(01-11-2015 11:37 PM)Antarius Wrote:  The position that I understand Rick and OO to be taking is that progress may not be as fast as we would like, but it is 1. happening 2. if we were to replace Bailiff with someone else, would they be able to achieve more? Truth is, we don't know the answer to #2. And if we were to consider a replacement, who would it be? MBB was so bad under the last two years of Braun that the argument could be made that anyone would be an improvement, and if not, at least a change. MBB needed transformation. FB could use either at this point.

San Diego fired Schottenheimer after a 14-2 season. They proceeded to never hit that win total again.

We showed up against Fresno like a team on a mission. Never have I seen Rice under Bailiff tackle so well and come out of the tunnel 100% ready to play. Granted, Fresno isn't Oregon, but still, based on this game we know that it is possible for us to play at that level. Next season is a big year and I think that will tell us exactly how far we can go in the future.

I realize Fresno State is your last point of reference because is the last game played and we won therefore we want to feel good by using that game as a point of reference however we have to accept that Fresno State was a bad team. One of the worst we played all season. No QB, No offense, etc.
The game prior to Fresno State was La Tech. (76-31) Not sure why we did not show up on a mission given this game would get us to the conference game.

we play well against the weaker teams but that's not progress.