Geez, is anyone going to be on the roster next year or are we just gonna forfeit the whole season?
We're coming off a 5-7 season and firing of a long-tenured HC and I'm still a bit more positive about the football team than the basketball team and I don't think we'll win more than 4 games in football this year (maybe 5).
That should tell you something. I will say I am definitely looking forward to a new brand of football under Stein. Stoops' teams became like McDonalds - you knew every year what you were going to get and, while it maybe wasn't awful, it wasn't anything to be excited about. If Stein is good to his word, we'll see a more aggressive team on both offense and defense. We'll see our OC probe, recognize weaknesses, feed the studs, make adjustments throughout the game. We'll see our defense attempt to disrupt the opponent's offense, create negative plays and turnovers, to proactively attempt to get off the field in 3 plays, jump routes, be more creative with stunts and blitzes. It may not translate into more wins with our schedule, but it will at least appear that we're attempting every way we can to WIN instead of playing NOT TO LOSE or LOSE RESPECTFULLY. Tired of our 'moral victories' and 'we played them closer than...'. A loss is a loss.
We're coming off a 5-7 season and firing of a long-tenured HC and I'm still a bit more positive about the football team than the basketball team and I don't think we'll win more than 4 games in football this year (maybe 5).
That should tell you something. I will say I am definitely looking forward to a new brand of football under Stein. Stoops' teams became like McDonalds - you knew every year what you were going to get and, while it maybe wasn't awful, it wasn't anything to be excited about. If Stein is good to his word, we'll see a more aggressive team on both offense and defense. We'll see our OC probe, recognize weaknesses, feed the studs, make adjustments throughout the game. We'll see our defense attempt to disrupt the opponent's offense, create negative plays and turnovers, to proactively attempt to get off the field in 3 plays, jump routes, be more creative with stunts and blitzes. It may not translate into more wins with our schedule, but it will at least appear that we're attempting every way we can to WIN instead of playing NOT TO LOSE or LOSE RESPECTFULLY. Tired of our 'moral victories' and 'we played them closer than...'. A loss is a loss.