O there’s plenty of ppl calling fkr mcguires head. Kid is gone, guaranteed Dana only stays here if he gets full autonomy of the offensive staff. There’s no way he’s sticking with a 27 year old clown of a WR coach with no track record or on the field results to justify his worth
Don’t forget the missed chip shot. Special teams gave a 6 point swing with the missed fg, muffed return in a game we lost by 3. Should’ve been up 13-0 requiring Iowa to push for 2 TDs with more urgency. Instead we let them hang around once again once to cave with the game on the line
Problem with this is, and is one of my few hates with Ruhle, he wants that close game. When he said after the UCLA game that he wanted to get it to the 4th quarter and make a few more plays than them, I puked. That was against the juggernaut 3-6 team.
Yep, the urgency on this squad was severely lacking all season. Outside of Colorado and Wisconsin, we pretty much played to the level of the competition all year except for Indiana
May? We will finish 6-7. No matter who we play, we will manage to play down to their level and hand them the game. Losing to a piss poor Iowa team tells you that this team has already settled with the fact that we are going to a bowl. That was their target. Finishing strong is not in their wish list. This is the mentality of soft, badly coached teams.
It is laughable when I hear people comparing Raiola to Mahomes. Mahomes is quick and has tremendous pocket awareness. In contrast, Raiola is sloth-like and has zero pocket awareness. He should not even be in the same conversation. Mahomes has the full respect of his team and he is a leader on the field. Raiola seems like he is indifferent. He had 4 chances to go down the field and win the game and in all 4 times, he either threw an interception, fumbled, or pissed his pants. How can his team respect his leadership. There is no intensity in his demeanor. Some will say that he is a teen and a freshman and still learning. I respond by reminding everyone that he had FOUR chances to show growth and he failed. Had he led the team to a win yesterday, we would say there is hope for next year but I am afraid he is who he is. We have seen this before. He is Adrian Martinez minus the speed. I would argue that Adrian had much more intensity.
He is still a freshman, fact. He has issues and made mistakes, fact. Both things can be true at the same time and can be talked about. He has time to fix it and level up. Next year is big for him, needs to take a step forward. Hard to be a fiery vocal leader as a freshman, but I expect that next year.
Good luck with that. Rhule is not the “let’s go dominate” type of coach and sadly his team has inherited this. We have zero killer instinct. Nick Saban willed his team into championships and his body language inspired confidence. Rhule will never be that. He looks confused and his team plays confused.
The biggest issue is in the bold. He shouldn’t have been viewed as a leader from day 1, he’s a kid. Where the hell are the upperclassmen making winning plays? O yah, for the most part they are nowhere to be found. Too much weight and expectations for a true freshman
Did he? Who doesn’t want to be Mahomes.
