Elijah McGuire

[Turbine]

A smidgen of plays designed with the T.E. in mind might have kept defenses a bit more honest.

[ManAboutTown]

A smidgen of plays designed with the T.E. in mind might have kept defenses a bit more honest.

I've been screaming this for 5 years

[cajunhawk]

You're saying we couldn't have won 6 games with better game management, a stable QB, and elimination of locker room issues? Btw, all were staff blunders this season.

For crying out loud, our HC blamed a building for a home loss.

That darned APC. Stole our playbook...and replaced with a 1995 Highlights magazine.

[Just1More]

I swear some of you must have some really ____ing miserable lives. We have so much to be thankful for and someone always has to come on here and take a big ____ on the thread. It is not about you, so happy ____ing new year's you miserable son of a _____es.

Are you F____ talking to me? If you are, be clear about it. You and I can handle that offline.

[Just1More]

----My point that I keep pointing out is that you don't have the important facts necessary to arrive at your conclusions----Do you know what defense that they were in and why we made the calls that we did---Do you know the check offs that were called to make a play's better chance to work----Do you know the personnel match ups that we were trying to exploit---Do you know the macro/micro tendencies that contributed to the choosing of a particular play----Do you realize the different defenses that were deployed and how the Z-read/play action passes were effected----How many plays had assignments broken----As I mentioned during the season, do you realize the pressure that playing the 2 QBs put on defensive game plans of opponents??? I would love to know what you do for a living just out of curiosity as I don't know if you understand all that goes into a football game----But I love your desire to come to decisions about games and that because you aren't on the staff and don't get the data that they make use of, that your and my opinions could be very flawed----BTW there has been many of surprises in my lifetime as to why a certain happening came about in the game/season!!!

Boomer... I've had it with this subject, on here. You and I can talk about this at the Eauque next year. If you are that interested in my opinion, read my football posts throughout the season. You clearly don't respect anyone but the opinion of the coaching staff. I'm sure that was true when Baldwin was here as well.

[MelRock]

Are you F____ talking to me? If you are, be clear about it. You and I can handle that offline.

LOL, I would let you know.

[Just1More]

Too long, I'll wait for responses and then go back and read it. Lol

I thought it might just make Boomer dizzy and send him back to his nap. I was wrong.

[Just1More]

LOL, I would let you know.

You must have started the bourbon early today. LOL

[MelRock]

You must have started the bourbon early today. LOL

I wish. I had a couple last night. That could explain a lot.

[Just1More]

What would our record have been had Haack started every game?

It wasn't just a matter of Haack starting (and staying in) every game. It was also dependent upon the coaches... clearly and without question... supporting him. It also depended on the coaches operating plays designed (from our play book) around Haack's passing. I know we were fighting an uphill battle with the OL... but there were times you couldn't have called worse plays. And "Eli up the gut" was a big part of it.

So... I'll answer your question this way... I think 7-5 was achievable with no better output from our defense. Our offense alone lost 2-3 games (and kept us uncompetitive in others) that a better coaching job last year would have turned into victories. I would have liked Hud to keep his face out of the defense with his "force turnovers and strip the ball" mentality... that probably easily lost one game by itself... but let's just focus on offense. The season was set up to be a limp package. Our coaching staff botched it. It was going to be a struggle... and they just cashed in our chips and took the first taxi home. That's my opinion of the coaching... and Haack being the QB (with their support) was only part of that overall failure.

[Just1More]

Obviously theoretical. I'm betting we'd have still been sitting home for bowl season.

You and a couple others have been the most critical of the staff. I assume you have a strong background in football. What were/are your coaching assignments.

CrappDaddy, are you or were you a collegiate football coach? I think you'd agree that you've given a lot of opinions as well. I assume you are discounting all opinions on this forum that are not that of a coach. Is that correct?

[CrappDaddy]

CrappDaddy, are you or were you a collegiate football coach? I think you'd agree that you've given a lot of opinions as well. I assume you are discounting all opinions on this forum that are not that of a coach. Is that correct?

I'm nowhere near as critical of this staff as you and a few others are. I'm not a football coach and I don't pretend to know everything like some.