My turn to weigh in.
Joe Glenn is not the problem at Wyoming. Joe Glenn has done wonders for the football program, and for the University. He's brought back an enthusiasm that wasn't seen in Cowboy football since Joe Tiller left. The team is winning games now (albeit, losing some ugly ones), but we're in much better shape now than we ever were under Dimel and Koenning. Koenning not only lost the fans, but he also lost the players, who had absolutely no respect for the man. Glenn's a guy you can get behind and support.
The problem with the Cowboy football team is two things: Recruiting and offensive performance. We have to face it, we will not recruit stud athletes to Laramie.. the best we will get is 3 star guy, maybe some 4 star mixed in. Laramie's not an easy place to recruit to. It's hard to convince a college kid to come play football in Laramie since you're in the middle of nowhere, there's nothing around and not a lot to do, it's cold, it's windy, and it snows every month of the year. But the kids that can overcome that, are the ones that really want to play football.. that's why Wyoming doesn't have a lot of academic/player behavior issues. That's a big up in the Wyoming football program.. players are very well behaved, in general. At least, nothing to make ESPNs front page. We're not always going to get the best kids, but we're going to get kids that really want to play, no matter what their talent level is.
The offense.. my goodness. I blind monkey flinging poo on the field could make better play calls than what we've been seeing this year. I've only seen one Cowboy game on TV this year, but I can safely say that a lot of talent is being wasted on the field this year. The Cowboys have the best running back duo in the MWC. This tandem should be running for close to 2000 yards, instead we're seeing a lot less than that. There's no reason these two shouldn't be running the ball down someone's throat all game long. When you open up the running game, you open up the passing game, and this year we've seen Sween regress from where he was last season.. all of this falls on the shoulders of OC Cockhill. It's unreasonable to think that Joe Glenn is going to make a change mid-season at OC. That's a tough job to replace in the middle of trying to get bowl eligible. I think a lot of people are going to be pissed of Billy is given the job next season, however. I think he probably needs to disappear from the program in general, not just relieved of his OC duties. But I think the Cowboys are going to need to bring someone in with an offense similar to what we're trying to run now, because if we bring in a guy that wants to overturn the playbook, it's possible the team will regress again next season while trying to learn a new playbook.. then the excuse bandwagon starts, and we're back to this same point next season. The fans, players, and alums are not going to tolerate another regression next season.
However, the defense is definitely the strong point of the team, and I don't think a lot needs to change right there. The defense is the heart and soul of this football team, and if they're going to have any chance of getting back to the top of the MWC, the defense needs to stay in tact. We've proven we can hold a top 25 team to three points, there's no reason the rest of the season should be any different. So I'm completely on board with the defense and it's scheme.
Did I miss anything?