(07-10-2019 02:07 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 11:27 AM)USAJag2011 Wrote:  I expect him to get better. He’s been a winner everywhere he’s ever played or coached, so I don’t expect that to change here. Not sure what that translates to in Ws/Ls, but it should be evident that we’re more competitive.

He's a Troy alum. He's a winner. He'll get USA turned around.

Derrick Ansley may be one of the next big names in college football. He graduated from Troy in 2004, and is now the DC at Tennessee. He was one of the best DB's in Troy history.

I expect Coach Campbell to get things going this year and win at least five games, maybe more.

I will base my expectations on something other than wins and losses because I honestly think we could have a better team than last year and have a worse record because of how tough our road schedule is. I want to see our offense improve and become more consistent and do a little more through the air. I want to see us continue what we started last year and to play much more disciplined than we did under Summers (which shouldn't be hard). Play smart, play disciplined, don't make stupid mistakes, and don't shoot ourselves in the foot. If we play well, and still lose a close game I won't be as disappointed in a mediocre W-L record.

Expectations? None. Six years of Blake ball has taught me to not anticipate change. Perhaps he will surprise us all. I'll let you know in December.

I expect us to win 3 games.

However, anything less than 6 wins should be a fireable offense.

We shall see.

(07-10-2019 03:23 PM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  I expect us to win 3 games.

However, anything less than 6 wins should be a fireable offense.

We shall see.

For a first year HC?

That's crazy talk .

(07-10-2019 01:45 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 11:58 AM)_x_ Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 11:49 AM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 11:13 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  I'd hate to make a W-L prediction but after the last 4 seasons I'd be happy with 5 wins. I think we should be able to beat GSU, Nicholls, ULM, USA, and Coastal, and as close as we came last year to beating Troy and GS, I'm hoping we can upset one of Wyoming, Troy, stAte, or UL. I don't have much hope for us against A&M, SMU, or App. I just hope we can be competitive in those games.

Besides wins it's pretty obvious where us TXST fans want to see improvement, the offense. If our defense can play at the same level we don't even need a huge jump in offensive production. With marginal improvement we could've won 8 games last year so maybe it clicks and we hit 6 or 7 this year. The pessimist in me however thinks our defense drops off as a result of the coaching change. I'm very excited for Spav but I really would've liked to have seen how year 4 would've went under Withers, he clearly had us going in the right direction. One thing the new staff has preached is increasing turnovers so hopefully at the worst our defense regresses but we get more turnovers to even it out.

EW had us moving in the right direction ??? EW went 2-10, 2-10, 3-9 in his 3 seasons, not to be Debbie Downer, but I ain’t seeing this “Right Direction” you speak of.
Our D did improve in his 3 years, I’ll give him that . . . but that’s all I’ll give him. Our kicking game under him was pathetic . . . and the Offense anemic . . . unless you consider practically no running game, and QB’s running for their lives on every passing play the “Right Direction.”
Personally, I’m glad he’s gone . . shoulda happened sooner. Our FB program has been a joke for far too long, and it goes well beyond Coaching. As far as Spav and Co., almost anything has got to be an improvement on the past 4 years. I wish him well, am pulling for him, his staff, and the team . . . just don’t “step in it.”

2018 team would've beaten the 2017 team who would've smoked the 2016 team. And the 2019 team was in position to finally be decent under that staff. That's moving in the right direction. Not that any of his 3 teams were any good.

Your assertion that the 2018 team would have beaten the 2017 who would’ve smoked the 2016, and the 2019 was in a position to be decent is nothing but speculation. (You are of course entitled to your opinion).

Bottom line: 2-10, 2-10, 3-9 Those records suck, the team sucked, ergo EW and his merry band of miscreant coaches sucked. Put all the lipstick you want on that pig, it’s still a pig. Here, let me say it one more time: 2-10, 2-10, 3-9. I wonder what Southern fan might say about those records if their program went through a similar 3 years . . . Oh wait, Southern fan would have gleefully leaped from the ledge he'd crawled onto, so would App. Fan or StAte fan, or Troy fan. Only Bobcat fan would come onto a public forum and try to argue that said record was "progress."

Anyone calling that moving in the right direction needs to put down both their crack pipe and their maroon and gold colored glasses. Arguing about incremental almost imperceptible team improvement is about as meaningful as G5’s all trying to determine the biggest midget in the room.
I guess all that “improvement” is why attendance and donations went up during the EW tenure . . . NO ? How could that be?

I’ll say this for our fan base though, talking bout the hard cores here . . we’re like the Wile E. Coyote of fans. Drop us off a cliff, hit us with an anvil, run us over with a truck, blow us up, don’t matter how many times you kick us in the teeth (or the nether regions). Just like that coyote, we pick ourselves up, brush ourselves off, put on those maroon and gold colored glasses and ask for more . . . cause one day, just like that Charlie Brown fella, we’re gonna actually kick that ball.
Masochist, ain’t got nothin’ on true Bobcat fan.
Flail away y’all . . .

I typed out a long ass response only to stop and say to myself "maybe that dude is right. Maybe I should expect winning seasons every year or at least expect more than what we got?", but based on recent history why would I? Our cupboard was bare when Withers got here so it's no wonder he had such a hard time. He finally got us to being competitive last year. He did make a terrible OC hire that held us back I'll give you that, but we're in a much better position now than we were 3 years ago. Call me crazy but Ill call that getting us going in the right direction. Now was 3-9 and 5 close losses where we wanted to be after last year? Obviously not but that beats 2-10 and getting blown out in almost every loss. Hopefully we can spring forward from here with this defense he has left us.

