Expectations have been raised. This is a good thing.
Generally speaking, true. But can anyone say with certainty that Ryan Day is a good head coach? How would you know that? There are several hundred assistant coaches in college football that could manage that talent successfully.
Instead of getting a second half beer at the bar, why not just drink the whole first one?
Who was predicting losses to NW, Illinois, and Purdue? Did you?
But is does give game balls to our two kickers. Crawford had a good day punting to end almost every possession and Kessich came through with a perfect 54-yd FG.
Not me. I believed the hype.
Speaking of creativity, perhaps others here saw Texas at Iowa St. last night.
Mase is evaluated quite high. He brought in many of the greatest Gophers in our history.
Other than the glaringly obvious accuracy and touch issues that popped up this season and won't go away, I am struck by how slow AK is and his frequent indecision in the pocket. Otherwise known as lack of escapability.
It is not in the best interest of the program to play chickenshit offense against anyone. If Fleck actually believes that is best, that is a severe indictment of his fitness to lead the team.
Do you think Ohio State fans in general pony up with NIL money?
My lying eyes tell me that Fleck's teams aren't much better, if at all better, then Kill's teams. The competition
Robert E. Lee was regarded as a military genius but the reality is that he had to take long chances because long chances were all he had. Matt Cambell took a long chance. PJ did not.
I don't recall many posts demanding Fleck be fired. A new OC, maybe.
Pocket presence is horrible feels phantom pressure, starts moving around panicked until he is sacked. Thinking of one particular play he did that on yesterday, but it’s been a problem all year. His decisions to run often baffle me, he kept it on an option with a guy coming directly at him from his left and slipped and fell, next play he had an option right, defenders all crashing and he hands it off instead of keeping. Seems like the next play he locked on Jackson left and almost threw a pick, with no pressure. I think the color guy on the broadcast even commented to that effect.
I am not a fan of the Gopher offensive schemes at all. They had some promise early before the injuries set in to the RB's , but the QB play was not very good. The playcalling and decisions were suspect. They have won with defense before but it was their defense that badly let them down at key times vs. Illinois, Northwestern and Purdue and that was the story of the season. Their defense played like it did pre-Rossi when Robb Smith was around. It was inexplicable how bad they played this year at certain times. With that said, the defense played very well in other games such as Iowa and MSU. This made the defense very erratic to say the least.
I mean if next season is a slaughter schedule then boy are we in for a treat for the next 50 years.
Pj has coached a few awful games in the past month.
Not to change your subject, Dakota2, you seem to be on a roll here. Still, I wonder just which Dakota you take your moniker from. Is it southern North Dakota, easterly South Dakota, northern SD, western ND, or are you just a fan of the territories more commonly known as the Dakotas?
Agreed. I’m just saying that saying a coach has been awful is not the same as saying we should fire them
Yup.
Thanks for the comments, walrus. I took my moniker from four growing up years in southeastern South Dakota. All good memories except the night I was driving to a concert in Sioux City with Mary C. to hear Buddy Holly, Richie Valenz, and The Big Bopper and we heard on the radio it was the day the music died.
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I think you can say he's at least a competent coach. A lot of coaches recruit a ton of talent and do not have the kind of success that Ryan Day has. I think you can also say he does a nice job with quarterbacks. It's probably a combo of evaluation and development, but even amongst the programs that get their pick of the litter, he stands out.