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<blockquote data-quote="CurbeloYourEnthusiasm" data-source="post: 1576742" data-attributes="member: 747729"><p>We were 5-7 with the most experienced team in college football returning. We were ranked 65 on F+ rankings with nearly the entire team coming back. That is anything but a dumpster fire. A dumpster fire is mass transfers, and having to start over at the very bottom with limited scholarships. The situation Lovie inherited was the complete opposite of that. He inherited a bunch of kids that actually played some good football under Bill Cubit, and they all returned to play under Lovie. Whatever was going on with Beckman mean nothing to the team. He pissed off 1 player, and got fired. But the rest of the team, the rest of the 84 guys were still here. Lovie's first season, with as much experience as he had on that team, should have been a good 2016 which would have lead to some good early recruiting results. 2017 was going to be a step back, but then 2018 would get right back on track. Unfortunately, Lovie ran off many of the players that should have contributed, and 2018 was even more of a disaster than 2017 was. That was of Lovie's own doing. His own decisions.</p><p></p><p>Whatever Beckman/Thomas did had 0 impact on Lovie's failures. The job wasn't a dumpster fire. The roster wasn't either. There's been coaches take over far worse situations. Look at Baylor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CurbeloYourEnthusiasm, post: 1576742, member: 747729"] We were 5-7 with the most experienced team in college football returning. We were ranked 65 on F+ rankings with nearly the entire team coming back. That is anything but a dumpster fire. A dumpster fire is mass transfers, and having to start over at the very bottom with limited scholarships. The situation Lovie inherited was the complete opposite of that. He inherited a bunch of kids that actually played some good football under Bill Cubit, and they all returned to play under Lovie. Whatever was going on with Beckman mean nothing to the team. He pissed off 1 player, and got fired. But the rest of the team, the rest of the 84 guys were still here. Lovie's first season, with as much experience as he had on that team, should have been a good 2016 which would have lead to some good early recruiting results. 2017 was going to be a step back, but then 2018 would get right back on track. Unfortunately, Lovie ran off many of the players that should have contributed, and 2018 was even more of a disaster than 2017 was. That was of Lovie's own doing. His own decisions. Whatever Beckman/Thomas did had 0 impact on Lovie's failures. The job wasn't a dumpster fire. The roster wasn't either. There's been coaches take over far worse situations. Look at Baylor. [/QUOTE]
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