One thing we can all agree

[CadaverDawg]

Bottom line is this....

Arnett was never going to do things exactly like Leach. There was only 1 Leach. So anybody acting like Arnett is foolish for not keeping things the exact same as Leach, is being ridiculous bc it's not possible. And nobody forced Leach out...he died. So people acting like we got what we deserve...that's stupid too. Those that didn't like Leach's style (like me), sure as hell didn't want him dead, and DEFINITELY weren't asking for Arnett instead of him.

That being said, the buck stops with the head man. Arnett knows this. And I think he is trying to change things as best he can during the middle of an SEC slate. I truly believe that Barbay has a good scheme, but so far it has been tough to learn and hasn't been executed well...and Will Rogers isn't good at it. Rogers is an Air Raid only guy...and that's ok, but he should have transferred for his AND our benefit. We should be taking our lumps right now with a QB built for Barbay. But in their defense, they knew we had a ton of experience returning, so rather than throw away a season they were trying to make Will fit it. He doesn't, and they can't make it work, so in essence this season is gone.

Since the season is gone, and Arnett and Barbay's careers are riding on their adaptation....they need to go ahead and admit it's not working with the current personnel, and show that they are going to cut bait on the season in an attempt to save future seasons and recruiting. In my opinion, if they would make the switch to Wright or Parson, it would be a way of them showing "we tried to make it work with the vets, but we run too different of a scheme, so we have to just do what we got do". We would respect that so much more than continuing the agony of running Rogers back out there time and time again to fail. Hurts to watch.

As for the defense. I think Arnett needs to take over the Defensive play calling, and we either need to go with a bend but don't break style D, or bring the house while being less predictable with our LB'ers....but regardless it is going to take getting more speed on the field. We have got to forego talent and skill for speed at this point, bc we aren't losing on skill...we're losing bc we aren't even able to utilize skill bc we can't keep up. It's a shitty spot to be in, but we're here so we gotta do something.

I think Arnett still has people that aren't ready to totally throw him out....but most of those folks are on the fence and he's about to lose them. So he HAS to do something drastic, and he has to do it NOW. If I was in his shoes, nothing screams "I'm willing to try anything to turn this thing around" like benching a veteran QB for a young up and comer....so I'd probably start Mike Wright in a safe spot like this weekend, and immediately bring in Parson when we get a nice lead. That would inject some energy into the fan base (assuming our D can stop them and get us a cushion), and would be a way to generate some excitement into what is currently a dead situation.

If that doesn't work, you can always go back....but if nothing else it shows your willingness to try things, adapt, etc, and it may buy some good favor going forward. Bc I can tell you this, if we continue what we've been doing and finish 4-8 or 5-7 while watching 4 quarters of Rogers every weekend....Arnett and Barbay are toast. That's pretty much a fact at this point. So mix it up, what the hell do you have to lose?