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If we lose to Murray, we don't deserve to win a single game. And we just may not.I think we "should" beat Mizzou. But we all know how that goes. If we lose to Murray that is it, but for me, Colorado State is the bigger test as they are more on par with us.
As of right now I'm still thinking 8-4.
That's been an issue for several years IMO. Started around the time Spray leftWe're still not recruiting FBS-caliber athletes. The team is still by and large too small and too slow. That's clear to me, as Bama looked like it was playing at 50% speed and most of our guys could do nothing. But we won't run into another Bama.
That's been an issue for several years IMO. Started around the time Spray left
The eye test (however subjective that may be) makes it look like MT lacks power / explosiveness to compete (even against CUSA foes like WKU, Liberty, etc).
Is it S&C? Recruiting? Both?
I'll leave that to someone else to answer but MT will struggle to WIN conference championship until it's fixed. Further, MT doesn't look like a complete team. Overly reliant on 1/2 players to be better than the competition. That's fine against the low-end CUSA team, but that's not gonna fly against the more complete / faster / explosive teams like Liberty / WKU.
I think it's mostly recruiting.
I know i've said this 100 times on here, but I was absolutely floored at the size/speed difference between us and UTSA when i saw it in person. We looked like children. They looked like men.
I don't think we're getting the highest caliber athletes that we can. Our recruiting classes don't seem to rank very highly relative to our peers, and a large bulk of our classes for years under Stock were guys who were recruited mainly by the lowest end FBS and FCS teams. Guys who end up in that tier often do so because they don't have the measure-ables that many higher level programs are looking for.
Talent is one thing, but at some point, guys without natural size and speed run into a ceiling. And S&C can only do so much. You can make a fast guy a little bit faster, but you can't make a slow guy fast. You can put weight and muscle on a guy who's 6'6", but if a dude is 5'11", there's a limit any S&C program is going to run into.
You're exactly right about the "complete" team comment. We always have a handful of guys who are really good come through here - but we never have a roster with more than a couple of them sprinkled around. Those individual guys are bright enough to beat teams that are really down (which our conference always has a couple), but their not good enough to beat the top dogs of the conference. And it's not helped by the fact that one entire unit - the offensive line - is always terrible.
Which begs the question, as a coach and running a program, is CRS actually a decent at it outside of recruiting?And I don't think it's an ability thing, it's a commitment to recruiting.
Because he still manages .500 seasons with weak recruiting classes. What would happen if we had consistent recruiting classes at the top of our league? And I know someone is going to raise the facilities. Well, let's see if that has any impact on this year or next years classes since construction has begun.
There is no accountability anywhere in MT Athletics unless you get arrested for a very public DUI or busted for weed.There's no accountability. Offensive line has been awful for nearly a decade. There's no change.