Lot of good posts on this topic.
About coaches, I echo Junior. Mack Brown was the rarity, in that he inherited a stockpile of talent on offense and he possessed the great good sense to move people into positions better suited to their abilities (DD Lewis and Leonard Davis immediately come to mind. He was a great a hire and, indeed, he never stepped backward until - like Brown County said - he did it to himself.
When Charlie came in, I applauded him cleaning house. There were certain kids on the team he inherited who were just bad news.
Course when the Horns ended up with an offensive line two-deep that had about six previous starts between them, it occurred to me he just might've cut a tad too deeply.
The team Herman inherited lost to Kansas but had also been battling just about everybody (except TCU) close for the last two years. I expected to win a few of those close battles this year.
Instead - like Junior pointed out - talented playmakers watch from the sidelines. And Herman whines. Listen to this one:
“We have proven that when you can do those things regardless of any deficiencies you might have, regardless of losing three starters up front on offense, regardless of losing the Doak Walker Award winner at tailback, regardless of having to play musical chairs at quarterback because of injuries and both guys being somewhat inexperienced. If you do those things, if you play with great effort, intensity and physicality, you’ve got a chance to win,”
The perfectly (?) played "no-excuse" (but it really is an itemization of excuses) excuse.
I'm with Brown County, I don't want to hear about injuries. Like 320 posted, our last four recruiting classes have been ranked 20,12,11 and 31. Do you think Maryland has the depth of talent we have? Can Oklahoma State, West Virginia or even TCU say they have the depth of talent we should have?
And yet we keep making excuses for falling short.
Herman needs to turn it around and he needs to stop whining.
