Grade the Season
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B. We looked like a complete dumpster fire to start the year and improved week by week. We don't have the guys to compete with the top teams in conference but with the guys we have coming in and a little improvement maybe we'll have a chance for 6 wins next year.
I wanted a bowl game of course but after seeing what we actually had during the UNI game and Iowa game i was just praying for 1 win at least. I remember threads about going 0-12 and we ended up going 3-9. I went with a B but it's more like a B-. I wasn't happy with the season, but it was definitely an improvement over what I think it was going to be after the first 3 games. Hard to blame the staff on anything with the last regime failing to develop a lot of players and getting complete busts for recruits.
They failed to meet expectations for over 90% of you. So when they do worse than almost everyone expected, I would say that's an F.
http://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/how-many-wins-next-year-in-football.212271/
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B/C.
I think I was hopeful for 4-5 wins, which were attainable. Didn't think it would be such a mess the first two games, but wasn't sure they'd come out and play as well as they did for a lot of games after that.
Props for making such a make-shift Oline serviceable, and it's encouraging that the plan is to simply get the ball to the playmakers and let them move in space.
I think less than 6 wins next season would be a disappointment.
I think I was hopeful for 4-5 wins, which were attainable. Didn't think it would be such a mess the first two games, but wasn't sure they'd come out and play as well as they did for a lot of games after that.
Props for making such a make-shift Oline serviceable, and it's encouraging that the plan is to simply get the ball to the playmakers and let them move in space.
I think less than 6 wins next season would be a disappointment.
C going into today, D after. Can't have, arguably, the 2nd worst game of the season in your final game and expect a good grade.
C or D.
Some really good things. Some really bad things. I was very disappointed the coaches appeared to have not seen a football game when coaching the UNI game. I was very disappointed that the same mistakes happened today.
I think you deserve to lose a full letter grade for the assanine decision not to use lanning.
Some really good things. Some really bad things. I was very disappointed the coaches appeared to have not seen a football game when coaching the UNI game. I was very disappointed that the same mistakes happened today.
I think you deserve to lose a full letter grade for the assanine decision not to use lanning.
Right where I thought they'd be but the recruiting has been phenomenal and that 66-10 game was huge because a ceiling was broken through in terms of offensive output capability.
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Since C is the team performed how I thought they would, I can't choose that. I expected at least 4 wins. UNI, San Jose State, Kansas, and 1 more should definitely be attainable. Leading for most of Baylor & Okie State is nice, but doesn't mean squat when it's all said & done. D from me, and anything less than 6 wins next year will be a failure.
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I'd go with a B-. Throw out the first two games while everyone was getting acclimated. So many opportunities to have a better record, competitive in most tough games, but couldn't quite get over the hump in a few. Most importantly, I saw the kids getting better throughout the year.
I'm going B-. I like what I saw from some of the guys that were brought in last year which tells me this staff can see talent. I can't say that all of the in game coaching was as solid as I would have hoped, but everyone is adjusting to a new system and surroundings. My biggest concern is that this year was the weakest Big 12 that ISU may ever play in. That's a tad bit disconcerting. Outside of WVU, Iowa, and OU, ISU didn't play a legit top 25 type team. WVU is at its peak which is good. Baylor seems to be trending down. KSU will eventually return to mediocrity at best. However, Texas will return with Mensa. OU will always be good. TCU will some day be healthy, and Kansas is trending up (although their ceiling is low).
So some things the optimists can point to for the future and some things the realists can worry about. Just find me 6 wins a year with the rare 8 win season, and I'll be happy.
So some things the optimists can point to for the future and some things the realists can worry about. Just find me 6 wins a year with the rare 8 win season, and I'll be happy.
While debating C or D I noticed we could vote for up to 5 different grades. So I voted both C and D.
Some of you people are too generous in grading. Getting Ass pounded by UNI in a season is not worth a B in any way of thinking. Even if it was the first game of the season.
Some of you people are too generous in grading. Getting Ass pounded by UNI in a season is not worth a B in any way of thinking. Even if it was the first game of the season.
I think I predicted 4-8. Think we probably could've gotten there if we didn't lose the all the possible returners that we did, but it was probably for the best they did end up leaving.
I have total faith that this staff has things moving the right direction but I think there were times this year they were flat out, out coached. There is almost no p5 coaching experience on this staff, its natural to expect some ups and downs when facing a much tougher set of coaches week in, week out. Don't get me wrong, the talent difference they went to bat with most weeks meant they had to almost be perfect to be competitive but I think they definitely had moments where they looked a bit overwhelmed, especially the first month or so of the season.
All in all, I think we saw some things to be positive about on the field and off the field, this staff absolutely killed it. They exceeded my expectations.
All in all, I think we saw some things to be positive about on the field and off the field, this staff absolutely killed it. They exceeded my expectations.
