What makes me sick about Gary & the other apologists
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is that they think that because i want RS out they feel fans with that thinking are "gloom fans". Actually, I think a black head coach would've been the ideal thing for the university if he could win. We'd of been the first of the big 3 in Florida to go in that direction & succeed. Now suddenly that after watching the same crap for 4 years i know RS can't do the job I'm a "gloom fan" or "racist" or "hater". For you to throw those accusations around Gary shows you're amateur. The frustrating thing about it is it couldn't be more opposite. I wanted RS to succeed more than anything as the only thing I love more than the Canes is my family. Here's my issues with RS, & please Gary & RS apologists tell me where I'm wrong:
1. I think Randy's X's & O's are amongst the worst of any head coach in division 1. Can somebody point to any game that we've won during his tenure where you would credit it to our x's & o's? Even when RS was d coordinator my biggest problem with him was that he ran the same vanilla scheme & was too stubborn to ever mix it up. What makes great coaches is the ability to have the other team not knowing what to expect week in week out(ask bill belicheck). Please Gary or somebody explain to me about Randy's ability to create a gameplan a la what Jimbo did to us last week.
2. We haven't beaten a good team while RS has been here(&please don't give me that bs about oklahoma last year with Landry Jones) or the FSU team we beat a few years ago.
3. IF RS is such a great recruiter why do we have so many problems at so many positions? I feel the following positions we have limited talent at after him being here 4 years. Please correct me if i'm wrong. QB, TE, DT, LB, S, & CB (yes we have brandon, but what else?) not to mention our special teams. Bosher's a good punter, but we've been allergic to touchbacks on kick offs now for years. How many years does a "great recruiter" need to stock the team when your university is one of the most storied football programs who oh by the way happens to be in the biggest breeding ground for recruiting?
4. I understand we're not going to win the NC annually, but a sign of a good team was one that after losses would improve as the season goes on. Instead we've had season ending games where our players didn't give a crap (viriginia & wisconsin) not to mention last week. To not have your team ready to play for a bowl game after a month off or in front of sell out crowds & quit is unacceptable.
5. Letting players get out of our backyard & bad evaluations of talent
Bryan rolle-starting LB for ohio state from imokalee (edgerrin's high school) dying to be a Cane, but he didn't meet Shannon's height requirement. WE Really didn't need a stud local LB right?
Janoris Jenkins-played as a true freshman for our biggest rival UFag, & played great at a position of need CB. Why didn't randy want him again? oh yea he's too small. Meanwhile the guy tackles like a LB, & would be better at tackling than the majority of our starters.
Jayron Hosley-starting CB for Virginia tech who had 3 picks last week. Kid is a ball hawk. He was discussed ad nauseum on these boards, & was dying for an offer but we wouldn't offer him. Why again? We've got brandon harris an underachieving DVD, & mcghee at CB & that's all for the moment.
Denard Robinson-local stud who our posters in the storm center were demanding answers as to why we weren't recruiting him. Oh yea because RS promises his QB commits that they will be the only QB in that class, so we didn't want to let Denard come unless he'd play db. Boy I'm sure we wouldn't want to have a QB like Denard on our roster now because we have sooo much talent.
missed on the following top South Florida LOCAL talent for whatever reason: Corey Lemonier, Ivan McCartney, Corey Liuget, Jeff Luc, Lemarcus Joyner, Nick Alajian, Jon Bostic, Gerald Christian, Lynden Trail, etc.
6. Correct me if I'm wrong on this on as well Gary....the mantra always is that "look what he inherited from Coker" excuse me, but wasn't Shannon the DC all those years for Coker & a big part of the Larry Coker regime? Was he not recruiting while he was DC? What players did Coker bring in his last say 4 or so seasons? None of the kids on Coker's watch RS was responsible for recruiting suddenly? Why did DC Shannon not pass any talent to himself after coaching the defense for all those years?
I could continue my argument, but I don't want to write a book. The bottom line is that I hope to the good lord that at the end of the season I have to come say about how I was wrong about Shannon. Gary, you have a better chance of catching polio than that happening. I just hope that we if we don't see some major improvement in this team we don't let this cancer fester another year!