6??? I can't figure out if you are trolling or sandbagging to lower expectations. 6 is not a hell of a job unless you are at Kansas.
So how will we feel about Herman when we are 6-7?
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6-6 isn’t whst we want the program to be long term, but for 2018 it might be the high water mark of what the team will be capable of.... look at the schedule
@Maryland
Vs Tulsa
Vs USC
Vs TCU
@k state
OU
Vs Baylor
@Ok state
Vs WVU
Road game against tech
Vs ISU
@KU
Hard to find more than 7 wins maybe 8 under the best of scernios.
If you give them wins against Tulsa, Baylor and KU. It’s hard to find 4-5 more. Maybe Iowa State, K state and tech. That gets you to 6 and then your faced with the same issue we’ve had the last 4-5 years. Can you go beat a team that’s better than you. For the last 3-4 years the answer has been no... will next year be different.? We will see.
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2. What linemen are they not going after that they should be? The top 12 players in the state this cycle are all DB's and WR's. It's a weak year in state for both OL/DL. So, you have to go OOS/JUCO.
3 and 4. This is almost every fan-base 90% of the time. Unless it's a championship year every fan is smarter than the OC. Every single complaint you made we could do every year except 2005.
-don't throw it over the middle enough- check (btw this staff threw it over the middle infinitely more than the last few staffs)
-Don't throw it up to the tall guy enough- check
-Don't throw it deep to the fast guy enough- check
-coaches favor the veteran has-beens while all the good players/freshmen are on the bench- check
rinse and repeat
We will have 9 early enrollees for the spring semester and both qbs will enrolling, so everyone out there that was worried about the depth at qb earlier in the year, we will now have 4 scholarship qbs in the spring.
Until we come out of spring ball with a clear starter and then the 3 back ups transfer.......
I would think a clear starter coming out of spring should be priority #1. If the guy who finished 4th transfers, that is probably a good thing. If you are the worst of the bunch, why tie up a scholarship for a guy who can't play? If the 3rd or 4th guy plays next year, the season will be a bust anyway. If multiple guys transfer, then it isn't so good.
But a little turnover is good for pretty much any organization, dead wood has to be cut.
Didn't read the thread but here's my reply to the op:
I'll feel no different than how I felt after our 1st losing season with Strong. 1st year was dissapointing but expected. 2nd year should show improvement on field but not expecting any hardware. 3rd year competing for b12 title and decent bowl. 4th and beyond to be in the mix for a playoff spot.
If we're sub .500 in year 3 without catastrophic injuries to blame, that's when I start calling it another failed experiment.
I'll feel no different than how I felt after our 1st losing season with Strong. 1st year was dissapointing but expected. 2nd year should show improvement on field but not expecting any hardware. 3rd year competing for b12 title and decent bowl. 4th and beyond to be in the mix for a playoff spot.
If we're sub .500 in year 3 without catastrophic injuries to blame, that's when I start calling it another failed experiment.
I can' t see either one of the freshman transferring. At least not for being last in the depth chart. Hopefully both can redshirt.
We need to get out of the cycle of judging players based off their freshman campaigns. What you say is true for healthy organizations, but we aren't a healthy program. We need 1st and second year players to stay and maybe be serviceable/good in years 3 or 4 rather than simply labeling them as crap and praying the next guy is VY.
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