Recent content by bamajas

Maybe if he was expected to do something serious, but he's been essentially a mascot from the start; he's made it fun. If his role was more like Rece's or Kirk's, it'd be different

I'm with you. Think the OL will benefit significantly from continuity + other upgrades in the system. "Can the D get off the field when our offense isn't clicking?" is a legitimate question

Yes, that's it. Black icon with a white circle/black V (at least on iOS)

I use the Varsity app, but have only done football + men's basketball The "best-timed" way I've found to listen is actually through the YouTube feed on the CTSN page. They do home and away football games and this season I think they only did home basketball games. For whatever reason, it was...

Right. I'm with you, I'm not saying he didn't have it. The reasons he wouldn't benefit from the best coaching today are why he didn't learn it when he was first exposed to it ...

The irony is that this is largely correct AND it's also true that the average HS QB coach/OC could've taught him what he needs when he was in 8th-10th grades

We finished the season top 5 in most efficiency/power rankings (only 8th in Sagarin). When we were "on," we were virtually unbeatable. Just inconsistent and turnover-happy

Correct, on the field, this is more like season 1 of the transition Hopefully we learned a lot off the field

How do we know for certain JM/LANK was not a factor in him bolting after a month a year ago?

Had been smoke he was headed to Oklahoma, so sounds like he was on his way out no matter what

Schematically, he switched to the 3-4 when he went to the NFL (which then impacted Kirby, too), and who knows how much else he learned about why he loves the college game while he was away from it AND I think the "coal mining mindset" of this part of the state clicked with him more than...

I'm with you. If anything, holding to his standards too rigidly might've been a weakness at times. We had a lot of high-character high-performers the last few years, but very few true leaders like the 2020 team had We might could've stood a few more "raw athletic" guys, if we're being honest

It seems like loyalty and familiarity are big values for Jones, so Deion having played at DAL (and winning a ring and being All-Pro) is probably a huge factor

Sure, I can agree with the final conclusion about having a valid reason. And playcalling (no matter who did it) is on the list from this season. We just might disagree with how high on the list. It appears that CKD calling the plays would be a bigger departure from his recent history than...

If he had called plays and was a little better, would it have shown up in the W-L column? I don't know. I can't imagine it making a giant difference (and we have no way of knowing what would've slipped aside in exchange) But I can guarantee there'd be someone saying, "He took on too much...