(11-03-2022 10:25 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  

(11-03-2022 10:00 AM)ChicagoHuskie Wrote:  

(11-03-2022 09:15 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(11-03-2022 09:10 AM)ChicagoHuskie Wrote:  IMO, the jury is out on Hammock. Calls for firing him now are ridiculous after just winning the MACC. Next season will be the year we will be able to evaluate Hammock as our future coach or not.

What is so magic about next year? Why not this year?

Next year I am assuming we will not be hit with a historically bad list of injuries to the most key players on the team. The crazy amount of injuries this season derailed the team and is the most critical reason why we have struggled. Sure, there has been some head scratching coaching moments, but key players injuries override it all. Next year will be different because I am banking on the rash of key player injuries will not repeat.

This seems so obvious to me, but understand I might be in the minority.

Losing your star QB is often a death blow to your championship hopes. So once we lost Rocky it was fair to think that repeating as champion was doubtful. And that's normal. What's not normal is losing your star QB and becoming a train wreck of a team that may only win 2 to 3 games. If your entire hopes are tied to your QB you really haven't built much of a team.