Was over at the UCF board and I have not see one person sorry to seem him go. The only consistent complaints I am seeing from them is him. If our D continues to look like this years and UCFs last two games, how long does Chinander get?
Most of us loved the EC/DC ... his schemes, pressure, etc... in both 2016 and 2017 ... until those final 3 games of 2017.
We have a great, experienced front 7, we're 2-deep on the 3-man line with almost all 300lbs+ beef, and our LBs have been solid (despite being down a man). But it was our DBs where we were young and inexperience, where we needed max coaching, development and on-going adjustments.
So ... in those final 3 games, we saw were LBs were going way back in coverage, and even looking for help from the DBs, including in the 2nd half, no adjustments made whatsoever. We got exploited ... badly during USF and Memphis. We made Flowers look like a passing type QB, and he's not.
We first saw it in the Temple game, where that LB-DB "hand-off" broke down. A few of us were concerned.
For USF, with a mobile QB, we just assumed it was as a spy or trying to use a zone to make up for a LB always being nearby. But we only got more concerned as we re-watched the film, and realized that wasn't the case ... it was just blown hand-offs in the coverage.
So by Memphis, it was absolutely obvious. Their QB was not mobile, and we got torched. We beat Memphis 40-7 (a last second TD by their 1st offense against our 3rd team D doesn't count) earlier in the year, and our D was completely different in the CCG ... completely different.
The added tackling and angle issues were also burning us up, things that should have been corrected in practice.
So now ... the fact that Frost meet with Moos the Friday night before Temple, and then this has happened since Temple, upsets us a little bit, because it really smacks of more than just coincidence. We all know and agree (ignore the few "Krytros" among us) that Frost is 100% pro-UCF, and would never do us wrong, not in the Bowl game either. But this coincidence of where our defense started going downhill bothers us.
Which is why we started getting a little "concerned" with the EC/DC. It may just be coincidence, and nothing more. And maybe he'll be focused going forward. Don't know.
It's all speculation, conjecture, nothing with solid proof, but it does look readily apparent to us that our first 8 games differ greatly from our final 3 in defensive preparation, adjustments and execution. That's what really bothers us Knights ... especially going into the Bowl game against a very, very balanced and low-mistake Tiger team.
I am sure there is going to be some learning curves for Frost and all staff involved this first year. So there will be patience. In my opinion if by end of 2nd year things are not improving I think a change would need to be made.
Based on your contract ... I think you're committed to Frost until at least into 2022.
Unless, of course, you catch him in a private conversation on-mic, and get that buy-out cut in at least half, if not more.
