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Better Off With Charlie Strong Or A Young Gun

The shape of our program in year 5 is not up to expectations. Petrino's past his prime and going through the motions. No eye of the tiger in him. Execution blows. Hiring family. Talked up Pass all offseason and then threw in the towel after one quarter of the first winnable game we played against a D1 school.

We need to pick off an assistant coach from a perennial power house after this season and include a Petrino sized buyout to get our 4 years worth. Or bring back Strong. But his booster mischief probably makes that not likely. His teams were always tough, competed, and loved playing for him. We need to find that again. Muddling through as a 7 win (+ / - 1) team year after year is not what this fanbase and Tom Jurich spent the last 20 years supporting and building.

Questions . . . . .

One, are we just not very good? Or two, are we simply not prepared very well which brings into question our coaching. Is our talent THAT bad? Maybe Petrino is on meds because he isn’t coaching like his hair is on fire. Does he still have that burning desire to really, really succeed and to have a top winning football program? I do remember horrible games during his first stint here like the Memphis State game here at home when they simply throttled us. But today’s game wasn’t even a contest. I’ve argued that we will have a successful season, but that argument went out the window today. Our players are the extension of our coaching staff and, in reality, the only one that acted like he gave a big rat’s ass was, in fact, VanGorder. Perhaps I am wrong to say it’s silly and ridiculous to say we need to replace Bobby Petrino. I lost a lot of answers today and I gotta tell you it sucks. I’m very, very disappointed in our football program. We, as a fan base, support this program and we’ve supported it through thick and thin. Today, and the past 3 games, have produced the thinnest time since the Kragthorpe years. And to say that I’m disappointed is a gross understatement. Actually if there was any bright light out there today it came from the defensive side of the ball. And at the end of the day that sucked too. The play calling was atrocious and that is also an understatement.

GO CARDS - BEAT EVERYBODY!!! God Bless America!!!
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