I expect Appalachian State University to lose to ETSU, and then win every other game, including the win over #1 Clemson (who loses to uncc) in the national championship game.

(07-10-2019 03:00 PM)sdcritter Wrote:  Expectations? None. Six years of Blake ball has taught me to not anticipate change. Perhaps he will surprise us all. I'll let you know in December.

I was about to post the exact same thing.

App will score A LOT, unsure about the defense losing key plays at CB and DT.

I expect App to not even win the east. GS will and will meet stAte in Jonesboro for the second time to end the season. Yes App has a lot back but Eli and Scott run completely different offenses. Learning curb.

(07-10-2019 10:13 PM)Mr A Wrote:  I expect App to not even win the east. GS will and will meet stAte in Jonesboro for the second time to end the season. Yes App has a lot back but Eli and Scott run completely different offenses. Learning curb.

Thass mose liklee. Fukken lerning curbs.

(07-10-2019 03:49 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 03:23 PM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  I expect us to win 3 games.

However, anything less than 6 wins should be a fireable offense.

We shall see.

For a first year HC?

That's crazy talk .

Agreed, but hind sight being 20/20, we should have done it a half year earlier with Summers. We should have known it was not going to get any better, but gave him the benefit of the doubt.

I expect to see our offense be a little more complex. More motion pre snap, more true option plays, allowing Werts to make more reads on his own. He got there more towards the end of the season, but I feel like a lot of his hand offs were pre scripted hand offs and not his call to make on the fly. For the defense, just maintain. We return last years best DB in the belt, and have two of the best DB's in the conference.

(07-10-2019 10:13 PM)Mr A Wrote:  I expect App to not even win the east. GS will and will meet stAte in Jonesboro for the second time to end the season. Yes App has a lot back but Eli and Scott run completely different offenses. Learning curb.

Learning "curve" is the word. Your welcome.

(07-11-2019 08:34 AM)sdcritter Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 10:13 PM)Mr A Wrote:  I expect App to not even win the east. GS will and will meet stAte in Jonesboro for the second time to end the season. Yes App has a lot back but Eli and Scott run completely different offenses. Learning curb.

Learning "curve" is the word. Your welcome.

(07-10-2019 03:49 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 03:23 PM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  I expect us to win 3 games.

However, anything less than 6 wins should be a fireable offense.

We shall see.

For a first year HC?

That's crazy talk .

He’s not a first year head coach. He already had a year as our head coach two years ago and it was complete and total chaos on and off the field.

This isn’t a normal “new hire” situation. The guy’s seat should already be a little uncomfortable. And if he bombs our program again this year, we should run him out of town (but we won’t).

(07-10-2019 10:13 PM)Mr A Wrote:  I expect App to not even win the east. GS will and will meet stAte in Jonesboro for the second time to end the season. Yes App has a lot back but Eli and Scott run completely different offenses. Learning curb.

If theres one game I dont see us losing this year, its Georgia Southern. We haven't lost back to back seasons to the stink since 2002 and after the debacle last year every player on our roster will have that one circled. Not to mention it's in Boone. We haven't lost a sun belt game in Boone since 2015.

(07-10-2019 11:56 AM)_x_ Wrote:  1. Looking to see a huge improvement offensively. This is an offensive-minded staff, but they've inherited what was an awful offense last year. Would like to see mass improvement.
2. Would like to see the defense not regress a bunch. We return pretty much the entire defense from last year, but I think a lot of our fanbase is taking the job last years DC Chris Woods did for granted. The new defensive staff has to show me something.
3. Recruiting is really, really, really starting to become a huge concern to me. We have a young, energetic staff. Can we start reeling in some players at some point soon please? What is the hold up?

I agree on number 2. Every one seems to be assuming the defense will be fine. I am very concerned about major regression under a new coach. Withers had those guys playing to their strengths and Spav is changing it up. We shall see.

The offense has been boring me since we moved to FBS. I just hope for something fun to watch that can score points and bust a big play when needed.

The kicking game better have learned how to make an extra point and field goal under 35 yards.

(07-12-2019 05:21 AM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 03:49 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 03:23 PM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  I expect us to win 3 games.

However, anything less than 6 wins should be a fireable offense.

We shall see.

For a first year HC?

That's crazy talk .

He’s not a first year head coach. He already had a year as our head coach two years ago and it was complete and total chaos on and off the field.

This isn’t a normal “new hire” situation. The guy’s seat should already be a little uncomfortable. And if he bombs our program again this year, we should run him out of town (but we won’t).

He hasn't had a chance to be a real HC yet. Dang. He was working with Mog's assistants, players, etc. And even now Mog's some sort of administrator over the program from what I gather.

If App had fired Satterfield after his first season going 4-8 that'd have been a massively dumb mistake.

(07-12-2019 07:29 AM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(07-12-2019 05:21 AM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 03:49 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 03:23 PM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  I expect us to win 3 games.

However, anything less than 6 wins should be a fireable offense.

We shall see.

For a first year HC?

That's crazy talk .

He’s not a first year head coach. He already had a year as our head coach two years ago and it was complete and total chaos on and off the field.

This isn’t a normal “new hire” situation. The guy’s seat should already be a little uncomfortable. And if he bombs our program again this year, we should run him out of town (but we won’t).

He hasn't had a chance to be a real HC yet. Dang. He was working with Mog's assistants, players, etc. And even now Mog's some sort of administrator over the program from what I gather.

If App had fired Satterfield after his first season going 4-8 that'd have been a massively dumb mistake.

He is not a first year head coach at all. He is a two-time FCS National Coach of the Year finalist and three-time Big South Coach of the Year as the head coach of Charleston Southern. Two conference titles and two playoff appearances.