(07-31-2018 04:12 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  But you won't find me saying at the end of the year is that 2 or 1 is OK because the kids showed more discipline than previously. Translate that discipline into wins, please.

I just don't see any way that better schemes and execution and discipline can fail to translate into a significant improvement in wins and losses. We have been so deficient in those areas for so long that any significant improvement should have a big effect.

I've posted before that the book on Bailiff at Texas State was that his teams played hard but were sloppy and undisciplined. That's pretty much what I saw from his Rice teams, although I'm not sure how hard they played the last couple of years. Play hard, play disciplined, and I think you could very well see a massive uptick. I'm going to pick somewhere in the range 4-7 wins. Will nail it down a bit tighter after I see more,