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Coach Saw
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Douglaspoke
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My opinion of the Wyoming HC remains, hut after watching Mullen at UNLV on the sidelines, I am not sure what they are paying that big money for?
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PorkerPoke
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Mullin has been doing ok putting together 11 and 10 win seasons prior to this year. He did recruit Jackson Arnold the “5 star” QB that has been a disappointment this season along with the weakest defense in the last 3 seasons. I’m guessing he has a better NIL budget and the bright light allure for recruiting.
I have been super critical of Sawvel but he has earned my appreciation for making the changes he has this year. This year the schedule has been easier with a weaker MWC top to bottom. The real test is what he is able to retain and replace next season. Will the program sustain the .500 or better level or does it decline to sub .500? The MWC will remain with at least 3 weaker teams and the OOC I would expect to be at least 2-2 so expecting at least 6-6 is not unreasonable if Sawvel is not Sawful and simply lucked out this year since the UNC, @SJSU and AFA games could have all gone bad and we would be in anger at 3-6 instead of happy at 6-3. Even the near implosion at UNLV would have dropped the program to 2-7 if all 4 close games went bad.
cowpoke pride
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LanderPoke
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If we make CCG that would be sick
DamThatRiver22
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I defended Sawvel quite a bit from the moment of his hire and through some of the bad times. Thought he needed time, experience, and a better OC. Also thought we had a few coin-toss games with weird shenanigans that just didn't go our way...games that happened to be ones that would barely go our way under Craig.
The beginning of this season I had finally lost all hope, and y'all finally got me on board with canning him.
Of course that's when he finally seems to turn the corner.
I still have my doubts. This year's Border War was inexcusable. The Jay Johnson hire was inexcusable and I raged against it from the get-go (in spite of some pushback here). The program dropoff when he was handed almost the exact same players and staff that Craig went 9-4 with the previous year was inexcusable. And tbh, what started this turnaround was a weak schedule, full stop.
But then again, I go back and look at some of my previous points in defending him. We saw a shit team with nothing left to play for somehow upset Wazzu on the road. We upset Fresno State. We had a crazy game on a hail-covered field where we inexplicably gave up two returns for TDs; like how often does that really happen? We got slaughtered by an ASU team that actually turned out to be better than anyone thought they'd be. We gave BYU fits for a full half before getting gassed. We've seen flashes of what could be, marred by some costly mistakes and WTF games.
And now we're beating teams with a pulse, but we're also trying really hard to give those games away late. We cannot keep running up 20-25 point leads and still having to sweat the outcome; it's ridiculous. BUT...we're still winning?
I don't know what the fuck to think about Jay Sawvel anymore.
The beginning of this season I had finally lost all hope, and y'all finally got me on board with canning him.
Of course that's when he finally seems to turn the corner.
I still have my doubts. This year's Border War was inexcusable. The Jay Johnson hire was inexcusable and I raged against it from the get-go (in spite of some pushback here). The program dropoff when he was handed almost the exact same players and staff that Craig went 9-4 with the previous year was inexcusable. And tbh, what started this turnaround was a weak schedule, full stop.
But then again, I go back and look at some of my previous points in defending him. We saw a shit team with nothing left to play for somehow upset Wazzu on the road. We upset Fresno State. We had a crazy game on a hail-covered field where we inexplicably gave up two returns for TDs; like how often does that really happen? We got slaughtered by an ASU team that actually turned out to be better than anyone thought they'd be. We gave BYU fits for a full half before getting gassed. We've seen flashes of what could be, marred by some costly mistakes and WTF games.
And now we're beating teams with a pulse, but we're also trying really hard to give those games away late. We cannot keep running up 20-25 point leads and still having to sweat the outcome; it's ridiculous. BUT...we're still winning?
I don't know what the fuck to think about Jay Sawvel anymore.
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I think this is a perfect example of how many have felt and are feeling about Sawvel. You nailed that. I do think that he deserves credit for growing and being a great example of resiliency for his players and the fans. He’s never thrown in the towel or blamed anyone else for the shortcomings. In fact, he’s not even really given himself any credit for the good things we’ve been seeing. So overall, I have to admit that even when I jumped on the “can him” train, I was wrong. This is year 3, typically a year for any coach to either show what he can build or not, and he’s got something special going on for us. I believe he’ll have the guys ready for Friday. The fans need to show up and support and enjoy a potential regular season championship with the possibility of hosting a championship game! I’m excited to freeze my butt off and hope we get to do it again in a few weeks at The War!
