My thoughts.

[thekimmer]

I know there has been a lot said already. I have not been able to weigh in yet so here goes.

It is just one game but the absolute depth of the failure last evening in light of the talent we have is very alarming and makes it hard not to panic. With that said what I think we have is a rookie HC that is not yet prepared to be a HC. Will he get there? I sure hope so but unfortunately I think a promising season might be sacrificed somewhat while this is happening. We will know a lot more this Sat. If we lose to UF unfortunately Jomo will probably lose most of the fan base.

Part of of the problem is we have never been in this situation before. This is the first HC we have hired since WW2 that wasn’t a total rebuild. Now we have an inexperienced HC with a loaded roster and that has set us up for epic disappointment if he can’t hit the ground running and he fell flat on his face last night.

 

[maroonmania]

I am really thinking now that it would have been much better if Mullen would have stayed just ONE more year. After this year we are going to have a bit of a rebuild anyway so changing coaching staffs would not have been as big of a deal because expectations would not have been nearly as high.

 

[thekimmer]

I am really thinking now that it would have been much better if Mullen would have stayed just ONE more year. After this year we are going to have a bit of a rebuild anyway so changing coaching staffs would not have been as big of a deal because expectations would not have been nearly as high.

Well sure, I agree with that but then that wasn’t our call

 

[vandaldawg]

Yeah. This is how I feel as well. Exactly. The only thing I would add, and Mullen stated this when he came on board, is that he would tailor the system to fit the players he has. That could be coach speak, but no coach, in my opinion, should ever just willingly “sacrifice” a season out of pure stubbornness for the sake of their “system”. That makes absolutely no sense.

If winning means running the ball more and running more read option than the perfect version of your system would normally allow for, then **** your system and run some read option. I don’t know that this is what is happening, but if it is, then that really, really pisses me off.

 

[maroonmania]

We did run he heck out of the ball at KSU and for the most part even last week against ULL. Not sure why we decided to go pass heavy in a game where it was coming a rainstorm. We are not a real proficient passing team in perfect conditions much less in a monsoon. Kentucky was smart enough not to even bother throwing much in those conditions.