A lot of us were holding out hope that all the diamonds in the rough we're going to explode on the scene. ...and nobody saw email gate and barrage of player arrests coming.
The extreme lack of depth at most positions is alarming. It's time to move on
Where in the world do you come up with this idea? If anything, our situation is just the opposite.
We had a boat load of players dismissed from our defensive back field, several of them first and second string. Yet somehow we had a defensive back field out there yesterday that performed reasonably well and showed potential to be more than decent - and that is with yet another starter missing from this game. Remember they have only had a few weeks of working together besides.
There are only a handful of teams in the country that could take these kinds of losses and not see a big drop in the level of play. I personally am impressed that they are developing as fast as they are.
Look at the defensive line. We have guys out and limping all over the place, yet we have a boat load of young players who are beginning to assert themselves at least a little. We had an effective defensive line in the 4th quarter composed of 4 guys listed as freshmen or red-shirt freshmen.
The next two games may well be ugly, but there are a lots of young, inexperience players out there who are gain a ton of valuable experience out there which will later make them better players.
Some of you make me laugh, or should I say cry. Have you ever coached or played? Losing your key starters always affects the way your team performs. Young players don't automatically step up; they make mistakes of inexperience in doing so - mistakes that cost you points and games.
We lose a couple of games we had hoped to win, and suddenly all the complainers think they are experts.
