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Post by beav2007 on Nov 21, 2015 20:16:31 GMT -8
More than one year, and I'm glad for it.
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Post by beavdowg on Nov 21, 2015 20:56:33 GMT -8
Well, the silver lining here is that I don't think anyone will be coming to hire away Sataki or Anderson any time soon! I suppose it depends on if you think Anderson will turn this thing around or not whether you see that as a good thing or bad.
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Post by nabeav on Nov 21, 2015 21:03:22 GMT -8
Continuity is a pretty underrated commodity in college athletics these days. OSU needs to give this staff at least four years. If they pull the plug now or next season, good luck recruiting any kids, or enticing a coach worth anything. For better or worse, the Beavs ride with Andersen.
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Post by rafer on Nov 21, 2015 22:54:04 GMT -8
Continuity is a pretty underrated commodity in college athletics these days. OSU needs to give this staff at least four years. If they pull the plug now or next season, good luck recruiting any kids, or enticing a coach worth anything. For better or worse, the Beavs ride with Andersen. I had a lot of hope, not that we'd go bowling, but show promise and excitement, most of us did, that is gone. Any coach we would have gotten would get as much out of these kids as GA and crew did, maybe more. We know one year is not the final test, but a team falling apart and self destructing might be, we'll see when recruiting time comes and LOI are signed. I don't think there is much doubt that this year will ultimately cost us some of those that have committed, it will be a miracle if it doesn't. Even if we get some of those supposedly high rated recruits, they will be freshmen trying to lift up a team that lost 10 in a row, and looked bad doing it, not a lot of hope there. This is going to be one huge test in the coming months to see if we are ever going to have a football team again, or go through the motions with losing 7-10 games a year. The long time Beaver fans I know are basically saying, "show me something because the results so far don't warrant the promise and press". The hoped for spread offense and improving defense was non-existent, worse than anything in the precious 20+ years. I probably won't give up because it's all I know, it's what most of us know but it's getting harder and harder to believe. Today was the final straw in our season, next week won't even count, and I will not watch. It is too painful to watch kids get drilled by 60 or so, all I feel is sorrow, and that is no way to watch a football game.
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Post by nabeav on Nov 22, 2015 4:54:56 GMT -8
Believe me, I'm as disappointed as anyone. This season has been an unmitigated disaster when it didn't have to be. We have a lot of capable running backs and an offensive line that returned all its starters plus an NFL prospect in Seumalo who was out all last season. Rather than gradually transition to the spread, the staff blew everything up and went straight to running something these players are pretty clearly not able to run. I understand the premise: get the players used to running the system as early as possible. However, given that everyone (including probably the coaches) think these players aren't good enough to compete at this level, what good did it do? You still gotta teach the new guys how to play your system next year, right? I just think this staff made a huge miscalculation for this season, and the fact they never corrected it worries me about future decisions as well.
I just think financially, when ticket revenues are bottoming out, the program is starting work on a facility that isn't fully fund-raised for, and you've got $15M committed to the current coach, it doesn't make sense to throw that money away and start over again.
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Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Nov 22, 2015 9:30:11 GMT -8
As of spring they had about 3/4ths of the funding in place. Not sure if there have been updates since.
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Post by nabeav on Nov 22, 2015 9:36:35 GMT -8
starting work on a facility that isn't fully fund-raised for According to who?
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