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sdhusky said:
True. Not yet.

But you have been proven wrong.
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Lol. You guys are truly an odd lot. What specifically was I proven wrong about? Last year I consistently said that Diaco may turn out to be a good coach but his first year was a disaster. Yes we are better this year because he rotated Whitmer & Cochran. You guys don't even know what the tear down entailed. Yet you were proven right and I was wrong. Lol. I think I'll solely respond to people's opinion that I respect and let you, Jerry, and the other usual lot continue your dumb offs.
 
It's been said many times you just choose to ignore it, last year wasn't about wins, it was about growth, finding out who you had and who was committed to the program, yes at the expense of wins and instant gratification and no one player including our best receiver Davis was beyond that goal, guys like you were just too blind and lacking upstairs to understand that. You come in yelling loud like you some great insight and every opinion you have is someone else's while bashing everyone else, and when someone calls you out you do your typical; you know nothing, your crazy, I knew it all along, if you can't handle a message board bs yet you run and hide when called out. So please go, give the whole board a break from your stupidity, please!
 
Jerry27 said:
Actually I responded about that very thing in another thread, and the coach has responded about how he goes about those decisions (amazing it took this long for someone to ask really), but that's the difference between constructive criticism and whining for the sake of it and pretending it's somehow your right to do so.
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Just because he responded, doesn't mean that the criticism wasn't valid last year or even this year. 6-6 is .500. It's progress but it isn't utterly convincing. Not even by a longshot.
 
ZooCougar said:
Just because he responded, doesn't mean that the criticism wasn't valid last year or even this year. 6-6 is .500. It's progress but it isn't utterly convincing. Not even by a longshot.
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Whatever you think of me, I don't care, but I hope that wherever you are, your orders are clear, and you've got what and who you need in place to get it done.

That said - I agree. You look at the body of work, and you can't help but continue to scratch your head. He's learning, and it's expected that there will be hiccups with anyone learning something. 6-6 in 2015 is certainly progress in the right direction, but there is a lot to prove. It starts with how the next few weeks of practice translate into a post season game.
 
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PP couldn't get 6 wins with more experienced, and at some positions, more talented players.

Now Diaco rebuilds a complete , and in year 2, we are bowling and it appears that is not considered significant progress.

Yeesh....
 
sportsart said:
PP couldn't get 6 wins with more experienced, and at some positions, more talented players.

Now Diaco rebuilds a complete , and in year 2, we are bowling and it appears that is not considered significant progress.

Yeesh....
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Is it progress, yes? But when you see an effort like last night I get the feeling that this could still go in either direction.
 
No offense to anyone - but if this is a bowl team the College Bowl system is broken. This team going to a bowl is like handing out participation trophies in youth football. True, the kids all love getting a trophy but it sends a horrible message to take throughout life. And imagine Diaco has a clause in his contract where a fat bonus kicks in for going to a bowl - if so its not deserved yet. Yes, there has been some incremental progress but he is already compensated for that expectation.
 
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sportsart said:
PP couldn't get 6 wins with more experienced, and at some positions, more talented players.

Now Diaco rebuilds a complete , and in year 2, we are bowling and it appears that is not considered significant progress.

Yeesh....
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Art, almost everyone is beyond ecstatic with the progress made. I didn't see a bowl game coming.

The difference of opinion is that you guys are saying it's due to Diaco "tearing this down" and I'm saying it's mostly due to us having competent QB play. Diaco improved a lot from last year but still has miles to go. He still makes you scratch your head at times.

I think last night was Exhibit A in showing what this team would look like without BS.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
Art, almost everyone is beyond ecstatic with the progress made. I didn't see a bowl game coming. The difference of opinion is that you guys are saying it's due to Diaco "tearing this down" and I'm saying it's mostly due to us having competent QB play. Diaco improved a lot from last year but still has miles to go. He still makes you scratch your head at times. I think last night was Exhibit A in showing what this team would look like without BS.
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If anyone thinks we would be better than 2-10 with TB at the helm let them speak up.
 
Chief00 said:
No offense to anyone - but if this is a bowl team the College Bowl system is broken. This team going to a bowl is like handing out participation trophies in youth football. True, the kids all love getting a trophy but it sends a horrible message to take throughout life. And imagine Diaco has a clause in his contract where a fat bonus kicks in for going to a bowl - if so its not deserved yet. Yes, there has been some incremental progress but he is already compensated for that expectation.
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Who cares if we deserve a bowl. We need the extra practice. And bowls are fun.
 
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Chief00 said:
No offense to anyone - but if this is a bowl team the College Bowl system is broken. This team going to a bowl is like handing out participation trophies in youth football. True, the kids all love getting a trophy but it sends a horrible message to take throughout life. And imagine Diaco has a clause in his contract where a fat bonus kicks in for going to a bowl - if so its not deserved yet. Yes, there has been some incremental progress but he is already compensated for that expectation.
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Stick to basketball.
 
Chief00 said:
No offense to anyone - but if this is a bowl team the College Bowl system is broken. This team going to a bowl is like handing out participation trophies in youth football. True, the kids all love getting a trophy but it sends a horrible message to take throughout life. And imagine Diaco has a clause in his contract where a fat bonus kicks in for going to a bowl - if so its not deserved yet. Yes, there has been some incremental progress but he is already compensated for that expectation.
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Think of it like the NIT.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
Art, almost everyone is beyond ecstatic with the progress made. I didn't see a bowl game coming.

The difference of opinion is that you guys are saying it's due to Diaco "tearing this down" and I'm saying it's mostly due to us having competent QB play. Diaco improved a lot from last year but still has miles to go. He still makes you scratch your head at times.

I think last night was Exhibit A in showing what this team would look like without BS.
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But it's not as simplistic as that. Who is arguing that our QB play isn't better? Along with, most games anyway, better play calling? Depth at more positions, imo thanks to freshman and sophmores last year getting valuable game reps. And yet for all that we still have one of the worst offenses in FBS, so yeah there's a long way to go, from top to bottom, to think it's going to magically just go from dumpster fire to finished product is unrealistic, and if you can see that it has a long way to go it just doesn't make sense to me to constantly rag on the head scrathing moments along the way.
 
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