that seems reasonable. hard to argue given the early success of bo. and you make a good point by comparing other programs that have faced more and less serious problems. a lot of coaches take over bad programs (except brian kelly, he had a real winner on his hands). i just wonder when the issues facing this team will be solely bo's.
I think plenty of even the Bo supporters are acknowledging a lot of last seasons problems were due to his lack of recruiting in 08', 09'. What worries me is that a couple years ago we were blaming it on 08'. Now we're blaming it on 08' and 09'. McKewon just pretty well wrote off the 10' class as well. So you look at the 11' class - which was our transfer class...and wonder if this is a continuation or if he has it fixed. Does the 12' and 13' classes look better because they are? Are they really good? Or are they playing just because the previous 3-4 classes are crap and it's not that difficult to crack the 2 deep when a coach doesn't emphasize recruiting for a number of years. Only time will tell if these classes actually are talented. Look to be. Sure hope so.
that is the problem with recruiting errors. it takes 2-3 years to notice and 2-3 years to fix. next year will be telling. or it will be another year like the last 6. who knows!
You gotta think it's gonna be better. We had freshamn and redshirt freshman making a better impact, playing better for the most part than seasoned veterans of '12 and '11. Im struggling to see how it wont. Leaving the real glaring issue of some of the problems we have with fundamental basics, like turnovers.
And why would he?
Which defense will we see though? I heard rumblings last season, nobody here ever really talks about it, but during halftime of whichever game last year supposedly the players gave some input on the direction of the defense. It had something to do with scaling it back, simplifying, or removing a few things they were doing? Either way, if I recall correctly, we saw immediately an aggressive, attacking defense that was making huge strides in quick form almost from that point in it seemed. Does anyone else recall this? If so, does the defense keep that same approach this year? Or do we try to do too much again and have it bite us in the rear on the big stage?
Not only that, but Auburn was also a few plays from being a 5 loss team. They honestly had everything play in their favor to be where they were at. I wouldn't call it luck, but I wouldn't also call it skill either.
I hope they come out hungry. These players (no offense to past players) seem to have a "everyone's trying to steal what we want" attitude. Something we need too. Hopefully its just not talk, and they can show it on the field.
The only thing debatable in that statement is if you disagree on the lucky to have him or not part. It's fairly obvious who is on each side of the fence, so what the f#*k are we doing now other than just making idiotic arguments just for the sake of arguing?
