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<blockquote data-quote="spartansstink" data-source="post: 131839550" data-attributes="member: 1488840">Patience is a virtue and longevity has its place. But, more importantly, you must have &quot;buy-in&quot; from your team and somewhat even from the fanbase.Dabo really is an outlier rather than the norm here. Dabo has national championship rings so the buy-in during the down years, like this one, is still going to be there. Fanbases are always fickle, emotional, and largely ignorant so its usually best to ignore them as much as possible.A better example would be Justin Fuente at VT. When he took over from Beamer, that program had fallen on some hard times. After his first year, which was really his best, the program has really hit uncharted levels of badness. VT has stuck with him, been patient, and he has had 6 years or so of longevity within the program but where has that gotten them? Numerous players, even starters, have bolted from that program in recent years. The buy-in from everyone is gone now.Patience and longevity are relics of the past now. With the invention of the portal, why wait when you can go somewhere else and play immediately. Development is gone, espirit-de- corps is gone, so coaches have to plug-and-play from the portal to stay relevant. Coaches do the same thing.That's where we are today. Are we one consistent QB from being undefeated? Some might argue yes and maybe validly so. But how many others could make the same claim? What about those who say why isn't the QB better developed at this point in his career? Until Brown can show that development is paying off on the field, then he's fair game for criticism. Is he the next Dabo or the next Fuente? That really remains the biggest question...evidence for both I'd say.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="spartansstink, post: 131839550, member: 1488840"] Patience is a virtue and longevity has its place. But, more importantly, you must have "buy-in" from your team and somewhat even from the fanbase. Dabo really is an outlier rather than the norm here. Dabo has national championship rings so the buy-in during the down years, like this one, is still going to be there. Fanbases are always fickle, emotional, and largely ignorant so its usually best to ignore them as much as possible. A better example would be Justin Fuente at VT. When he took over from Beamer, that program had fallen on some hard times. After his first year, which was really his best, the program has really hit uncharted levels of badness. VT has stuck with him, been patient, and he has had 6 years or so of longevity within the program but where has that gotten them? Numerous players, even starters, have bolted from that program in recent years. The buy-in from everyone is gone now. Patience and longevity are relics of the past now. With the invention of the portal, why wait when you can go somewhere else and play immediately. Development is gone, espirit-de- corps is gone, so coaches have to plug-and-play from the portal to stay relevant. Coaches do the same thing. That's where we are today. Are we one consistent QB from being undefeated? Some might argue yes and maybe validly so. But how many others could make the same claim? What about those who say why isn't the QB better developed at this point in his career? Until Brown can show that development is paying off on the field, then he's fair game for criticism. Is he the next Dabo or the next Fuente? That really remains the biggest question...evidence for both I'd say. [/QUOTE]

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