute and hearing "take a bend not break approach" and other Minter faves.

This squad right now is very low on talent. I'm a bit shocked at how negative people are in year one of a new coaching regime which was left with a cupboard half empty and half filled with rot. Next year will be much more telling just as it was with Butchy. Hopefully a nice uptick to a respectable record next season and then year three is when we start really competing again.