Does anyone else find it odd that Burman is doing all the talking when it comes to the football transfers? We have a blah statement from Bohl and then multiple conversations with Tom. I know we are in the heat of recruiting, but c'mon, this is Bohl's team.
My concerns right now are:
1) Bohl is lost in the wilderness of his team. He doesn't truly know his players and coaches. He says all is great and we are unified. A bunch of guys transfer. Then he comes out and says that he knew they were going to leave and that they have a plan. Wha? Thought you knew your guys and everyone was rowing in the same direction?
2) Bohl is lost when it comes to player acquisition. His recruiting and development concept merely trains the best players for likes of USC and Texas. His going into the portal is just like a 18 year old virgin going into a whore house - you know what happens there but have no idea how you go about doing it and whether you want to in any event. Burman has said as much in his interviews that Bohl is still incredulous about his "developmental program" paradigm being shot to hell.
3) Bohl is incredibly old school and can't change. From the radio interview with KFBC and the recent CST article, it sounds like CB is just pacing around in his office mumbling about A gap, fullbacks and how everything went to hell when they did away with 2-a-days and sanctioned the forward pass. I have an image of him huddled with his coaches in the HAPC, in a scene akin to the one from the movie Downfall, where Hitler is foaming at his high command in the bunker with equal parts paranoia and delusions of grandeur and false hope as Berlin was falling.
Fellas, Bohl is losing his iron grip on the program and players and doesn't have a plan. As with Eaton and nearly every other coach - especially the old school guys - once that grip is loosened and they lose leverage, things go downhill fast ABSENT some serious introspection and willingness to own and embrace change. With next year's schedule, I could see us winning 2-3 games and then things will really start to unravel, with umpteen more transfers hitting the portal. I hope not. But I've seen this movie before.
My concerns right now are:
1) Bohl is lost in the wilderness of his team. He doesn't truly know his players and coaches. He says all is great and we are unified. A bunch of guys transfer. Then he comes out and says that he knew they were going to leave and that they have a plan. Wha? Thought you knew your guys and everyone was rowing in the same direction?
2) Bohl is lost when it comes to player acquisition. His recruiting and development concept merely trains the best players for likes of USC and Texas. His going into the portal is just like a 18 year old virgin going into a whore house - you know what happens there but have no idea how you go about doing it and whether you want to in any event. Burman has said as much in his interviews that Bohl is still incredulous about his "developmental program" paradigm being shot to hell.
3) Bohl is incredibly old school and can't change. From the radio interview with KFBC and the recent CST article, it sounds like CB is just pacing around in his office mumbling about A gap, fullbacks and how everything went to hell when they did away with 2-a-days and sanctioned the forward pass. I have an image of him huddled with his coaches in the HAPC, in a scene akin to the one from the movie Downfall, where Hitler is foaming at his high command in the bunker with equal parts paranoia and delusions of grandeur and false hope as Berlin was falling.
Fellas, Bohl is losing his iron grip on the program and players and doesn't have a plan. As with Eaton and nearly every other coach - especially the old school guys - once that grip is loosened and they lose leverage, things go downhill fast ABSENT some serious introspection and willingness to own and embrace change. With next year's schedule, I could see us winning 2-3 games and then things will really start to unravel, with umpteen more transfers hitting the portal. I hope not. But I've seen this movie before.
