In regards to Moos' comment, I think Coach Frost was more truthful and forthcoming about his observations of the team. I wish I was a fly on the wall during the preseason meetings between those two!
In regards to Moos' comment, I think Coach Frost was more truthful and forthcoming about his observations of the team. I wish I was a fly on the wall during the preseason meetings between those two!Tall task to beat Iowa but if they come out and show they can run effectively again against Maryland, they have a shot. Ending up 5-7 will make that Purdue pants pissing even more infuriating in hindsight. Just call some boring run plays with your big back inside the 3 yard line and you win that game going away. I hope Scott lets that lesson burn in his brain for a long time.
With how young, thin, and mentally weak this team is in combination with inexperience and foolish stubbornness of the staff at times, Moos ends up looking like a prophet. Getting to a bowl game is a step forward.
Then they need to go out and sign another big, talented class.
Thats my line of thinking for the most part too. However I have never been a coach, I don't know how hard it is to flip a whole teams mindset. I was listening to Benning and Severe the other day, they had a sport psychologist on. Said it take 3 years to flip a team mentally, emotionally and physically.As a coach within reason you do whatever you have to to get your players to play the way you expect them to play. That's the job description of what a coach is. So if you have to get on them over and over to learn the fundamentals, to know the playbook, and to play with the right effort level, that's exactly what should be done.
3 years is a load of crap. Do you think it took Nick Saban or Urban Meyer 3 years to start winning? Urban Meyer went undefeated in the regular season his first year at Ohio State. Alabama went undefeated in the regular season in Nick Saban's 2nd year. Good coaches don't take 3, 4, or 5 years to start winning. They win right away.Thats my line of thinking for the most part too. However I have never been a coach, I don't know how hard it is to flip a whole teams mindset. I was listening to Benning and Severe the other day, they had a sport psychologist on. Said it take 3 years to flip a team mentally, emotionally and physically.
To be fair they had many more years of coaching experience. Just as it take players years to develop to their full potential. Why are coaches not allowed the same time? Nick saban 1st 4 years as P5 HC 6-5 6-6 7-5 6-6. Yes, Meyer had success pretty well since day one as an HC, but I think he is more the anomaly than the norm.3 years is a load of crap. Do you think it took Nick Saban or Urban Meyer 3 years to start winning? Urban Meyer went undefeated in the regular season his first year at Ohio State. Alabama went undefeated in the regular season in Nick Saban's 2nd year. Good coaches don't take 3, 4, or 5 years to start winning. They win right away.