I said all preseason that the talk about getting rid of CRS was premature IMO. That this year would be the deciding year - at least for me. I've been on the fence for most of his 2+ years. Now, I'm about 90% convinced he needs to go. I just don't see what I need to be seeing from the program. My observations:
There is no sustaining energy with fans. Most of us try to get behind him, but it's just falling flat. At games and in a broader sense. We don't see things to look forward to in the future. No promise or potential...
Closely related, he doesn't have the leader public persona to build encouragement and energy with fans. Fuente wasn't a rah-rah guy either, but there was no doubt he was the leader and was building.
I don't see growth with individual players. Seth is still who he was as a true freshman. We have not developed any high level ability at skill positions. The hot-shot kicker from last year's class is still MIA.
Our OL play has been bad during most of his tenure. And he's an OL guy. My fear when he was hired as HC was that we were downgrading both our HC and our OL coaching positions.
Our kick coverage has been bad all year. It's been obvious, and just waiting for catastrophe to happen.
He is too soft playing with leads. Blame the OC and DC if you want, but I don't. If it just happened once, I might. But it happens over and over. So it's a HC thing.
Recruiting class rankings are just a number when play starts. CRS has had highly ranked classes. I'm yet to see it. Fuente and Norvell had lesser rankings, but more obvious talent.
About the only way he wins me back this year is to go on a tear and start boat-racing opponents. I don't see that happening.
I like RS fine, he seems like a nice guy. I don't want him to fail. But his philosophy seems to be "find something that works, and then don't do it."
(10-08-2022 11:50 AM)Tiger87 Wrote: [ -> ]I said all preseason that the talk about getting rid of CRS was premature IMO. That this year would be the deciding year - at least for me. I've been on the fence for most of his 2+ years. Now, I'm about 90% convinced he needs to go. I just don't see what I need to be seeing from the program. My observations:
There is no sustaining energy with fans. Most of us try to get behind him, but it's just falling flat. At games and in a broader sense. We don't see things to look forward to in the future. No promise or potential...
Closely related, he doesn't have the leader public persona to build encouragement and energy with fans. Fuente wasn't a rah-rah guy either, but there was no doubt he was the leader and was building.
I don't see growth with individual players. Seth is still who he was as a true freshman. We have not developed any high level ability at skill positions. The hot-shot kicker from last year's class is still MIA.
Our OL play has been bad during most of his tenure. And he's an OL guy. My fear when he was hired as HC was that we were downgrading both our HC and our OL coaching positions.
Our kick coverage has been bad all year. It's been obvious, and just waiting for catastrophe to happen.
He is too soft playing with leads. Blame the OC and DC if you want, but I don't. If it just happened once, I might. But it happens over and over. So it's a HC thing.
Recruiting class rankings are just a number when play starts. CRS has had highly ranked classes. I'm yet to see it. Fuente and Norvell had lesser rankings, but more obvious talent.
About the only way he wins me back this year is to go on a tear and start boat-racing opponents. I don't see that happening.
Funny, I see us going through large parts of games looking like a really good football team. Last night was a combination of Kansas 2008 and 4th and 26. Every single thing had to go wrong and it did. We are close to putting it together and close to being really good.
We will see how it goes. Beat ECU, Tulane and UCF and we are probably playing in the AACCG. Win 2 out of 3 and we still have a shot. Go 4-2 to finish at 8-4 and that isn't bad at all. 7-5 or less and it's time to go.
Yall almost catching up
Congrats
And another damn thing. LSU is bad
Never let the players decide who gets the job.
(10-08-2022 01:29 PM)2021 Tiger Football!! Wrote: [ -> ]Never let the players decide who gets the job.
Ding ding ding
(10-08-2022 01:29 PM)2021 Tiger Football!! Wrote: [ -> ]Never let the players decide who gets the job.
That was the very first huge red flag to me. When the players all wanted him hired I started thinking we need to look somewhere else. Assistants can be friends with the players, the HC cannot be.
Either way I am still on the fence. I 100% blame coaching for the collapse last night, but I hope he learns from it.
(10-08-2022 01:19 PM)shere khan Wrote: [ -> ]Yall almost catching up
Congrats
And another damn thing. LSU is bad
Of all the FBS point spreads this week, none is a bigger underdog than Auburn in a freaking rivalry game.
Last night was your week. Not today.
(10-08-2022 01:04 PM)Stammers Wrote: [ -> ] (10-08-2022 11:50 AM)Tiger87 Wrote: [ -> ]I said all preseason that the talk about getting rid of CRS was premature IMO. That this year would be the deciding year - at least for me. I've been on the fence for most of his 2+ years. Now, I'm about 90% convinced he needs to go. I just don't see what I need to be seeing from the program. My observations:
There is no sustaining energy with fans. Most of us try to get behind him, but it's just falling flat. At games and in a broader sense. We don't see things to look forward to in the future. No promise or potential...
