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That is why the coaching change should have taken place last season. The arguement for the OCS does not hold water, because you sacrifice the current players for a possible future stadium.

I really feel sorry for myself.
I have watched the program since the beginning, even including club football days.
To see what was forced upon us makes me sick.
I can live with not playing well against BCS schools, I cannot live with the fact of totally tanking it on average CUSA schools.
At some point in time you would think that pride would take over.
I will definitely let my feelings be known next Saturday.

(10-29-2011 08:55 PM)bigpoppablazer Wrote:  That is why the coaching change should have taken place last season. The arguement for the OCS does not hold water, because you sacrifice the current players for a possible future stadium.

It does hold water. That stadium will be here long after Callaway and his staff are worm food.

If my choice is holding on to him one more year and get a stadium or can him and never get a stadium, the decision is easy.

Still feel terrible for the guys but better days are ahead.

These UAB players KNOW what the reality of UAB's football situation is right now. Most have been playing football for a decade or so and have known success in their past. They don't need us to tell them what a terrible season they are having, and us not saying what needs to be said won't fool them one minute. They know when they have a "bad" practice, they know when they have a "bad" game and they know the nature of its problems more than any of us "outsiders looking in". I just wish they could have enjoyed this season more than they have, and I admire their tenacity to keep trying to win.

Agree with this post.

The posts attacking the man personally are the hardest to see. Attack the JOB he's doing in terms of wins and losses? Absolutely.
Attacking him outside of that is out of bounds, and only makes us as a fan base look like idiots to current players and prospects.

I believe he is a good man. I just believe he is a bad head football coach at UAB.

(10-30-2011 01:28 PM)Blazer86 Wrote:  Agree with this post.

The posts attacking the man personally are the hardest to see. Attack the JOB he's doing in terms of wins and losses? Absolutely.
Attacking him outside of that is out of bounds, and only makes us as a fan base look like idiots to current players and prospects.

I believe he is a good man. I just believe he is a bad head football coach at UAB.

I agree with this. I don't think I have really attacked the man personally. At least I have not tried to, maybe frustration has gotten the best of me at times but even then - most of what I have said has been related to the job. We all maybe have a hard time separating the man from the job, and I think that is natural. People do this with the president, the mayor, the whatever. Just like when someone who is really a bad person is in a job and doing great at that job - people tend to glorify the person.

It's good advice to try to follow when we all email Mackin and Garrison to say how fed up we are with the JOB that HE is doing and has done.

(10-30-2011 01:53 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  

(10-30-2011 01:28 PM)Blazer86 Wrote:  Agree with this post.

The posts attacking the man personally are the hardest to see. Attack the JOB he's doing in terms of wins and losses? Absolutely.
Attacking him outside of that is out of bounds, and only makes us as a fan base look like idiots to current players and prospects.

I believe he is a good man. I just believe he is a bad head football coach at UAB.

I agree with this. I don't think I have really attacked the man personally. At least I have not tried to, maybe frustration has gotten the best of me at times but even then - most of what I have said has been related to the job. We all maybe have a hard time separating the man from the job, and I think that is natural. People do this with the president, the mayor, the whatever. Just like when someone who is really a bad person is in a job and doing great at that job - people tend to glorify the person.

It's good advice to try to follow when we all email Mackin and Garrison to say how fed up we are with the JOB that HE is doing and has done.

Well, you won't see me picking up the first stone.... I am probably as guilty as anyone...

Definitely. It's not like they're not giving their all, it sure looks as if they are to me. I'm just not so sure that Callaway is a focal point of inspiration with these players. Callaway couldn't motivate a toilet to flush with both hands on the handle!

I agree the players deserve no blame. It all falls on the HC.

I understand your point, but I really feel bad for fans who pay to watch this crap. The players will receive an education worth about $80K-$100K. There are fans on this board who have contributed that or more to watch this crap.

(10-30-2011 07:12 PM)uab blazer 01 Wrote:  I agree the players deserve no blame. It all falls on the HC.

