What has improved?
Our win total? We beat an absolutely abysmal Rutgers team this year, to give us 3 total. I guess thats better than 2.
Are we more technically sound? Do we tackle well? Do we cover well? Do we catch and throw better? Do we play more disciplined? We give up touchdowns like candy on Halloween, and we seldom score them. Maybe I am wrong, but I think we looked better against USF, Penn State than we did against Wisconsin, Purdue and now MD. Feels like we are moving backwards.
Hmm... well let’s see...
First off and obviously we have a coaching staff that isn’t and won’t be caught in any sort of player abuse scandal.
Recruiting has improved from dead last in the B1G (probably dead last in the P5 too) and we use our underclassmen more, but the physical presence and mental acuity puts them at a disadvantage against the competition who have upperclassmen.
The offense is improved, play-wise; but still lack a B1G ready QB.
Defense in awful, and Nickerson will lose his job because of it. The scheme is absolutely terrible, because we don’t have the type of players to make it work.
Some of you must have short term memory of how much worse the beckman teams were. The Smith team would wipe the floor with the Beckman team.
I’m not saying changes still need to be made with this staff and players, but we’re not regressing since the Beckman era. That’s just utterly false and overreacting towards watching this team suck.