Closely related, he doesn't have the leader public persona to build encouragement and energy with fans. Fuente wasn't a rah-rah guy either, but there was no doubt he was the leader and was building.
I don't see growth with individual players. Seth is still who he was as a true freshman. We have not developed any high level ability at skill positions. The hot-shot kicker from last year's class is still MIA.
Our OL play has been bad during most of his tenure. And he's an OL guy. My fear when he was hired as HC was that we were downgrading both our HC and our OL coaching positions.
Our kick coverage has been bad all year. It's been obvious, and just waiting for catastrophe to happen.
He is too soft playing with leads. Blame the OC and DC if you want, but I don't. If it just happened once, I might. But it happens over and over. So it's a HC thing.
Recruiting class rankings are just a number when play starts. CRS has had highly ranked classes. I'm yet to see it. Fuente and Norvell had lesser rankings, but more obvious talent.
About the only way he wins me back this year is to go on a tear and start boat-racing opponents. I don't see that happening.
Funny, I see us going through large parts of games looking like a really good football team. Last night was a combination of Kansas 2008 and 4th and 26. Every single thing had to go wrong and it did. We are close to putting it together and close to being really good.
We will see how it goes. Beat ECU, Tulane and UCF and we are probably playing in the AACCG. Win 2 out of 3 and we still have a shot. Go 4-2 to finish at 8-4 and that isn't bad at all. 7-5 or less and it's time to go.
When we ran the reverse pass for the TD I thought he had turned a corner. Also liked bringing in the running “wildcat” QB for a few plays. He would have scored if the turf monster didn’t bite him. But then he reverted back to being conservative the next possession. And our kickoff guy picked the wrong time to not get a touchback. We also attacked the first onside kick and got it. We sat back on the second one and it took that goofy bounce. You must get it before it goes 10 yards.
I believe this season may put CRS on a live or die season next year. If he wants to keep his job he needs to get aggressive and fight for it or there could be a new coach for the new Liberty Stadium. Really it is all up to him. He has the horses. Can you imagine what Seth could do with the time Tune had in the pocket last night.
The timeout after converting the 1 first down last night. The clock automatically stops. All you have to do is spike the ball. Next play Seth gets sacked with no possibility of a hailmary because we burned the timeout on a first down. This game was 100% on the staffing. Got too cute with the big lead. The Memphis magic is officially gone. If he doesn't bounce back with a 7 win season then the seat needs to be hot.
(10-08-2022 08:19 PM)Crazier Wrote: [ -> ]The timeout after converting the 1 first down last night. The clock automatically stops. All you have to do is spike the ball. Next play Seth gets sacked with no possibility of a hailmary because we burned the timeout on a first down. This game was 100% on the staffing. Got too cute with the big lead. The Memphis magic is officially gone. If he doesn't bounce back with a 7 win season then the seat needs to be hot.
it probably will be at 7 and 5/6.
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Ryan Silverfield will go down in history as the architect of the Prevent Offense.
Moving forward, Memphis has to own the conference.
The AAC title used to go thru us.
It has to again. I don't see it happening with Ryan.
Nice guy, but he's a position coach, not head coach material.
I think we win out ... Starting at ECU on Saturday !!!
(10-08-2022 10:25 PM)steves Wrote: [ -> ]I think we win out ... Starting at ECU on Saturday !!!
not if he does the same crap
he should have let Seth run up tempo offense
never play prevent defense or offense
that was ryans call.
It’s very simple, he is a horrible head coach. End of debate.
(10-08-2022 03:29 PM)memtigbb Wrote: [ -> ]Either way I am still on the fence. I 100% blame coaching for the collapse last night, but I hope he learns from it.
I think we said that same thing about this same time last year. UTSA. "I hope he learns from it."
We can't keep hoping - he needs to start learning.
I will never understand why the school didn’t follow the formula that worked the previous 2 hires. Go after another young offensive coordinator who is looking for a head coaching opportunity. Instead, the school hires a position coach that the players wanted. Lazy hire with the expected results.
I think if you are calling for Silverfield to be fired you have a responsibility to name exactly who you think should be the new coach. Otherwise your criticism is lazy and incomplete. Firing/hiring a head coach is a major decision and it needs to be thought through completely. I am not aware of an obvious choice OC like Norvell was in 2015, and I think the reason nobody ever offers a name is because no one is out there. I also think it would be insane to fire a 4-2 coach mid-season - no one would ever want to come here if we did that and our football program would descend into many much worse seasons than we are at now. It's easy to be angry after a bad loss and demand the coach be fired, and it's more difficult to think things through completely and make a responsible decision that is best for the football program. But for a school like Memphis, you absolutely have to know who you are hiring when you decide to fire the head coach.
That said, Kenny Dillingham and Garrett Riley are both doing very well so far this season.