Better than I honestly expected. I was hoping for 7-2 and half expecting 6-3 at this point.
The offense is slowly becoming more multi-dimensional. Mateer still has touch issues, but he has made significant progress this season. Our O line has mostly settled down in terms of both the line up and assignment recognition. Several folks can catch the ball. All in all, better than expected.
The defense is sometimes as good as I expect, but they have been inconsistent. Several of you have pointed out that they seem to play to the level of the competition. I am hoping that is about over with and they will finish strong. I think the interior D line and LB's have been better than I expected. The DE's have done OK with containment but have not put on the rush that I expected. The DB play has been inconsistent; sometimes they are great, and sometimes...they are not.
If we can finish the regular season firing on all cylinders this will go down as an all time season. And if we lose some players because other teams buy them, we will still be a desired school for transfers and HS kids, because we are clearly a platform where they can get positive exposure.
I think it is critical to sign CJD to a long term contract with a big buy out. Yesterday. Sure, he makes some mistakes. But he has the best Pullman personality that I've seen since Mike Price or Jim Sweeney. We have the potential to have a similar long term situation to Whittingham at Utah. In the current climate, we need that. Continuity during times of crisis is the best path to success.
The offense is slowly becoming more multi-dimensional. Mateer still has touch issues, but he has made significant progress this season. Our O line has mostly settled down in terms of both the line up and assignment recognition. Several folks can catch the ball. All in all, better than expected.
The defense is sometimes as good as I expect, but they have been inconsistent. Several of you have pointed out that they seem to play to the level of the competition. I am hoping that is about over with and they will finish strong. I think the interior D line and LB's have been better than I expected. The DE's have done OK with containment but have not put on the rush that I expected. The DB play has been inconsistent; sometimes they are great, and sometimes...they are not.
If we can finish the regular season firing on all cylinders this will go down as an all time season. And if we lose some players because other teams buy them, we will still be a desired school for transfers and HS kids, because we are clearly a platform where they can get positive exposure.
I think it is critical to sign CJD to a long term contract with a big buy out. Yesterday. Sure, he makes some mistakes. But he has the best Pullman personality that I've seen since Mike Price or Jim Sweeney. We have the potential to have a similar long term situation to Whittingham at Utah. In the current climate, we need that. Continuity during times of crisis is the best path to success.