I am not trying to be negative. You must admit that throughout an 0-7 start I have not said too much. Sometimes I am being a smartass when I pose questions and sometimes I am curious to hear others input. So, in all honesty I think we have given it some time, we have had a chance to see what Coach Dimel has shown us for a half a season.
I must admit that with an 0- start, I find it hard to be too positive. In the most important position on the team, the quarterback position, he has simply failed miserably to deal with the situation. After years of Kugler running on every play, even the passes, he put himself in the position of choosing between the two he opened the season with. Without saying a word about either of the two young men, Dimel is ultimately responsible for what they have done or not done. Now, just looking at the two, can that be a shock? Would any of you non Head Football Coaches been concerned about this situation, say maybe last spring? On to the choice he made. More running but with some wildly inaccurate passing thrown in once in a while over a somewhat normal quarterback Now, the poor kid was put through the ringer by Kugler, and over the years showed that he did have some passing ability. Now, if I am wrong about that description too much, please point it out. Let me add, in his offense, a pocket passer is not what he wants. He wants a pure combo passer who is also a running back and vice versa. Ergo Locksley. But, was there no third option? And if you are the hc should it be a problem that you have two quarterbacks and one isn't right for your offense and the other seems to have some accuracy problems? Finally, is it me, am I crazy to think that the other guy who is unknown apparently to the coaches is kind of what the coach wants and maybe just maybe better at it?
Ok, next area. Play calling. See above, because it isn't a bad play call if the pass should have been complete, and it stalls drives so it is a killer of drives and that too isn't play calling. So, it seems to me that for this year, Coach Dimel has decided that he is going with what may be the future unless forced to do otherwise. I'm just a tad tired of hard-headed, stubborn coaches at this time, especially when we are 0 and 8. Take a fucking chance. What is the worst that could happen? A loss!? I am all about not shaking a man's confidence, but I wouldn't send an unarmed man into battle. Especially if I had another guy standing there already showing me he can shoot. That is chicken shit of me to keep allowing the kid to lose.
Next up. Cupboards. It seems to be somewhat a standard take that cupboards were left bare in the past. I call bullshit! I am an old fart but can recall the names of two fine quarterbacks, Garret Simpson nd Sullivan(Blaire maybe) Kugler ran off, along with Jordan Leslie the receiver for instance. I will flat out tell you that CMP would not have had nearly the "dumpster fire" evaluation of what Kugler had inherited. Or results. So, now, it is Kugler who supposedly had left the team local but lacking. Really? He ran every play against 8 or nine man fronts and ran and controlled 45 minutes of the clock! That didn't stop. It just doesn't win a lot of games! AND WE ARE STILL WINNING THE FUCKING TIME OF POSSESSION! NO Games, but damned near all of the minutes! And the same cupboards is where the defense got its players and they have played inspired ball!
There you go. To summarize, I believe HCD failed to take the proper steps to solve and questions there should have been at the most important position on the team. Having done so, he has set a course almost doomed for failure, especially if he sticks to his guns. Then, he has a possible answer dropped in his lap and sets it aside. Now if he was winning, it would be really hard to second guess him, but ...at what point should HCD question himself? How many losses would it take? I don't really accept the bare cupboard excuse. We are 0-7 under new head coach Dimel. I don't know what you have to do to fail, but if zero and seven isn't it whhhhhhat do you have to do to get an "F". A teacher's students who miss seven out of seven questions?..."But, Mrs. T, my students missed all seven of the questions on the test, but they are getting better!" Work for you? Not me.
One last thing. Take the Tennessee uniforms and send them to Tennessee. I'm surprised Tennessee hasn't filed a cease and desist order! There is a reason for our color being orange and the orange it is. We are part of the University of Texas system. NOT TENNAFUCKINGC!
Done for now.
