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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1485872" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>The nature of this Stockholm Syndrome fantasy about there being any plausible life in the Lovie era related to what we're seeing is just a total mystery to me.</p><p></p><p>Sure, the world is uncertain, we could still make a bowl game and look like a real competitor to Wisky and Michigan and the other good teams on our schedule. Sure.</p><p></p><p>But the idea that we're just going to continue on as we are, sleepwalk to 4-8, and then bring Lovie back because reasons, it's this really toxic brew of shame and self-hatred and contrarianism and I don't know what else.</p><p></p><p>Let's be clear here. The way we're playing, we'll beat Rutgers, have something like a coin flip against Purdue and maybe a 40/60 chance at Northwestern. And be soundly, uncompetitively beaten against Michigan, Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Iowa. Averages out to 4-8, could easily be 3-9 or 5-7. Settle in right around 90 in the advanced stat rankings.</p><p></p><p>If Lovie is retained after that, we'll have come full circle. That's Not Ideal 2.0, a dagger in the heart of the program and a betrayal of the faith of this fanbase in equal measure with the one that gave us Lovie in the first place. Period, end of story.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1485872, member: 746137"] The nature of this Stockholm Syndrome fantasy about there being any plausible life in the Lovie era related to what we're seeing is just a total mystery to me. Sure, the world is uncertain, we could still make a bowl game and look like a real competitor to Wisky and Michigan and the other good teams on our schedule. Sure. But the idea that we're just going to continue on as we are, sleepwalk to 4-8, and then bring Lovie back because reasons, it's this really toxic brew of shame and self-hatred and contrarianism and I don't know what else. Let's be clear here. The way we're playing, we'll beat Rutgers, have something like a coin flip against Purdue and maybe a 40/60 chance at Northwestern. And be soundly, uncompetitively beaten against Michigan, Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Iowa. Averages out to 4-8, could easily be 3-9 or 5-7. Settle in right around 90 in the advanced stat rankings. If Lovie is retained after that, we'll have come full circle. That's Not Ideal 2.0, a dagger in the heart of the program and a betrayal of the faith of this fanbase in equal measure with the one that gave us Lovie in the first place. Period, end of story. [/QUOTE]
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