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Fitz is as good as anyone we got right at this moment to me until proven otherwise.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
I was talking about Aeris as 1100 back that would block ... which affected Fitz significantly BTW that he didn't start.
Also ... 2017 team had smoked LSU & went to mat with Bama. That was a confident team coming back. This team ain't that way. Just the most minor adversity and they fold like an accordion. It's night/day between those 2 sets of offenses.
I actually think the "confidence" is a negative, not a positive. I think it made us not work as hard and not be mentally prepared for failure.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawgday166
Maybe now the players will be humble enough to listen to coaching
What do you mean they were in nearly every game? They lost by 17, 18, 21, 34, 45, 14, 2, and 31. They were absolutely awful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg
Could be ... not sure tho. I don't believe Leach would've allowed that to happen. What I mean by confidence tho is they had been thru some fires in 2017 and 2016 also. This team coming back this year with all the new starters and young QB ... haven't really been thru those fires yet to the same extent.Quote:
Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us
I have a 93% chance we end between 5-9 wins next year. I'll know more once rosters and position battles shake out but the SEC is once again weak.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawgday166
I'll probably predict 10 wins with losses to A&M and LSU because that's once again a better value than the 8-4 that I see us having. (I had us at favored in 8 last year shoutout Tennessee and Kansas State, but again took 11 because it was different enough to be unique and a lot more fun and hopeful than being the person who predicted 6-6 right. Even though they were about the same value.)
Our defense could be terrible next year. Hell, we were terrible this year and we lose a ton yet again. We are in a full rebuild. I agree, I am hoping for 6 wins with being competitive in the other games. This first year is going to be rough because we just do not have all the horses we need on defense and we could be missing a few on the offensive side of the ball depending on Hill and our WRs emerging.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
QB - We have talent here. Who's to know if we can take a large enough step forward. Moving from Moorhead's PHD level system that required 3-4 reads pre snap, checks, and additional reads by WRs and the Qb during the play. I do subscribe to the practice a small group of plays 1000 times mentality versus the 50 plays 20 times. If we simplify our schemes and get some players to stop thinking and just playing, we will see improvement.
Shotgun's melt is going to be epic if we lose to NC State.
Shotgun, I love your passion and positive outlook right now. But 5-6 wins will be a success this year even with the schedule. You can't change a culture in one off season. We still have a bunch of soft guys on that roster.
I do agree with the sentiment that we will see improvement throughout the season and this years 5-7 or 6-6 will be much better than this past years.
If all he fixes is the boneheaded pre-snap penalties this year it will be a more enjoyable team to watch. I still don't understand how you manage to start not one but several games with a pre snap delay of game in the first series of plays.
- yes I will melt if we lose NC StateQuote:
Originally Posted by BB30
- many on here disagree with you on whether the culture can be changed in an off season. Culture was the best part of this program 2 years ago. It isn’t that far gone.
The best part of the program two years ago was a seasoned OL, a QB built for a run first offense, two high end college RB's, and a defense that had roughly 8 NFL players on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
You can have the culture - i'll take the talent.
Best case this season to me is 8-4 where we improve dramatically I think 6 or 7 is a reasonable goal. If we play with toughness and grit most of the fanbase will be onboard. Leach is walking into a much better situation than Joe did. Joe was destined to fail after he got off the plane talking about ring sizes. I think people are going to be shocked at our toughness and effort. I watched a good bit of Leach film and he fields some gritty teams, effort will be mandatory.
We have 4 "must-win" games to start the season. And the follow that up with 4 almost sure losses. NExt season could get off the rails quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
I think we get to 6 because I don't think we would have to be a particularly good team to win 8 depending on how good UK and Mizzou turn out to be. But I think there's a pretty decent chance we are a bad football team to start the season. Just a lot of stuff going on between new offense, still weak receiving corp, replacing defensive players, etc.
But it's really hard to make any predictions with confidence. If none of our qbs pick up the offense, there are probably 6 games we will lose and another two that are losable. If our past recruiting rankings were accurat'ish (I'm thinking we're going to surprise to the downside), we can probably win 8 even without the offense fully clicking. If we have a qb pick it up and our receivers respond to coaching, we might win 8 even with our recruiting rankings overestimating our talent.
But not as happy as you'll be if you get to come on here and crow I told you so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34