I don’t think so. If they come here, they’ll probably start on day one.I have a pretty good hunch of what that moment is going to look like. A team's identity is usually set at this point. Which is why I'm just looking for improvement over wins right now.
Any chance this start hurts recruiting? Especially with the guys who already committed.
Nothing will improve dramatically until M/M are in the rear view mirror. And throw Daddy Steve in there as well. He could make M/M go with the stroke of a pen.It's never us in this category. Regardless of whether its new coach or whatever it is. I seethe over our "leadership."
5 of them have winning records right now.
I have a pretty good hunch of what that moment is going to look like. A team's identity is usually set at this point. Which is why I'm just looking for improvement over wins right now.
Any chance this start hurts recruiting? Especially with the guys who already committed.
Adding to this train of thought :For me, it's not the 1-3 that is concerning.
It's how they got there. Turnovers, injuries, mistakes, lack of explosiveness, play-calling have all concerned me at various points this season. Those struggles aren't a recipe for success for any rebuild.
It's hard not to think of something my coaching football professor said (old school football coach) : Success requires the right schedule, scheme, players, and coaches.
And right now, they didn't have the right schedule & players to run the scheme.
But the roster wasn't in the greatest shape when Mason arrived so it's gonna take some time to rebuild it. And MT is behind. Behind on facilities (Build Blue / SAPC will help) & behind on NIL/coop support. Trying to play catch up from 15 years of athletic mismanagement from people in Cope in 5 years is hard.
It's hard to beat Liberty / WKU when you're behind in ALMOST every possible way.
For me, it's not the 1-3 that is concerning.
It's how they got there. Turnovers, injuries, mistakes, lack of explosiveness, play-calling have all concerned me at various points this season. Those struggles aren't a recipe for success for any rebuild.
It's hard not to think of something my coaching football professor said (old school football coach) : Success requires the right schedule, scheme, players, and coaches.
And right now, they didn't have the right schedule & players to run the scheme.
But the roster wasn't in the greatest shape when Mason arrived so it's gonna take some time to rebuild it. And MT is behind. Behind on facilities (Build Blue / SAPC will help) & behind on NIL/coop support. Trying to play catch up from 15 years of athletic mismanagement from people in Cope in 5 years is hard.
It's hard to beat Liberty / WKU when you're behind in ALMOST every possible way.
The season isn’t even halfway over and there’s still plenty of time to show all of the things we’re all looking for. Or not.
In a few weeks we can look back with a more accurate assessment as to where we are truly and where we are going.
I'd take it a step further and say they need to go 4-1 against UT, KSU, ISU, Princeton and GCU to make a run at a 6 seed, can't afford a bad loss or even one to a mediocre P5 like Purdue.Forgot 1 other upcoming opponent team.
Kansas St: #4 seed.
I don't believe Charlie was thinking we would get a victory over any of the above listed opponents outside of GCU. If we could pull off a road upset or 2, ie: Tennessee or Princeton I could see us climbing a couple of spots. Possibly an 8 or 9 seed. Which is unfortunately worse than a 10 seed, IMO.
To get a coveted 6 seed or better I think we would also need a victory over Iowa St or K State. Despite the fact I think we could be better than last year, either of those would be very hard victories to come by.
Normally we're given an 11 or 12 seed ranking as a quality G5. We have to remember prior to the Louisville tournament victory we had lost 10 or 11 consecutive tournament games. Some very badly. My thoughts were the Louisville victory gave us a spot or 2 bump from our typical 11 or 12 seed.
Im from Texas. Grew up a Cowboys fan, so I feel your pain. Moved to TN just before Oilers did, so been rolling with them ever since. Dem Boys showing a little life late in this game now!Try being 3rd generation Cowboys fan.
At this point I don't even care if we win or lose. I just want Jerry to be gone. Fully expecting him to hire Deion next year. Wouldn't surprise me in the least.
I'd take the Titans over that.
Some of y’all are missing the point and make it sound like some of us others think we should be 3-1 or some nonsense like that. All I’ve been looking for is something to indicate that there’s some positive to latch onto. So far there has been absolutely not one thing of substance I can point to that gives me that perspective.
We got tons of that with the off the field stuff. But not a single damn thing on the field. As someone mentioned above there isn’t even anything about this team that’s fundamentally sound. I’m ok if we line up and just get beat because the man in front of our guy is better. But we are out of position a lot, there’s a lot of discipline breakdowns whether it’s tackling, dropping passes, or committing turnovers and penalties; and the scheme on both sides has been abysmal even when they don’t do those things.
So, what we all want to see is the team win games but I’m not even looking for a win at this point even as we move into the softer part of the schedule. I just want to see some improvement at this point. All of these issues I’m seeing aren’t because of the competition which is what has me so disappointed right now on the eye test, so hopefully I’ve made that more clear. And it obviously doesn’t help I was already extremely apprehensive about this style and philosophy for G6 schools in the first place. Alright that’s enough I guess. That’s where I am. Just want to see some improvements even though I know we’re going to have another 28+ point beat down next week.