I don't think coaches should react to fans, and should do what they think is best. But if Wilcox and Co. don't start Ott next week against Notre Dame after what we saw against FCS and G5 level talent by everyone else, that's just malpratice and someone needs to be fired by the end of the year. You can blame the offensive line or whatever…
I don't think coaches should react to fans, and should do what they think is best. But if Wilcox and Co. don't start Ott next week against Notre Dame after what we saw against FCS and G5 level talent by everyone else, that's just malpratice and someone needs to be fired by the end of the year. You can blame the offensive line or whatever, but the coaches need to do what it takes to win with what we have. If we have an inconsistent o-line, we need to stop starting RBs who have no idea how to gain yards behind said line.
Ott started this game, coaches just pulled him early to get the other guys playing time and get used to a new line. Brooks clearly needs reps and we can't have the whole running game rely on just two guys. Coach pulled Ott too early but it's not like he didn't give him the start.
Ott will start against ND and he'll get a larger share of the reps than he did vs UNLV
My point is that Ott shouldn't be a victim of RB by committee when he's the only effective option against even inferior talent. I understand spreading the wealth for experience -- but when you can afford to. We obviously cannot. We need to exploit Ott for everything he can give us before he gets targeted for transfer by a more prestigious program.
Coach W is hired to win games. If he doesn't play Ott and we lose, it's not good for him. I he plays Ott and we lose, its not good for him. He's going to do what's best for the team. But IMHO, they should play Ott. Lol.
I don't think coaches should react to fans, and should do what they think is best. But if Wilcox and Co. don't start Ott next week against Notre Dame after what we saw against FCS and G5 level talent by everyone else, that's just malpratice and someone needs to be fired by the end of the year. You can blame the offensive line or whatever, but the coaches need to do what it takes to win with what we have. If we have an inconsistent o-line, we need to stop starting RBs who have no idea how to gain yards behind said line.
Ott started this game, coaches just pulled him early to get the other guys playing time and get used to a new line. Brooks clearly needs reps and we can't have the whole running game rely on just two guys. Coach pulled Ott too early but it's not like he didn't give him the start.
Ott will start against ND and he'll get a larger share of the reps than he did vs UNLV
My point is that Ott shouldn't be a victim of RB by committee when he's the only effective option against even inferior talent. I understand spreading the wealth for experience -- but when you can afford to. We obviously cannot. We need to exploit Ott for everything he can give us before he gets targeted for transfer by a more prestigious program.
Coach W is hired to win games. If he doesn't play Ott and we lose, it's not good for him. I he plays Ott and we lose, its not good for him. He's going to do what's best for the team. But IMHO, they should play Ott. Lol.
Respectfully Rugbear, it sure seems that Coach W is hired to:
1. Run a clean program
2. Graduate student-athletes
3. Win games
;-)
"Coach W is hired to win games"
That is debatable.
Edit: simplified