TheFlyingIllini1317
- Chicago, IL
I'm 27 and I haven't seen a sweet 16 since I was in 2nd grade and I have never had back to back regular season winning football seasons in my lifetime.
My father died last year at 99 and never saw a national championship in basketball or football. I hope my fate isn't the same.I'm 27 and I haven't seen a sweet 16 since I was in 2nd grade and I have never had back to back regular season winning football seasons in my lifetime.
Poor kid. I feel for you. Get used to it. You may be waiting a while longer. On a good note, I never thought I would see the Cubs win the world series in my lifetime and they did it sooo-I guess anything is possible. Just BELIEVE.I'm 27 and I haven't seen a sweet 16 since I was in 2nd grade and I have never had back to back regular season winning football seasons in my lifetime.
Buckle up. Football is decent once every 8-10 years. Basketball offers much more hope on average.I'm 27 and I haven't seen a sweet 16 since I was in 2nd grade and I have never had back to back regular season winning football seasons in my lifetime.
I'd say special teams. We lost a lot of DBs to the NFL and 2 more today. Losing the punting and kicking game often one with turnovers and just looking lost so often on short kicks that would be where I'd expect a change.I haven’t talked to any of the staff obviously … But I know Bret pretty well I’d say … He knows you can’t “run it back” next year with every member of this staff … Something’s gotta change …
I don’t like that coming from you.
I mean if we couldn’t get six wins this year, when will we?
Hear me out, and I hope this makes sense: should I be more concerned that Jimmy’s not as impactful as I’d hoped he’d be OR was our defense so dang bad that his influence kept us from being the wisest defense in FBS? I mean what the heck?Leonhard's mind about the easy life?
Biggest mistake Bret made was Aaron Henry. Hate to say it, because A Hen is likeable. But he isn’t ready for this.At least I wasn’t there in person. Coaching was sub-par. We are paying Coach B to not lose these games. We lost. Zook lost these games. Lovie lost games. Beckman was too busy chewing to know whether we lost or not. Or maybe he was just gorged on his wife’s lasagna.
Brett knows better: this is unacceptable.
Figure it out Brett. Use the portal. Use JC. Retain talent. Figure it out. Now!!
Ok tuff guy.At least I wasn’t there in person. Coaching was sub-par. We are paying Coach B to not lose these games. We lost. Zook lost these games. Lovie lost games. Beckman was too busy chewing to know whether we lost or not. Or maybe he was just gorged on his wife’s lasagna.
Brett knows better: this is unacceptable.
Figure it out Brett. Use the portal. Use JC. Retain talent. Figure it out. Now!!
He just said in his post game interview that he is going to evaluate everything from top to bottom. He did mention coaches as well.At least I wasn’t there in person. Coaching was sub-par. We are paying Coach B to not lose these games. We lost. Zook lost these games. Lovie lost games. Beckman was too busy chewing to know whether we lost or not. Or maybe he was just gorged on his wife’s lasagna.
Brett knows better: this is unacceptable.
Figure it out Brett. Use the portal. Use JC. Retain talent. Figure it out. Now!!
I don’t post much, but at the end of the season did some stats digging (see recent post). A lot of this was due to turnovers and penalties, but an extra nugget that we were 109th in time of possession. Defense was NOT good at all this year outside of Newton… but they were also on the field way more than necessary, and often with short playing fields for opposing offensesOur problem this year you ask?
DEFENSE: Allowed 30 pts per game. (Isn't that 20 ppg more than 2022? Awful. That's just impossible to overcome.)
Have nobody to blame but themselves. Can't have that many errors, particularly the special teams miscues and expect to win.
I think Lunney earned another look. Once OL started playing better he looked competent. Not great, but competent.The only positive that can come from this loss is if Lunney and Henry are not on the field in the spring. This less than mediocre season belongs to them.