Yup. And the casual fan is the one sitting on his couch, not supporting the team either way. Anyone with brains knows its gonna take more than 3 weeks to turn around a team like the Illini. Keep fanning those flames tho folks.
First off , i am not a casual fan....I've lived and died through wins and losses with all the illini teams for over 60 years......anyone with a basic understanding of sports SHOULD realize that the Illini FB program is in dire straits and has been for many years and it's going to take a while turn it around to some sort of level of production that returns it to a MEDIOCRE standing of respect.....But that ain't gonna happen with what has happened in the last 2 weeks...
I didn't think we had a great chance of winning against the terps or purdont...Doesn't mean i didn't think we could win , but my brain thought differently than my heart....needless to say, we had an excellent chance of winning both games ....period.....we were ahead in both games with the ball inside our opponents territory with a chance to secure the win....
Ok, in the terp game BB took a chance and punted instead of trying to get the first down .....I thought the %'s favored going for it , but BB is the coach....well, that backfired and we gave up 10 points in less than 5 minutes to go in the game and lost by 3 points.....i didn't agree with his decision , but as you asked , i don't coach the team , he does.....
So fast forward to yesterday......again , we have the lead with @ 9 minutes to go up by 3 points and we have a very similar circumstance being in purdont territory with a 4th and short.......Why not take a chance and be bold and go for a culture changing first down....calls timeout and decides to punt it....
great punt by our future NFL punter inside the 10 yard line.......the rest is history.......If you make difficult decisions and they backfire then own them...don't bicker about if it had been 4th and 1 instead of 4th and 2 as BB did in the presser....he punted the week before with a 4th and 1 so whats the point....
Any ardent fan of Illini FB already knows it's gonna take a good number of years to step up in status, but please don't rationalize BB's poor decisions by saying stuff about " casual fans blab blab"....Even casual fans can see BB played " not to lose " the last 2 weeks instead of " playing to win ".....
Just frustrating to see a different coach make decisions that impede wins instead of grasping the program by the horns and saying " Let's win this Mf***ing game "".....................................
JMHO.....and I am entitled to it , as others are entitled to theirs , no matter if they agree with me or not.......