That's just it... that is the improvement.
As you stated, WE are losing. We aren't getting beaten. WE are beating ourselves. We should have, what, maybe two losses right now because we just got beat? Maybe?
It's the small things as you stated that have cost us games. That's an improvement. Have they been fixed? Not totally, but they are fixable without major overhauls.
I want to say this... it isn't Brown's fault about Doege. Doege just isn't that good. He's reached the pinnacle of his abilities and talent. No amount of coaching is going to fix that. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken crap. Play calling doesn't matter when your team is limited by Doege. You can have a Corvette frame, a Corvette suspension, but if you have a Chevette motor, it's always only going to be a Chevette. It might look good at times, but put her on the starting line and see what happens. We have...
What's wrong with trying out Crowder? Three possible reasons: 1) He isn't ready, 2) He isn't good enough, 3) He isn't better than Doege and doesn't give you a chance to win. Remember how everyone was going on about Greene? About how he should be the starter or get more minutes? You wouldn't have to go back too many pages to find those threads. What happened? Why did everyone suddenly change their tune? We saw what happened on the field. Now, people have moved on to Crowder...
Now, I agree with you on the swagger. This team doesn't have it. Doesn't seem to have senior leadership. Doesn't seem to have a killer instinct or drive. One might say that looking at the record maybe some have folded up the tents but it certainly didn't look like they had that swagger from even the beginning of the season. That definitely needs to change next year.
Still too early to pull the plug on Neal Brown. The improvements are there... they just get hidden by the mistakes, often small, but seemingly always at the exact wrong time and therefore much more apparent. There has to be some changes made to fix those little things. If Brown and company can get that done then this program is a perennial 9 win program. If not, in a couple of years, Brown will be shown the door like Fuente was this morning.
As you stated, WE are losing. We aren't getting beaten. WE are beating ourselves. We should have, what, maybe two losses right now because we just got beat? Maybe?
It's the small things as you stated that have cost us games. That's an improvement. Have they been fixed? Not totally, but they are fixable without major overhauls.
I want to say this... it isn't Brown's fault about Doege. Doege just isn't that good. He's reached the pinnacle of his abilities and talent. No amount of coaching is going to fix that. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken crap. Play calling doesn't matter when your team is limited by Doege. You can have a Corvette frame, a Corvette suspension, but if you have a Chevette motor, it's always only going to be a Chevette. It might look good at times, but put her on the starting line and see what happens. We have...
What's wrong with trying out Crowder? Three possible reasons: 1) He isn't ready, 2) He isn't good enough, 3) He isn't better than Doege and doesn't give you a chance to win. Remember how everyone was going on about Greene? About how he should be the starter or get more minutes? You wouldn't have to go back too many pages to find those threads. What happened? Why did everyone suddenly change their tune? We saw what happened on the field. Now, people have moved on to Crowder...
Now, I agree with you on the swagger. This team doesn't have it. Doesn't seem to have senior leadership. Doesn't seem to have a killer instinct or drive. One might say that looking at the record maybe some have folded up the tents but it certainly didn't look like they had that swagger from even the beginning of the season. That definitely needs to change next year.
Still too early to pull the plug on Neal Brown. The improvements are there... they just get hidden by the mistakes, often small, but seemingly always at the exact wrong time and therefore much more apparent. There has to be some changes made to fix those little things. If Brown and company can get that done then this program is a perennial 9 win program. If not, in a couple of years, Brown will be shown the door like Fuente was this morning.