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Posted on 11/10/26 at 7:18 am to Tiger Ugly
Posted on 11/10/26 at 7:18 am to Tiger Ugly
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We can qualify it all we want with the first year, the cohesion, the having to change the culture and whatever else all the qualifiers are but even within that context there's room to question.
I think the honeymooners are in flat-out denial of how bad the playcalling/decisionmaking has been in the losses. That's all on the coaching.
There are always going to be situations where a player fails to make a play. Coaching is supposed to put them in position to succeed. The bitching about injuries, etc., are all just masks for fundamental, underlying deficiencies of the team that have been glaringly exposed in all 3 of the losses. Scoring TDs in the redzone. Getting a hard yard when you have to have it. Keeping up mental endurance on defense, particularly late (although Ole Miss was the opposite problem - breakdowns in the first half and just ran out of time for the offense to make it up). Inability to make that gut check play, late (both sides vs Kentucky). This is mostly on coaching to have the team prepared to do these things when necessary.
A better roster is not going to improve coaching decisionmaking in critical situations.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 7:32 am to Ace Midnight
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Lane Kiffin has never achieved anything as a head coach except draw negative attention and quit/get fired.
He coached Ole Miss to their best season in 60 years
They are good this year because they have a ton of players he recruited
I’m a big Lane believer
All the frick ups…this year
Get them over with and learn/ grow from them
The players- frankly deserve most of the blame for lack of execution
Sam missed wide open guys
Wilson dropped a ball on the 5 yard line
Our punter isn’t good- it’s probably why Lane is reluctant to punt
We only have eight returning starters on this roster
Next year is going to be different
Maybe we can beat Texas, maybe we can beat Tennessee. Let’s see what happens
Now we’re good enough to beat anyone because we can move the ball pretty much on anybody
Just gotta figure out the red zone. Hopefully they can do it
Texas is playing back-to-back road games, which usually in the SEC doesn’t bode very well for that team
We’re coming off a loss, and we’re going to play under the lights
And we get Tennessee at 2:30 versus a night game. I think that’s going to help us as well, plus they’re number one defender is out for the season
I’m still going to hang on to some hope because that’s all we have left
Posted on 11/10/26 at 7:41 am to Ace Midnight
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The bitching about injuries
this has bothered me from the start. Nobody cares about our injuries just like we don't care about other teams injuries.
As I've repeated, he'll have the time to prove his worth, nothing would make me happier than the folks who have pushed back on the criticisms coming back in the next year with some nanny, nanny boo-boo told you so directed at the critics, and my criticisms included.
Doesn't mean some criticisms in real time were necessarily wrong, but it would mean the correct adjustments were made and he is who most thought he was.
This post was edited on 11/10/26 at 7:50 am
Posted on 11/10/26 at 7:55 am to Tiger Ugly
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Doesn't mean some criticisms in real time were necessarily wrong, but it would mean the correct adjustments were made and he is who most thought he was.
For the record - I'm all for this as a positive outlook. I mean, he's the hire. He's going to get 4 to 5 years, just because that's how things always were, barring some "off the field"/for cause type issues.
So, the expectation is to hold what works (all the positive performers that have eligibility left), improve the areas that need work (glaringly OL - again and QB play has to improve, particularly turnovers and pressure downs) and, frankly, desperately try to replace what we will lose.
And then depth so that losing a Whit Weeks or Trey'dez Green doesn't result in a loss, etc.
ETA: 10-2 isn't a crazy high expectation for 2027 with all the resources. I know, #NextYearU.
This post was edited on 11/10/26 at 9:20 am
Posted on 11/10/26 at 9:05 am to Ace Midnight
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ETA: 10-2 isn't a crazy high expectation for 2027 with all the resources. I know, #NextYearU.
Absolutely not - it's mine and IMHO it's reasonable. Lane is the one who said this will be his worst team here....not me.
This post was edited on 11/10/26 at 9:07 am
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