The OLine is suspect and Ward completely giving away all the gains he made over the offseason and reverting to bad habits is the biggest problem. Ward makes the line worse. They already have a tough enough time giving him a pocket, when they do he gets happy feet and it’s game over other than the occasional Houdini spectacular play…but there’s 10 sacks and 5 throwaways for every one of those.
I blame Pat Mahomes. Kids think the best way to deliver a football is sidearm on the run, which for most is probably the absolute worst way to throw a football (and be successful.) Its really fcking bad for the sport, and now coaches have become sycophants who are too afraid to tell their kid the truth (they aren't pat mahomes) and get them to be fundamentally sound.
I've heard from multiple sources -- people I have found reliable in the past, who either are or know players' parents, etc. -- for most of the season, but especially around the bye week (which is about when it became about 100% clear the Big 12 invite, always low-probability, was exceedingly unlikely), that if WSU wasn't playing in P5 next year, a ton of guys were looking to transfer. I don't have specific numbers but the adjectives I have heard have been, e.g., "tons" or "a shitload." I wouldn't be surprised if it's 30, as you surmise, or even more. Just about everyone on the roster thinks he's a P5 player, either currently or with the talent to develop into one (in the case of freshmen, etc.), regardless of how accurate that may be objectively.
That may be true -
Completely understandable. Begs the question though and been brought up before…what’s OSU doing differently, they are in the exact same situation and are 6 points away from being undefeated. Better team leadership? Coaches have players bought in more? Why didn’t they tank after they lost to us?
OSU hasn't had three head coaches since 2019. Makes a difference.
I hear you on that, but I don't think it helps with the current situation if the reality is something close to what Flat was speculating about (30 guys who are checked out or actively disillusioned and thinking more about where they'll be playing next year).
Hard to say. I get the argument he hasn’t been around long enough…not as long as Smith. I’ve also seen the guy in action, and he strikes me as a leader of men (laugh all you want I know we are in the dumps now, just my casual observation). Stone and Jackson came back…that spoke volumes about him IMO. If Dickert was a shitty leader, they both would have portaled out or took a shot at the league.
The suddenness is what gets me. The entire team lost its spark during the bye week, and ever since then I just don't see much effort or investment on the field.
ffs do we really have to go there again? It was a state mandate. WSU is a state institution. Not Chun’s problem, WSU may have pink slipped him but he was a state employee by proxy. Rolo sucked as a coach. Was outscored 38-0 in the second half twice. Didn’t recruit, which is part of the reason we have a Swiss cheese OLine.
Oh Gawd - here we go again. I have had 4 vaxx's and might march down tomorrow and get #5.
You just begged for every muricapatriot.com article that was ever written on the subject loyal. Remember if you want to believe something bad enough there are 100 yahoos out there that will feed your beliefs to you through the SM app of your choosing.
Buddy, I can't get your muricapatriot site to load (shock). You got something to post or link? Let's see it.
Do you even know who you are quoting and responding to? NOT your adversary.
I actually really like the run and shoot. It's kind of a triple option passing game, because a lot of the routes are read and react on the fly, particularly by the slot guys, so it can be super hard to defend. It's also more aggressive about attacking downfield and freeing up the middle for draw plays and slot receiver shenanigans. When the run and shoot cooks, it deep fries with chili. When it sputters, it looks as bad or worse than an outmanned Air Raid or option attack, because of the level of execution it demands. And because it's so niche now, it would be hard to gameplan against. The only NFL team that I saw consistently shut it down was Washington. But it really does demand a lot of your personnel. Go back and look at how stacked that Oilers team was in the early '90s. Only thing they were missing was a premier left tackle, and the defense had talent too. Warren Moon was a great fit, but he took an absolute pounding game after game.
