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PokesArePeopleToo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 6:44 pm Not sure when or if Bohl will hold a final press conference to tie up this just completed season, but if he does what do you think he will say and what would you like him to say?

PokesArePeopleToo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 6:48 pm "Next season I guarantee that we'll be the biggest big dogs pissing in the tallest grass around"

LanderPoke wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 6:56 pm I wanna hear some platitudes

PokesArePeopleToo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 6:44 pm Not sure when or if Bohl will hold a final press conference to tie up this just completed season, but if he does what do you think he will say and what would you like him to say?

DamThatRiver22 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:28 pm What I would like to hear?

"Grant and Polasek have been relieved of their duties effective immediately, and we're taking a hard look at others on the staff as well. We're also going to be looking at some major changes to our system and seeing if we can't bring in a bit more of a modern offense....that our current personnel and players can adapt to, of course...and maybe set them up for a bit more success. I'll admit i've been a bit stubborn with some things there, and that's on me, but we're gonna see if we can't teach this old dog new tricks." [insert Bohl's endearing smirk here]

What we'll likely hear:

"We've got a young football team; I'm confident in them and what we have here but we've got some work to do."

What we'll see:

The same [#]sh#t in year 10 as we saw in years 1-9 (with the exception of a few flukey moments in 2016 when the best QB of this generation put the team on his back).

stymeman wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 11:57 pm Contract is up in 2024, thats 2 more years of this medocrity or maybe Bohl pulls one outta his arse, but hopefully Burman isn't considering an extension especially after that bowl fiasco. The game is passing coach by and it's time to say good bye

bladerunnr wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 8:36 am
I don't think the bowl game was a fiasco. We played a linebacker at running back. Our best player in the secondary hit the portal, as did our #1 receiver. I thought we acquitted ourselves pretty well, all things considered. There's some talent on this team.

I wish we had a qb coach who knew what he was doing because Peasley has some arm talent.

He's at the age where his bargaining power to go somewhere else is gone.

MrTitleist wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 8:25 pm I think I've landed at that I'm fine with Bohl as head coach. I think he's a great CEO for the football program. However, I'd like him to be a hands-off CEO. Let the OC and DC run their teams as they see fit without influence.

DamThatRiver22 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:23 pm

bladerunnr wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 8:36 am
I don't think the bowl game was a fiasco. We played a linebacker at running back. Our best player in the secondary hit the portal, as did our #1 receiver. I thought we acquitted ourselves pretty well, all things considered. There's some talent on this team.

This. The two things aren't mutually exclusive.

A) I'm one of Bohl's biggest critics, and there's a lot to be mad about and a lot of Sh#t wrong with this program right now.

B) We overperformed for much of that bowl game (and tbh the season at large), and that's something that these young men, coaches, and us fans should be proud of.

The two things aren't mutually exclusive.

I wish we had a qb coach who knew what he was doing because Peasley has some arm talent.

The people that wanted to bench Peasley always made me laugh. He showed a lot of good things at USU and most Aggies fans I spoke to were sad to see him go. He's not the only talented QB that has been held back by our overall offensive philosophy and our QB coaching and development.

Say it with me, folks....the QBs are not the problem. (TVW might have been, but that's about it.)

He's at the age where his bargaining power to go somewhere else is gone.

To be fair, I don't think Bohl wants to go anywhere else. For a few reasons, I'm 99% sure Wyoming is (and always has been) his last stop.

When the train reaches that station is the only question.

While I don't think Burman has the balls to fire Bohl outright before his contract ends, I also think he's going to start to be under a massive amount of pressure from the school, boosters, etc. about continuing to overpay relative to his actual numbers....and that may force his hand. Especially if we have another 6-6, 7-6 year. No way anyone in a position of power tolerates Bohl continuing to be one of the highest paid coaches in the MWC with those numbers, and there's also no way Bohl takes a 25% pay cut.

I think the contract goes full term and then Bohl retires, either willingly or by encouragement behind closed doors (to save face).

(In some alternate reality, he could suddenly have an epiphany, fire his entire offensive staff, and rebuild from scratch with a new system in an effort to adapt. If that were to happen, it'll happen this week. Any later, and it becomes impossible to find qualified coaches that are still available. but yea, that's not gonna happen anyway. Lol.)

PokeTransplant wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:05 pm
Your argument went out of the window after making this claim. QB is and will continue to be a problem until someone on this staff can recognize a pro-style QB and develop them into something that can utilize a Neyor type talent while being able to manage a running game. Watching the "long-ball" threat displayed by Peasley was painful to say the least...we can get receivers that can separate from coverage, but we have yet to find a QB that can actually put the ball in a catchable location.

My 2c on the subject...

DamThatRiver22 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:24 am

PokeTransplant wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:05 pm
Your argument went out of the window after making this claim. QB is and will continue to be a problem until someone on this staff can recognize a pro-style QB and develop them into something that can utilize a Neyor type talent while being able to manage a running game. Watching the "long-ball" threat displayed by Peasley was painful to say the least...we can get receivers that can separate from coverage, but we have yet to find a QB that can actually put the ball in a catchable location.

My 2c on the subject...

I must've somehow missed all the championships and 9+ win seasons we had with Josh Allen or Levi Williams then....

Both QBs were prototypical pro-style QBs that had great deep balls and high mobility, while having talented "Neyor-style" receivers at their disposal (that they connected with often), NFL talent throughout the team, and managing running games that were among the best in the MW.

Yet the best result we have is a Potato Bowl win from one and an Arizona Bowl win from the other.

(Sure, we had a championship appearance under Allen, but it was in a bizarre year that took a tiebreaker....and we proceeded to end the year on a three game losing streak that included both the championship and the bowl game.)

I'm not saying that a different scheme and QB coach would have made TVW a star (by god, that dude was hopeless). But I'm saying that everybody immediately pointing the finger at the QBs is showing a rather superficial understanding of the game.

DamThatRiver22 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:28 pm What I would like to hear?

"Grant and Polasek have been relieved of their duties effective immediately, and we're taking a hard look at others on the staff as well. We're also going to be looking at some major changes to our system and seeing if we can't bring in a bit more of a modern offense....that our current personnel and players can adapt to, of course...and maybe set them up for a bit more success. I'll admit i've been a bit stubborn with some things there, and that's on me, but we're gonna see if we can't teach this old dog new tricks." [insert Bohl's endearing smirk here]

What we'll likely hear:

"We've got a young football team; I'm confident in them and what we have here but we've got some work to do."

What we'll see:

The same [#]sh#t in year 10 as we saw in years 1-9 (with the exception of a few flukey moments in 2016 when the best QB of this generation put the team on his back).