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SJSU game thread
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Personally, I wish nothing but success for the coaches. Failure means we’re losing, and the damage that can be done from that can take a toll. I’m not saying that I don’t agree with some of the criticism, but at the same time, you have to admit that SJSU was out coached last night. The players seem to believe in the staff, and that’s all that really matters. The best thing that can happen is winning and if our coaches get poached, so be it. We’re a developmental program for players and coaches. That’s what all of G6 is. Quit hoping for failure and get behind the team. You can still complain, but calling for firings aren’t going to happen. Enjoy the win and hope for more!
In most instances, I’d agree with you. Unfortunately, we have a long history of celebrating, extending, and retaining mediocre coaches and admin folk…just because they are 6-6 and go to a useless bowl game or go to a meaningless basketball tournament at the end of the year. To me, mediocrity is an intoxicating and deadly mistress, especially in a place that is scared to death of taking risks.
ragtimejoe1
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What bowl games that we have access to aren't meaningless? Sure, the playoff, but other than that? Is every non-playoff year a failure?
Penn State just fired their head coach after falling to 3-3 on the year. This guy was 104-45 while the head coach of Penn State.
There are many Wyoming fans who want to erect a statue of Craig Bohl who finished 61-60. If the fans demanded more, then there would be change. Unfortunately, too many current fans are okay with going 6-6 and getting a bid to the Rubbermaid Mixing Bowl. I'm not suggesting we are even remotely in Penn State's zip code, but Wyoming standards used to be much higher than they are today. These useless bowl games are nothing more than a modern day participation trophy. The whole thing needs to be torn down, starting with Burman, and rebuilt. Stop rewarding average because it's the "best we can do." Fuck, if your Uber driver only got his passengers to the correct destination 50% of the time, you would probably fire his ass. Same with any other profession, except coaches at Wyoming. They get a pass and an extension for being average.
There are many Wyoming fans who want to erect a statue of Craig Bohl who finished 61-60. If the fans demanded more, then there would be change. Unfortunately, too many current fans are okay with going 6-6 and getting a bid to the Rubbermaid Mixing Bowl. I'm not suggesting we are even remotely in Penn State's zip code, but Wyoming standards used to be much higher than they are today. These useless bowl games are nothing more than a modern day participation trophy. The whole thing needs to be torn down, starting with Burman, and rebuilt. Stop rewarding average because it's the "best we can do." Fuck, if your Uber driver only got his passengers to the correct destination 50% of the time, you would probably fire his ass. Same with any other profession, except coaches at Wyoming. They get a pass and an extension for being average.
This gets uncritically repeated a lot. I know of zero Wyoming fans who think Craig Bohl's tenure merits statue erection status. I assume this statement is hyperbolic forum-speak....but what is driving it?
ragtimejoe1
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Side note: 1 year removed from cfb playoff? Not sure that was the best move. Won't happen but I'd love Franklin running WYO (i don't know if he'd have the recruiting ties in the west?).
Wyolie Coyote
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If anyone noticed, we came out playing a 3-3-5 on defense. Then went to a 4-2-5. All to shut down their passing game. Obviously did not work as our DB's could not cover Scaduro. We had no pressure on Eget during that first quarter with these defensive schemes. In the second quarter we switched back to our base 4-3 defense and began getting pressure on the QB. Bohl JR and Sawvel outsmarted themselves in that first quarter. Once we had pressure on the quarterback their offense began to stall and kept us in the game.
"you have to admit that SJSU was out coached last night." I wouldn't put it like that, more like he made coaching errors. Had nothing to do with Cowboy coaching, IMO
OrediggerPoke
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It also helped tremendously when Eget left the game.
Wyolie Coyote
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You are missing my point, we should never have been down 28 that fast if the coaches didn't try to change up the defensive front. Not realizing that pressure on the QB is much more effective than playing 5 DB's.
I saw the same thing. My concerns are mostly tied to the offense and special teams - but the gameplan on defense to start the game was awful and was scrapped way too late. These guys are slower than molasses in January at making adjustments.
I would also suggest that the loss of their starting QB played a very significant role in the defense being able to adjust on the fly.
Fair point. I should have couched it in terms of the fact that we aren't even close to sniffing the Group of Whatever slot in the Playoff.
I've heard it a lot - particularly from established boosters who were elated to have the opportunity to go to the Arizona Bowl every year. I had a conversation just this weekend with a guy that was talking about the need to restore what CB had at UW and the only way to do that was to give a coach at least 7-10 years to make us a consistent bowl team like Craig was doing. I mentioned CB's .500 record and I was lectured on how the early years shouldn't count, how we were consistent, how we graduated kids (laudable, but not my point), how he got us to bowl games so the kids had extra practices, how we got to showcase the University, how we had a coach with national notoriety, etc.
Interesting. Well...I sort of agree with him except for using the word "restore" or that it should take a new coach 7-10 years!!!!....that's insane. Sawful had a Bohl-level program handed to him....he didn't inherit a trainwreck. What CB did should be the baseline below which coaches get fired quickly and, if the suckitude persists, AD's get fired.
Nonetheless...even those comments fall short of erecting a statue to CB.
