If we had stayed the course and kept Coach Reily we would probably still have those 20 players we ran off. We would likely be 4-2 this year instead of 0-6. So be careful when you decide to destroy coaching staffs.
I respectfully disagree. We would have continued to grow under Riley as we graduated older players and continued to recruit better players into a stable system that was destroyed when we fired Riley, and now we start from scratch. Actually, less than scratch. If we hadn’t been whining so much we might be 5-1 or 4-2 instead of 0-6.
This is the cliff notes version of our program the last 20 years.
Having made the investment to go to all the home games and travel to Michigan and Northwestern, I’m a combination of pissed, emarrased and sad. But mostly sad, especially for the freshmen that came in with so much hope. I hope they don’t forget how to be winners.
I did. Several losses last year were due to T. Lee’s tosses for interceptions. I’m remembering those as turning three wins into losses. Last year we introduced a new defense and began installing a new offense with Riley recruits. Riley’s problem was that he wasn’t allowed to eliminate Pellini players right off, in his first year. Frost gets to do that for reason. With Riley, it was a constant grumbling about imperfect seasons. With Frost, most seem fine with his winless team. Go figure.
