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<blockquote data-quote="CuseJacket" data-source="post: 809924" data-attributes="member: 274"><p>I agree for the most part. We need to show progress and that should ideally show itself in wins.</p><p></p><p>My thought is that most easily comes by way of simply not shooting ourselves in the foot. Let's get back to 2019 (Collins' first full season) when we were one of the least penalized teams in the country. Let's cut the turnovers. And let's look competent in the kicking game. While I think there were a variety of factors that allow some grace as to whether last year was a true reflection of his coaching prowess, I think he can be judged on those things without question this year.</p><p></p><p>Where I disagree and think you're being (hopefully unintentionally) shortsighted is the assessment of recruiting/talent and how that translates to the field. Outside of two months where he had to the opportunity to get a handful of recruits in his transition year, Collins has had two full classes. Gibbs and Sims were part of his first full recruiting class. They are Sophomores in non-Covid adjusted terms (which is arguably unfair, but I will concede for sake of still making the same point). The vast majority of his hand selected talent are redshirt frosh and true freshmen. The latter group hasn't participated in fall practice i.e., no college hitting yet. I would not want any coach to be judged by their performance of underclassmen.</p><p></p><p>The vast majority of contributions should be coming from upperclassmen i.e., guys he did not hand select. While there is some talent there, we still have holes at the most important positions (OL and defensive front 7), and the solution to those positions will unfortunately take some seasoning. Some of that might be augmented and accelerated via transfers, however few of those transfers have even played a snap in our system, and so it's unrealistic to expect that all will click day 1 when live shots are being fired from an opponent.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line, we can and need to look competent with the things we can control. I'm hopeful that we happen with a normal offseason.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CuseJacket, post: 809924, member: 274"] I agree for the most part. We need to show progress and that should ideally show itself in wins. My thought is that most easily comes by way of simply not shooting ourselves in the foot. Let's get back to 2019 (Collins' first full season) when we were one of the least penalized teams in the country. Let's cut the turnovers. And let's look competent in the kicking game. While I think there were a variety of factors that allow some grace as to whether last year was a true reflection of his coaching prowess, I think he can be judged on those things without question this year. Where I disagree and think you're being (hopefully unintentionally) shortsighted is the assessment of recruiting/talent and how that translates to the field. Outside of two months where he had to the opportunity to get a handful of recruits in his transition year, Collins has had two full classes. Gibbs and Sims were part of his first full recruiting class. They are Sophomores in non-Covid adjusted terms (which is arguably unfair, but I will concede for sake of still making the same point). The vast majority of his hand selected talent are redshirt frosh and true freshmen. The latter group hasn't participated in fall practice i.e., no college hitting yet. I would not want any coach to be judged by their performance of underclassmen. The vast majority of contributions should be coming from upperclassmen i.e., guys he did not hand select. While there is some talent there, we still have holes at the most important positions (OL and defensive front 7), and the solution to those positions will unfortunately take some seasoning. Some of that might be augmented and accelerated via transfers, however few of those transfers have even played a snap in our system, and so it's unrealistic to expect that all will click day 1 when live shots are being fired from an opponent. Bottom line, we can and need to look competent with the things we can control. I'm hopeful that we happen with a normal offseason. [/QUOTE]
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