well said, I couldn't agree more......the diminishment of the "crispness" factor on the offense was apparent over the years. I hope there have been many lessons learned from 2005, one being that CPF works harder and insures that practices continue to be at the level of intensity that Coach Cut has re-established.
I feel that CPF and staff (with Cut) have the greatest chance of regaining championship status (SEC if not NC) in the next four years. I fear a coaching go round like the one Alabama has brought upon themselves.
that's a whole 'nother point....a lot of people, and rightfully so, wonder why did we have to endure a season like that in order make changes that most of us had been ranting about for at least 3 years?
that's a common argument used against Fulmer...it goes to the ingenuity of the coaching staff at large and his unwillingness/incapability to see that it was in fact broke.
personally, i don't know that i would have done much different that CPF if in the same situaiton. we had just come off an SEC E division win, had the majority of our players coming back etc...it probably would have been hard to to convince me as well that the wheels were about to come off like they did the following year. Hindsight is what it is.
Having said that, the "fresh eyes" approach is one that i do adhere to, and if there was any notion that it was even close to being broke, it is reasonable to expect your leaders to adjust accordingly.
in the end, the right decisions were made, and that's why i think that this year was kind of turning the page on not only 05, but the 3 or 4 years prior to that as well. the lessons were learned, hard as they may be, so all we can do now is look forward.
no amount of moaning about it now will change what's done, right, wrong or indifferent on the matter.
