BruiserVol
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I'm sorry, but the "talent gap" between us and the rest of the league isn't that wide! It's not like we're UTC playing a top tier SEC team. LA-Lafayette had almost 200 yds rushing against Ole Miss, and we had ZERO? Something is very, very wrong when we can't get a single yd rushing.
This is unacceptable and the coaching staff should be held accountable. I'm tired of hearing all the excuses and coach speak. I see no improvement on the O line and that falls squarely on the shoulders of this staff. They are not getting better and they should be.
It is hard to swallow the facts. I know our OL situation, but I can show you so many tiny little conference teams that have like 200 yard rushing against teams were laying eggs against. What the heck is wrong?
You got that right! At the half we were MINUS yards rushing. With all rushing in the second, minus the loss yards we ended up with zero? I can't wait to hear the "spinners" try to make this sound okay. I'm sure someone will post, "Butch is building the greatest team in SEC history, everyone expected zero yards rushing, just wait until next year, or the year after that.....". From my viewpoint, we just got an old fashion, A(*& WHooooping.
"But it's our youthful OL" - that has 3 academic Seniors on it
"We dont' have any depth, that's why we're playing 2 true freshmen" - JUCO 4* OT, SO C, 2 RS FR all on the bench. All look just as bad.
The problem is this is Year 2, not Year 1. 3/5 OL and 4 on bench are all in their 2nd year in the S&C and system. They all look like hot garbage. None look like they know anything about what they're supposed to be doing.
The True Freshman excuse is nothing but a crutch. Seniors, Juniors, etc all look completely lost.
I can sum up the problem in three words...coaching, confidence, and execution...we are lacking im all three areas and it looks like we have no idea what we're doing on offense..they lack leadership/coaching..they have talent.
So the solution is to be a petulant whiner for the next two or three years?