As painful as the second half of the season has been (Duke injury was catastrophic) I think some perspective is needed.
We had some big holes on both sides of the ball.
On offense we did not have a backup to duke or morris and it showed.
On defense entire DLine and LB (save for Perryman) were substandard (even chickillo played below expecations) and some members of our secondary were also substandard. I respect all of them as they all came in during our darkest years so no need to bash any more.
As far as coaching goes I will leave that up to all of you. My only thought here is that we were not at full strenght and there is only so much we could do. Having said that next two years will tell as there will be no more excuses.
We will have ballers all over the field on offense next year with adequate starters AND backups on offense. Yearby, Powell, and Gus are plenty good to backup DUKE. Oline is plenty good as are receivers (Herb, Coley, Dorsett, Berrios are a handful). Walford is better than advertised. Obviously we need a smart field general to just orquestate the offense and let all the above to their stuff. Williams is the wildcard here.
On defense DLINE should be much improved and Chad and new jucos will fill out DLine just fine IMO (AQM and Tyriq have great potential). Linebacker is iffy but Figs and Grace could change that if they take the step we think they can. Secondary could be awesome with Tracy, Burns, Bush, Carter and incoming talent.
In short we need to see the forest thru the trees, understand that Rome was not built in one day, and get behind this team! Whether we like the star system or not we will have 4 and 5 star players all over the field next year (worked prettey well for FSU this year).
I refuse to judege the product until next year end. As far as I am concerned we are where we need to be. Losses to FSU, Duke and Louisville were true to our defeciencies. Vtech was played in horrible weather and those games are always a coin flip.
Go canes!
We had some big holes on both sides of the ball.
On offense we did not have a backup to duke or morris and it showed.
On defense entire DLine and LB (save for Perryman) were substandard (even chickillo played below expecations) and some members of our secondary were also substandard. I respect all of them as they all came in during our darkest years so no need to bash any more.
As far as coaching goes I will leave that up to all of you. My only thought here is that we were not at full strenght and there is only so much we could do. Having said that next two years will tell as there will be no more excuses.
We will have ballers all over the field on offense next year with adequate starters AND backups on offense. Yearby, Powell, and Gus are plenty good to backup DUKE. Oline is plenty good as are receivers (Herb, Coley, Dorsett, Berrios are a handful). Walford is better than advertised. Obviously we need a smart field general to just orquestate the offense and let all the above to their stuff. Williams is the wildcard here.
On defense DLINE should be much improved and Chad and new jucos will fill out DLine just fine IMO (AQM and Tyriq have great potential). Linebacker is iffy but Figs and Grace could change that if they take the step we think they can. Secondary could be awesome with Tracy, Burns, Bush, Carter and incoming talent.
In short we need to see the forest thru the trees, understand that Rome was not built in one day, and get behind this team! Whether we like the star system or not we will have 4 and 5 star players all over the field next year (worked prettey well for FSU this year).
I refuse to judege the product until next year end. As far as I am concerned we are where we need to be. Losses to FSU, Duke and Louisville were true to our defeciencies. Vtech was played in horrible weather and those games are always a coin flip.
Go canes!
