(11-06-2019 11:55 AM)PaUABlazer Wrote: (11-06-2019 11:34 AM)BlazerGreen Wrote: (11-06-2019 11:08 AM)PaUABlazer Wrote: (11-06-2019 07:57 AM)the_blazerman Wrote: Watson Brown
Garrick McGee
Neil Calloway
Bill Clark.
Any more questions?
Yeah I do have a question. Take a look back at the schedules Watson, Calloway even McGee had. If UAB had that schedule now how many games would they win? UCF, Marshall, ECU, Memphis Southern Miss, & UAB in the East. The West was Houston, SMU, Tulsa, Tulane, Rice, UTEP. was the west. And in two sometimes even 3 P5 money games how many do they win? And If you go back to Watson’s time you could add in Louisville, TCU, USF & Cincinnati. Take any team Bill Clark has ever had and input them into an old schedule how many games does he win? Just pick a random year & give him that schedule now with this team or last years team, how many games does he win?
I hear what you're sayin' about the schedule but it also has to be recognized that half of those Watson era players couldn't get in UAB now. UAB is a different school, almost literally. Give Bill Clark the roster Watson had to go against that schedule. Watson also didn't have a decade of losing seasons and a death sentence to recruit against. Early 2000's our football culture may not have been wholesome but it wasn't losing.
I think we need some changes on O but the head coach is a winner. We're lucky to have him.
He is a great defensive coach I’m not denying that. But then I’ll ask you this question. If Bill Clark doesn’t make a change at OC and UAB doesn’t make the next step in the next 3years do you keep him around? Because ultimately it is us the fans, boosters etc. that set the agenda for UAB. He is the CEO we are the stockholders. We hold him accountable and he must meet our expectations. When I say I’m upset with his comments, I’m just holding him accountable for something dumb he said. If I was the AD or a major booster giving UAB millions of dollars I would have contacted him Immediately and said let’s not ever say that publicly again. Let’s put out an image that we try our best to win every game. And that they are all important. I don’t think that’s to much to ask from a head coach making 7 figures a year. If Bill Clark doesn’t think he owes UAB and it’s fans that then he doesn’t need to be here.
As I was reading through the trend of this thread I was anticipating a question just like this (“Clark doesnt need to be here”) from a certain poster.
I read it as either a troll comment or an absolutely moronic comment about college football. I lean toward the former.
One thing that seems to be consistently lost in the spectrum of opinions so far is that UAB is in their THIRD SEASON OF FIELDING A TEAM. Only two players have more than 2 full years game experience. Only 2. What other team has that challenge? None. Where Clark is today with this team, in season 3 of the return, few teams have ever been. And certainly not successfully. Our experience and depth are still limited, particularly on the Oline. That has been our weakest link in recruiting, yes. But those big guys also take the longest to develop. After four seasons of actual games then we have had one full cycle of program development, but not until then.
If Clark thinks that in the progression of returning to full strength (still 2 years away), and with our present talent, depth and injuries, that the program is better served using the bye week to prepare for tough but winnable conference games, then I trust his judgment. You can disagree with that judgment, cerainly, but questioning whether Clark is motivated or able to eventually win at a higher level, or whether he should be here, is beyond freakin ridiculous. Maybe one of the least informed, or else most malicious, comments Ive read here in a long, long time considering the context.
And while Im going, the question of whether he could handle the old CUSA with Loserville, Cincy, UCF, etc like Watson did. Hell yes. Give Clark those teams in that era, against the conference teams of that era, and UAB wins 9 to 11 games a year , not 4 to 7.
As things stand Today with the former CUSA teams , different story. Completely different budgets and exposure. Look at the trends and the growing gap between AAC and CUSA. Money and TV makes a huge difference in recruiting. But give Clark 2 more years and a new stadium and I anticipate a perennial top 25 type UAB program... if Auburn doesnt hire him next. Had he won the TN game, with this rebuilding UAB team, perhaps the chance of something like that happening sooner increases. I live in Knoxville and have taken sh$t all week for the loss, but Im absolutely good with the program direction and frankly wouldnt trade Clark for Saban or Riley.
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