(12-29-2020 01:06 AM)SeñorTiger Wrote:  This is a damned if Penny does and damned if Penny doesn't. If he does change the offense he has to admit the old system did not work and gets questioned why he ever ran it. If he doesn't change it then we all bemoan our horrible offense... With that in mind you can take the interview one of two ways, mainly negative or mainly positive.

Personally, I am giving Penny the benefit of the doubt here. I am much more encouraged that he recognized his very broken system (albeit very obvious), admitted it and is taking steps to correct it. That is pretty much what you want in leader when he sees his strategy is not working. The alternative if he refuse to admit its broken and continue running it.

Here is my summary of the interview
- It started off bad. He did basically take credit for the defense and then say he turned the offense over to Cody and it did not work and he (Penny) did not understand it enough to question Cody.
- He then basically blamed the players for playing for themselves and not for the team.
- Okay, had the interview ended after 2 or 3 minutes it would have been a disaster.
- As the interview, I thought he began expounding on the above and it became clear that he was not placing the blame on the players or Cody. I thought he actually accepted the blame for not stepping in quickly enough and not trusting himself and his offense enough to implement it.
- I also thought what he said about the team in South Dakota made a lot of sense. He clearly planned on Deandre being eligible by the first game and game planned accordingly. When they did not happen they basically went in unprepared. They also did not have time due to COVID to get all of their defensive presses and alignments in place.
- In the end it sounded like a 2nd or 3rd year head coach coming to the realization that he has some successes (defense) and has some failures (offense) and realizes them and is attempting to adjust accordingly. It is just my opinion but that is all you can really expect and hope for with a first time head coach only 2 seasons in...

I think there are two ways you can take the interview.

I take the latter.

Penny is obviously a very good defensive coach already, and he see's where he has to change and improve on offense and a few other areas.

If he is able to make those adjustments he will take the next step as a coach, if he can't it will be a slow death.

I'm a big tiger fan but my happiness in life does not revolve around a dozen 19 year old kids and an orange ball. I'm not going to cut them or the staff to pieces if its doesn't go well or walk around angry and miserable over it. I honestly feel sorry for those that do.