Sometimes when you get angry it’s better to take a walk and cool down. I saw that on a TV show, My Three Sons, when I was in middle school. I just naturally thought that’s what everybody did. I don’t always start the walk early enough but if I don’t take the walk at all I’ll probably regret it.
So I apologize for calling Jeremy an idiot and a pussy. Those were words spoken in anger.
He has said we have a good football team this year. He’s said we’ve had really good practices. I take his word for all of that because there’s a lot of secondary data that suggest that should be the case. We should be better than last year.
My criticism is basically that he didn’t prepare his team for the game last Saturday. It didn’t even seem like a good practice plan. He hasn’t acknowledged that, I guess to my satisfaction, publicly. Maybe he’s done it privately. I looked at Saban’s response to his early loss to Louisiana Monroe and he took ownership and apologized to the fanbase.
To me when you’ve sinned, done something that you know is wrong, even if only in retrospect, and I’m just using that as an expression, repentance, I’ve always thought, involved recognizing your error, apologizing, and pledging to at least try to avoid making the same error again. I don’t think this is religious per se. It’s just a good practice when we make mistakes in any of our circumstances in life. jmo.
We should bounce back so I’m thinking maybe 8-4 realistically. I really do think that’s possible because I think we have pretty decent players, and if we can beat Florida then that’s even better. My biggest concern remains the defense. I am skeptical we can win shootouts with our offense. I do think last Saturday was an anomaly. It shouldn’t have happened and I think most people would agree, including Vegas. jmo.
Again, I apologize to Jeremy and everyone else for calling him names.