I know this board is more or less split on keeping Lebby. I do currently fall into the letting him go category, purely on team focus, team execution to name two. Everyone and their adopted cat on not only this board but everywhere talks about team talent. (which yes you have to have a level of talent) I posted in a thread a week or two ago that State on paper is much better than Indiana by a talent standpoint. I don't know who it was but they joked at it, if you look at 247 team composite talent State is ranked 24 and Indiana is ranked 72. Indiana is literally 48 spots from a pure and raw talent data point worse than State. That is not to mention every team they have slaughtered this year. That alone is coaching, motivation, and ability to get players that want to be better and care about the sport.

It's not just Lebby, but he is our coach so he is on the chopping block. The execution, attention to detail, focus, grit, lack of mistakes that Cignetti gets from his team is worth every penny they pay him. And the Pennie's they pay those players. We do not see that same level of coaching from Lebby. But again everyone cares about talent, that talent is still going to jump off sides, still going to hit arch on a 4th and 2 to keep Texas in the game, still not going to catch the ball well, make the tackle. Coaching has to get better, the players must care more than the tic-tok post. Or talent really doesn't matter.

It's the old adage "work beats skill when skill won't work".

I hope Lebby wakes up, I hope his coaching gets better and holds these players to a standard and not a barometer that is swayed by the wind.