So I had some thoughts brewing..
How Scott could take the next 4 games, and play a new QB, one with the highest ceiling.. that one being Haarberg, and getting the system switched, into something that works in the Big Ten. Big Linemen, pro style offense, control the ball, control the clock. No more of this running QB garbage that when the starter gets dinged up your offense falls apart (Like we saw yesterday). We have heard the stories how much the staff really likes Smothers, but the kid is still a run first athlete playing QB who has marginal passing skills, maybe those similar to Frost himself, who was successful here, muddying up the waters even more.
I don't trust Scott in player management issues. It's as if the athlete side of him blinds his vision from a logical standpoint. Loyalty to his QB above all.. even the University he claims to love, as it is relentless thrashed the past 4 years in the media. The laughing stock of college football. Not even a respectful mouth shut approach exists anymore, but outright laughing at the program for years now.. the damage insufferable to the fan base.
I thought maybe he could just start over, call it a new 4 game mini season, put Haarberg in there and you can play Logan some too, but I realize that Scott will never do this. He is going to go down with Adrian. And even if he did make a change, he's going to go with his current #2, which could be a repeat of all this same hell we have seen unfold with 4 years of AM. Blind loyalty to certain players, Scott wanting to be seen as one of them, and not Scott the professional head coach, running a business. A very lucrative one at that.
Somethings gotta give here, and when Scott had things his way, we saw little improvement, except for the defensive side of the ball, which did improve.
Enter a new AD, and new Chef in the kitchen, we saw some pressure and a legitimate improvement, for 3-4 weeks on offense. The high pressure, resulting in running the engine at wide open, for weeks on end.. until you realize it isn't sustainable. That example can be used in life too.. when you run your life too close to the margin, things happen, and there is no more margin for error, and all it takes is one little thing to throw your life off track. It's better to run that motor, (your business, your life, your sports team) between 75-100%.. trying to average things in the 80s somewhere where you like it Giving yourself decent efficiency, but then you're also able to sustain some bad luck in the margin too.
So here we are, and we wonder what to do with this mess.
The reality is, Scott isn't/wasn't ready for this job. Whether it is Osborne up in the stands, ghosts from his playing days, the immense fishbowl here.. Scott has not been, and continues not to be ready or able for this type of job.
Now maybe the AD can help with this. But doesn't it feel like Bo all over again in that regard? You have to try to mentor the guy you're paying millions to, so he can help grow into the position? Ughh.
(I wrote another 2 paragraphs of excuses that I just had to delete)
This has to stop. I thought maybe, there is this or that or.. and I realize I'm bargaining here.
At some point, the fans, the administration, the players will hit a crossroads.
We don't have much looking up in recruiting.. the early goodwill of Scott's arrival is long gone.
How long will some of the assistants stick around?
I don't mean the ones we want to get rid of, but I'm talking about the more valuable staff.. certainly they have to be thinking about their own personal exit strategy by now.
I don't think you can let is start disintegrating like that.
I am positive that is not Trev's style or desire.
We are pretty close to a crossroads here, and I don't see any viable solution that keeps Scott Frost in his job.
Trev needs to be proactive. We have some good talent, we have some good coaches and staff. Do we have anyone who could take over in the interim? What do things look like outside the program that Trev privately knows. Can he put a plan in place to keep things from unraveling in December?
We have to make a turn in the road and it's coming up pretty quickly.
my .02 GBR
How Scott could take the next 4 games, and play a new QB, one with the highest ceiling.. that one being Haarberg, and getting the system switched, into something that works in the Big Ten. Big Linemen, pro style offense, control the ball, control the clock. No more of this running QB garbage that when the starter gets dinged up your offense falls apart (Like we saw yesterday). We have heard the stories how much the staff really likes Smothers, but the kid is still a run first athlete playing QB who has marginal passing skills, maybe those similar to Frost himself, who was successful here, muddying up the waters even more.
I don't trust Scott in player management issues. It's as if the athlete side of him blinds his vision from a logical standpoint. Loyalty to his QB above all.. even the University he claims to love, as it is relentless thrashed the past 4 years in the media. The laughing stock of college football. Not even a respectful mouth shut approach exists anymore, but outright laughing at the program for years now.. the damage insufferable to the fan base.
I thought maybe he could just start over, call it a new 4 game mini season, put Haarberg in there and you can play Logan some too, but I realize that Scott will never do this. He is going to go down with Adrian. And even if he did make a change, he's going to go with his current #2, which could be a repeat of all this same hell we have seen unfold with 4 years of AM. Blind loyalty to certain players, Scott wanting to be seen as one of them, and not Scott the professional head coach, running a business. A very lucrative one at that.
Somethings gotta give here, and when Scott had things his way, we saw little improvement, except for the defensive side of the ball, which did improve.
Enter a new AD, and new Chef in the kitchen, we saw some pressure and a legitimate improvement, for 3-4 weeks on offense. The high pressure, resulting in running the engine at wide open, for weeks on end.. until you realize it isn't sustainable. That example can be used in life too.. when you run your life too close to the margin, things happen, and there is no more margin for error, and all it takes is one little thing to throw your life off track. It's better to run that motor, (your business, your life, your sports team) between 75-100%.. trying to average things in the 80s somewhere where you like it Giving yourself decent efficiency, but then you're also able to sustain some bad luck in the margin too.
So here we are, and we wonder what to do with this mess.
The reality is, Scott isn't/wasn't ready for this job. Whether it is Osborne up in the stands, ghosts from his playing days, the immense fishbowl here.. Scott has not been, and continues not to be ready or able for this type of job.
Now maybe the AD can help with this. But doesn't it feel like Bo all over again in that regard? You have to try to mentor the guy you're paying millions to, so he can help grow into the position? Ughh.
(I wrote another 2 paragraphs of excuses that I just had to delete)
This has to stop. I thought maybe, there is this or that or.. and I realize I'm bargaining here.
At some point, the fans, the administration, the players will hit a crossroads.
We don't have much looking up in recruiting.. the early goodwill of Scott's arrival is long gone.
How long will some of the assistants stick around?
I don't mean the ones we want to get rid of, but I'm talking about the more valuable staff.. certainly they have to be thinking about their own personal exit strategy by now.
I don't think you can let is start disintegrating like that.
I am positive that is not Trev's style or desire.
We are pretty close to a crossroads here, and I don't see any viable solution that keeps Scott Frost in his job.
Trev needs to be proactive. We have some good talent, we have some good coaches and staff. Do we have anyone who could take over in the interim? What do things look like outside the program that Trev privately knows. Can he put a plan in place to keep things from unraveling in December?
We have to make a turn in the road and it's coming up pretty quickly.
my .02 GBR
