Nothing newsbreaking, but yeah, coaching matters. Fred’s death has me revisiting the whole where do u place the athletes thing.
After Miami won in Jan 84, a statesman author wrote something about how Fred put best athletes on d compared to Miami which put its best athletes all over the field and recruited more speed. I think we have always been behind in player development, except during the Vince era. Why did players develop then? Because Vince talked them into wanting it so bad? Maybe.
Remember Roy not improving hardly at all, saying he didn’t stretch or lift weights, or something like that?
I attended the cotton bowl in 2002, I think, against LSU.I was astounded at how out shape our big men looked.
We slept through the first quarter, had about six offensive plays. Roy was open the entire first half....got about 4 passes thrown his way. Could have been 10+.....he was that open...LSU adjusted at halftime, put a safety over the top...I think Roy was still open!
we still don’t get it. Players need to improve throughout the season, not just hold their own.
1. Coaching
2. Improving throughout season
3. Attitude....great example....lack of intensity against LSU...didn’t impact the outcome because we recruited better than opponent, so we had better players. Who cares how it looked.
We simply need to get hungry again....we’re not Texas anymore, we’re kind of like the Dallas Cowboys.
or to put it on college, we’re Michigan....and our old rival is ranked 5 in country, while we waste a bunch of talent.