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I know we don't deal in hypotheticals, but if all things were equal except Keith Price was still our QB for this entire season, would we still be expecting 11 wins this year?CokeGreaterThanPepsi said:Agree 100% with Damone about the need to burn it all down by Petersen and how much we overestimated how difficult that process would be for the players left over.
Unlike Kim, I understand that shit needed to be burned to the ground. As a leader you can't come in and do things halfway, that will only lead to mediocre results down the line. Petersen right now knows the players that have no chance in his system, he knows there is basically nothing he can do to get them on board. But he also knows the players from the previous staff that have bought in, and he knows the guys he recruited are in for the process. He must coach to those guys and not bow down to those that don't buy in because they have to go to class, they can't half-ass practice, they can't be late for meetings, etc. If starts laying down for those players just to get them to play a little bit better, everything he is trying to build will be at risk.
I was full doogin' before the season, it is probably why I thought we would win 11 games. I thought it would be a pretty easy road to get to that win total, especially for a coach as good as Petersen. But like he has said over and over, this process is not easy and it is not for everyone, and that has definitely shown on the field at times.
I agree with Roaddawg that to single out Miles alone for what went wrong vs. Stanford is ridiculous and wrong. But was his bad play glaring enough that having Price there would have made the difference? I dare say we would have beat Stanford by 7-10 points, and I wasn't even a big time Price fan, just a fan.
The offensive line is going to take some time to reconstruct, the jury is still out on Smith as a playcaller, and we're all wondering what's up with Kasen Williams' lack of involvement. But maybe we're not as far away as things seemed on Saturday. -
The only reason I am being as hard on Miles as I am is because he was the doog's savior less than a year ago.DerekJohnson said:
I know we don't deal in hypotheticals, but if all things were equal except Keith Price was still our QB for this entire season, would we still be expecting 11 wins this year?CokeGreaterThanPepsi said:Agree 100% with Damone about the need to burn it all down by Petersen and how much we overestimated how difficult that process would be for the players left over.
Unlike Kim, I understand that shit needed to be burned to the ground. As a leader you can't come in and do things halfway, that will only lead to mediocre results down the line. Petersen right now knows the players that have no chance in his system, he knows there is basically nothing he can do to get them on board. But he also knows the players from the previous staff that have bought in, and he knows the guys he recruited are in for the process. He must coach to those guys and not bow down to those that don't buy in because they have to go to class, they can't half-ass practice, they can't be late for meetings, etc. If starts laying down for those players just to get them to play a little bit better, everything he is trying to build will be at risk.
I was full doogin' before the season, it is probably why I thought we would win 11 games. I thought it would be a pretty easy road to get to that win total, especially for a coach as good as Petersen. But like he has said over and over, this process is not easy and it is not for everyone, and that has definitely shown on the field at times.
I agree with Roaddawg that to single out Miles alone for what went wrong vs. Stanford is ridiculous and wrong. But was his bad play glaring enough that having Price there would have made the difference? I dare say we would have beat Stanford by 7-10 points, and I wasn't even a big time Price fan, just a fan.
The offensive line is going to take some time to reconstruct, the jury is still out on Smith as a playcaller, and we're all wondering what's up with Kasen Williams' lack of involvement. But maybe we're not as far away as things seemed on Saturday.
He also played like shit, but that's another story.
