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gtGreg768b

gtGreg768b

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Everyone that is ööööting on our team after that turd-tastic loss last night should step away from their keyboards for a day or two and simmer down. Was it bad? Yes. Even so, the season isn't over. Our team isn't terrible. Our coach isn't terrible. This season can be redeemed.
 
I’m 51% sure we’ll get a dead cat bounce and eke out a win against KSU, but things are going to get ugly for the rest of the season after that.

Even allowing for “it’s never as bad as it seems,” that leaves plenty of room for things to be pretty bad. We’re getting to put up or shut up time - when the expectation was 5-6 wins and even that low bar is looking too high after a cupcake season opener, something is fundamentally wrong.

JRjr
 
That’s the spirit. Hopefully, Geoff ends his little streak of back to back FCS losses in his head coaching career.

Breaking that losing streak for him will be big in his coaching career.
 
We've accepted excuse out of excuse the last 2 seasons...undersized guys, not the right jimmies and Joe's, Covid, etc. Fine, whatever, I understand that öööö. What I do not understand is the play calling and time management. The players can miss plays, play horrible (which is still on the coaches, but more indirectly so), but the things that coaches are supposed to do well, those parts of the game directly attributable to them, they completely failed at. A mediocre coach would do better. Our only hope is for Collins to step away from coaching, become a CEO type, and let the new DC and OC run the show.
 
We could have just put Tobias in at QB and run handoffs and keepers and won that game. Our staff has got to start to recognize what is working and react accordingly. We could run the ball in the first half. Our QB was obviously having a deer in the headlights night passing. Just run the damn ball and get the victory. I know we are in a constant "this isn't CPJ's option team" mode still and feel like we have to pass, but dammit, get a insurmountable lead then maybe work with your QB
 
AmpuTECHture said:
We've accepted excuse out of excuse the last 2 seasons...undersized guys, not the right jimmies and Joe's, Covid, etc. Fine, whatever, I understand that öööö. What I do not understand is the play calling and time management. The players can miss plays, play horrible (which is still on the coaches, but more indirectly so), but the things that coaches are supposed to do well, those parts of the game directly attributable to them, they completely failed at. A mediocre coach would do better. Our only hope is for Collins to step away from coaching, become a CEO type, and let the new DC and OC run the show.
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Yep, NIU looked much more fundamentally sound. QB, OL, DL, tackling, kicking.
 
jdubjacket said:
-True.
-It is.
-He is.
-Unlikely.
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I have never understood the handwaving freakoutery after a loss. The asshats on here that are telling our recruiting class to leave and Gibbs to transfer and blah blah blah are pathetic. Support your team. Stop worrying about what Georgie fans think about you and support your team. Some idiot on here was saying that Yates should "move on" for the good of the team a week ago. Maybe one day your balls will descend, guy.

Our team isn't bad. We clearly have talent. They just played a öööö game.

I'm pissed at the clock management at the end of the game mostly, but whatever. On to KSU next week.
 
gtGreg768b said:
I have never understood the handwaving freakoutery after a loss. The asshats on here that are telling our recruiting class to leave and Gibbs to transfer and blah blah blah are pathetic. Support your team. Stop worrying about what Georgie fans think about you and support your team. Some idiot on here was saying that Yates should "move on" for the good of the team a week ago. Maybe one day your balls will descend, guy.

Our team isn't bad. We clearly have talent. They just played a öööö game.

I'm pissed at the clock management at the end of the game mostly, but whatever. On to KSU next week.
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Handwaving freakoutery is warranted when your team looks like it hasn’t practiced all off-season and you lost to a low level MAC team, at home, in your coach’s 3rd year, guy.
 
JJacket said:
We could have just put Tobias in at QB and run handoffs and keepers and won that game. Our staff has got to start to recognize what is working and react accordingly. We could run the ball in the first half. Our QB was obviously having a deer in the headlights night passing. Just run the damn ball and get the victory. I know we are in a constant "this isn't CPJ's option team" mode still and feel like we have to pass, but dammit, get a insurmountable lead then maybe work with your QB
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There is a lot of “proving you’re better than the ex” going on.
 
jdubjacket said:
Handwaving freakoutery is warranted when your team looks like it hasn’t practiced all off-season and you lost to a low level MAC team, at home, in your coach’s 3rd year, guy.
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I disagree. I'm disappointed in the bad loss. I think such a loss requires an honest assessment of our shortcomings, and a review of what exactly went wrong, with changes made to address said issues. I'm confident the coaches will do that..

Handwaving freakoutery on a message board is reactionary, self-effacing, and counterproductive. At best, it is lame, and at worse, it influences others to become defeatist and negative.
 
gtGreg768b said:
I disagree. I'm disappointed in the bad loss. I think such a loss requires an honest assessment of our shortcomings, and a review of what exactly went wrong, with changes made to address said issues. I'm confident the coaches will do that..

Handwaving freakoutery on a message board is reactionary, self-effacing, and counterproductive. At best, it is lame, and at worse, it influences others to become defeatist and negative.
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Any evidence to back up your confidence? I feel like the honest assessment of shortcomings is that said shortcomings do not seem to be being reduced.
 
GTLiebs said:
Any evidence to back up your confidence? I feel like the honest assessment of shortcomings is that said shortcomings do not seem to be being reduced.
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Penalties and discipline were a gigantic problem last year, and they were dramatically improved yesterday.
 
gtGreg768b said:
Penalties and discipline were a gigantic problem last year, and they were dramatically improved yesterday.
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True. But NIU was incredibly sloppy on penalties, and they still beat us. At home. In the opener. Without leading in a single category other than the only one that matters.

You have to work hard to lose when you have more rushing yards, passing yards, yards per play, etc. And we were even on turnovers.
 
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