Quick Thoughts: Today Was Who We Are This Year

[ShotgunDawg]

The MSU team that took the field today was who we were this year. We played 13 games and today's effort was the average of who we are.

Of course, we've shown the potential to be better by playing significantly better against A&M and the Sh$& birds, but that isn't who we are yet. Hopefully that's what we become, but this team has major issues that must addressed this off season if we are to become more consistent next Fall. In a way, today's effort may have been the optimal outcome: a win while playing like absolute trash. Momentum is overrated. Your either good or you are not and the 2016 version of MSU was a consistently bad football team.

- worst defense since the Ron Cooper experiment and one of the worst two defenses of the past 25 years. We've got good JUCOS coming in that should beat some folks out.

- A program that built on seniority and entitlement rather than production and competition. The SR class participation trophy early in the game today was sickening.

- Sub par WR play and pathetic recruiting at that position. Billy G is a good dude, but his recruiting and position group suck.

- OL is inconsistent and has sub par recruiting.

- DL has ZERO pass rushers. Embarrassing at MSU

- As many lowly rated players that the coaches have developed, the 2012 and 2013 recruiting classes appear to be complete whiffs. They are all bad.

- Mind boggling in game coaching decisions. For all the credit Mullen gets for developing players, his in game coaching may be worse.

Basically we are currently the program you watched today and will be again next year unless a new culture emerges in the locker room. The current culture is soft and doesn't compete.

Big off season ahead. We've got a chance to be pretty good, but the this team can't take days off in the off season or they'll continue to take days off in the season. Pretty disappointing that a team that has lost to Kentucky, BYU, and South Alabama couldn't muster more respect for their opponent than they did today. They of all teams should have known that you can't take games off.