Ogee Ogilthorpe
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This isn't that complicated. Everybody has 25 reasons as to why things are rough right now but it doesn't take Vince Lombardi to figure this out.
FOUR freshmen have played significant minutes on the O-line (3 have started games). A freshman should NEVER EVER EVER be playing on the offensive line. If you have ONE freshman starting, you're going to have problems. If you have TWO? Forget about it. With Gjere injured yesterday, the line was completely shuffled, again, and once again they started 2 freshmen and a sophomore.
Defensively, I counted 27 guys playing significant minutes yesterday, 16 of them underclassmen. And it's a surprise that the defense is HISTORICALLY bad?
I said before that it wouldn't surprise me (or probably bother me for that matter) if the staff privately considers this a "throwaway" season. They're playing NUMEROUS guys, trying to find out who CAN play, who WANTS to play, and which players are going to be the foundation moving forward.
Blame?
People have plenty of ideas on where the blame for this situation should lay. WHO EFFIN CARES??!?!!?!?!?! People who search for somebody to blame are losers. Period. I'd rather look forward to see how to improve this situation, who's going to be around and who's not.
I think Kill is the man for the job and I believe that more now than I did when he was hired. Not just because he's done it before but because he won't encounter a situation that he and this staff hasn't already seen before. They've been together a long time and have seen it all. I think they'll be just fine and I'm looking forward to watching it unfold.
OH!! And by all means, I think we should have at a MINIMUM six threads on here daily about how worthless Maturi is and how he should be fired. I just can't get enough of that. Those are without a doubt the most original and creative posts appearing on this board every day.
FOUR freshmen have played significant minutes on the O-line (3 have started games). A freshman should NEVER EVER EVER be playing on the offensive line. If you have ONE freshman starting, you're going to have problems. If you have TWO? Forget about it. With Gjere injured yesterday, the line was completely shuffled, again, and once again they started 2 freshmen and a sophomore.
Defensively, I counted 27 guys playing significant minutes yesterday, 16 of them underclassmen. And it's a surprise that the defense is HISTORICALLY bad?
I said before that it wouldn't surprise me (or probably bother me for that matter) if the staff privately considers this a "throwaway" season. They're playing NUMEROUS guys, trying to find out who CAN play, who WANTS to play, and which players are going to be the foundation moving forward.
Blame?
People have plenty of ideas on where the blame for this situation should lay. WHO EFFIN CARES??!?!!?!?!?! People who search for somebody to blame are losers. Period. I'd rather look forward to see how to improve this situation, who's going to be around and who's not.
I think Kill is the man for the job and I believe that more now than I did when he was hired. Not just because he's done it before but because he won't encounter a situation that he and this staff hasn't already seen before. They've been together a long time and have seen it all. I think they'll be just fine and I'm looking forward to watching it unfold.
OH!! And by all means, I think we should have at a MINIMUM six threads on here daily about how worthless Maturi is and how he should be fired. I just can't get enough of that. Those are without a doubt the most original and creative posts appearing on this board every day.