Really? No blame? For anything this whole season? How about a game where we force 7 turnovers and our team can't generate more than 23 points?(remember we had a pick 6 that game, so way to go offense) How about the countless dropped balls throughout this season? How about guys getting injured? That isn't their fault, but it isn't Callaway's either. The guy sucks as a head coach but let's not go overboard. The players have given their all, there is no doubting that. The coach's job is to put players in a position to succeed.(and granted, he didn't do this much) Ultimately he can't make the players make plays on the field. Our problems this year start with Callaway, but I have seen a lot of mistakes made on the field that were out of his control. I just feel like people let their hatred of Callaway get in the way of looking at this in a fair manner.(again, Callaway is garbage, but every problem in every game has not been his fault. Our players have made mistakes that no amount of coaching could ever fix)

(10-30-2011 07:26 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(10-30-2011 07:12 PM)uab blazer 01 Wrote:  I agree the players deserve no blame. It all falls on the HC.

The coach's job is to put players in a position to succeed.(and granted, he didn't do this much) Ultimately he can't make the players make plays on the field. Our problems this year start with Callaway, but I have seen a lot of mistakes made on the field that were out of his control.

Let me clarify my position. As long as these players are still playing hard with Calloway as coach, Legion Field as home, and low attendance than they should be supported 100%. On the players side mistakes are part of the game that i can look past but getting blown out of games to mediocre opponents in your 5th year as Head coach is not . If Calloway was really getting half of the blame that he deserves; he would not be the Head Coach right now.

Agree completely. I saw some positive signs last year. This year, everything fell apart. I would've been ok with a change last year, but there is no way we shouldn't have one after this year.

I'd be surprised if any of the people saying the players share no responsibility in this year's debacle ever played any sports. Competitive athletes rarely blame their coaches for the simple reason that they are the ones on the field, not the coaches, getting their heads handed to them. Of course the players deserve some blame. However, it's almost unfair to blame the players because they are consistently outmanned on the field due to sub-par signings in recent years. It would be like asking me to guard Lebron James. I'd give it my best shot, but he'd make me look silly because I don't have the size, strength, speed, or physical ability to guard him. In other words, I would have no business trying to guard Lebron James, and some of our players just don't have the physical ability to compete against most of our opponents.

Having said all that, from a big-picture perspective I definitely agree that HCNC is responsible for the state of the football program because he's the man at the top and he has failed to get the job done in terms of everything involved in having a successful college sports team: recruiting, player development, on-field coaching, recruiting, gameday strategy, recruiting, etc., etc., etc. He's a big boy, he's been around the block, and he knows as well as anyone that it's time for a change.

Methinks the biggest problem with Callaway is that he isn't a leader. Everything we witness in this team's performance is predicated upon that. He doesn't inspire them, he doesn't pick them up, he doesn't KNOW how to light a fire under them. Yesterday's game is a prime example of how this team got down, made mistakes, and bad just begot worse.
A head coach has to be able to intervene, interrupt the process, and reinvigorate the team. That requires some element of charisma- this coach, unfortunately, appears to be severely lacking of anything even remotely considered in the charisma category.

I haven't seen if anyone has ask about this but I was just wondering...

How did McCants fair against Curry? I know Curry had a good game, but how much of that came while he was playing across from Matt?

(10-30-2011 08:45 PM)USAFBlazerFan Wrote:  Methinks the biggest problem with Callaway is that he isn't a leader. Everything we witness in this team's performance is predicated upon that. He doesn't inspire them, he doesn't pick them up, he doesn't KNOW how to light a fire under them. Yesterday's game is a prime example of how this team got down, made mistakes, and bad just begot worse.
A head coach has to be able to intervene, interrupt the process, and reinvigorate the team. That requires some element of charisma- this coach, unfortunately, appears to be severely lacking of anything even remotely considered in the charisma category.

DING DING DING!!!

Which is why our next coach needs to be more extraverted, motivating, etc. I'm sure getting up to play Houston in front of 5000 fans on Saturday will be harder than trying to get it up for Rosie O'Donnell.

(10-30-2011 09:36 PM)FNblazer Wrote:  

(10-30-2011 08:45 PM)USAFBlazerFan Wrote:  Methinks the biggest problem with Callaway is that he isn't a leader. Everything we witness in this team's performance is predicated upon that. He doesn't inspire them, he doesn't pick them up, he doesn't KNOW how to light a fire under them. Yesterday's game is a prime example of how this team got down, made mistakes, and bad just begot worse.
A head coach has to be able to intervene, interrupt the process, and reinvigorate the team. That requires some element of charisma- this coach, unfortunately, appears to be severely lacking of anything even remotely considered in the charisma category.

DING DING DING!!!

Which is why our next coach needs to be more extraverted, motivating, etc. I'm sure getting up to play Houston in front of 5000 fans on Saturday will be harder than trying to get it up for Rosie O'Donnell.

I don't see what the problem is.