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2 minutes ago, bullsfan27 said:

If ur kelly this should be a no brainer. Cut the cord now at $200k instead of $2.5 million next year. 

16 minutes ago, emrober5 said:

I've seen enough.

I've been for keeping Strong and getting rid of Gilbert but it would just be a band aid.

He's gutless and the game has passed him. Cut the cord before it ends up costing usf millions.

 

 

Ive been in the same boat. Ladt 2 games have swayed me, along with kneeling just before half at 40-ish and 21 seconds left and 2 (should have been 3) timeouts left . CCS is a fing puss. Play to win, or go the f home! Fire CCS. Hes almost as inept as CSG

1 minute ago, bullsfan27 said:

There are only 2 words kelly needs to say to strong.

Your fired

Unfortunately... agreed

If CO is healthy, fire CCS too. Was previously on the hate CSG train, but CCS allows this crap to happen

DId i miss something.... why the hell has CO not been in the last 3-4 series. Kean is obviously in over his head.

6 hours ago, Bull94 said:

 

How has Gilbert and CCS not come to this conclusion and at least attempted different ways to resolve the issues. No frickin flexibility or ingenuity.

Gilbert must go, this year. Not even debatable. And Preferably before bowl practices start.

If CCS wont do cut him, then CCS should be sent packing too.

If you cant adapt, you go the way of the dinosaurs. 

8 hours ago, usfgrad84 said:

The apathy towards the game on here is very telling about how our fan base feels about the game, program and coaching staff right now.  If there is silence coming from our most enthusiastic fans, interest is more than likely non-existent with the casual USF fan.  Interest was on the upswing till our offense bored them to death then the losing streak has been the nail in the coffin.

Well put

7 hours ago, El_Toro_86 said:

That’s the kind of answer you get from someone that doesn’t fully buy in.  He’s got one foot in and one foot out.

This

24 minutes ago, Calibull said:

He said... "jiberish jiberhish jiberish... jiber jiber... jiberish jiberish jiba jiba... jiberish. 

PS Our offense sucks

Agreed.

And sounds defeated. As the HC (and tone-setter), question should have light his competitive fire, and reinforce that is the direction and ultimate expectation for this program.

But he responded with defeatist dribble jibberish.

Up to this point I’ve been a CCS supporter, even though I agree some assistant coaching changes need to be made. But things like this have me wondering if he needs to go also.   

Great analysis.

Gilbert is a horrible OC. No creativity. Unable to create or take advantage of mismatches. He needs to be let go before the Spring. 

25 minutes ago, TheGreatOutlaw said:

 I say give him two more years. Let his system be full with his recruits that  have time to develop have had some experience in the system.

This too

36 minutes ago, TheGreatOutlaw said:

The sad part is firing him won't fix the issue; unless they hire a better coach. Can you tell me where that coach is located and is he willing to go to USF?

This

Boy, that escalated quickly.

10 hours ago, FazaUSF said:

 

 

Quoted posts #1 & 2, meet post #3. Again, while I have posted in this topic, I have not called for firing CCS. I stepped in to defend the idea that we could be doing better, and that I believe the quality of our own-field product has greater potential than has been realized. I added the idea that we should have greater hopes for the program than giving up 42 pts to UMass and going down to the wire with nearly winless teams. Keyboard warriors are adept at utilizing tangential interpretations. There is no delusion in believing our team could have been undefeated last year or this year with our athletes and our SOS (aside perhaps from the bowl game opponents such a regular season may bring). Clearly, you cannot in retrospect discount UCF fans who believed the same about their program last year, as an example. I equally detest the "NC or bust" crowds at bigger schools, but ultimately long for USF to be counted among those bigger schools. Period. Maximizing our potential is the point, and expression of disappointment with failure to do so is not delusional. The eagerness with which some on this message board have displayed to discount the idea is uninspired, and the straw man arguments may distract some but I find them undeterring. 

I agree CCS and/or certain staff are not the best coaches and could improve. Thats obvious and besides my point.

From a 10,000 ft view.... Iprefer results and Gladly take under acheiving 9-3 to 11-1 seasons every year for the foreseeable future. Seems like a great place to be considering probability of lesser alternatives/results. This kind of consistency can bring AAC championships and build the bull brand. 

8 hours ago, FazaUSF said:

The ones in the mid-major conferences who have no shot at a playoff spot. Tallest midgets, indeed. With no disrespect intended towards the height-impaired... Your expectations and hopes for our program leave some things to be desired. Perhaps you would prefer to root for a Central Michigan or an Akron, if you'd be satisfied with mediocrity as occasionally decently-sized fish in small ponds. 

Reminds me of Gator fans. NC or bust is delusional. Need to start with consistently winning our own division first.

And 10-win seasons in AAC is not comparable to CMU or Akron. 

16 hours ago, USF Bulls Football said:

 Beating half the teams in the conference don’t move the needle. Finishing better than about 20 is going to be the equivalent of popping off about an 11-1 season each year. 

Agreed. And I would be more than happy keep seeing consistent 10 win (on average) seasons. And believe it would gradually move the needle. 

Pump the brakes haters. Put things in perspective. Almost 0% chnace USF finds/signs the next young world beater coach. And if we did he would be off to greener pastures in less than 3 years. Love the 1 you got, otherwise it would almost certainly be worse.

Enjoy what i think CCS can maintain, a perennial #20-35 team with the occasional top #15 rankning in years it comes all together. For as long as we are AAC that is.

3 hours ago, USFBulls727 said:

I was wondering just how hands-on Charlie is with this defense...what his involvement is exactly. In some of the earlier games this year, the defense was able to make 2nd half adjustments, but were not able to against UConn or Houston.

Great observation. Defense does not look like they have grown/progressed the last sevarel weeks. Uconn was embarrassing. Umass too. Houston, a little less so as alot of us knew King was going to shred this defense.

Hoping for the best... but still think their QB shreds us. Hopefully our offense can keep up with scoring, and we get 1 or more timely turnovers. I anticipate a Big 12-type game.

8 hours ago, El_Toro_86 said:

Strong said in his presser if we play like we played tonight against Houston, King will run for 500 yards and we will get embarrassed.  He was pretty blunt.

My thoughts exactly. King will shred our D. 

6 hours ago, Apis Bull said:

This!  A lot of the, "strength of schedule" is based on their own rankings and here's the scenarios:

In the P5 - If team P5A beats ranked team P5B it's because P5A is good

In the G5 - if team G5A beats ranked tean G5B it's because G5B is bad

See Washington and Texas as examples. Horses   

3 hours ago, Azmodi said:

I would have added "University of South Florida". But, that's me.

Agree 100%.

fwiw... i wasnt a fan 1st time i saw the new academic logo. But its growing on me. i like this, but needs to say usf or univ. South florida 

go bulls

The clear “over-ranking” sticking out to me in AP and Coaches....

1. Washington is over-ranked based on resume. 2 losses to unranked Auburn and 15-25 caliber (at best) Oregon. They have no business as high as 14-ish above other, better resumes. Top 25 sure, but not top 15.

2. Why the extreme love for Texas?   They beat a good Oklahoma team in a close rivalry game. Great. But what else have they done to deserve top 8-9 rank? They lost to frigging Maryland. There are better and more deserving 1 loss teams. I guess its too trendy to jump on the big Texas bandwagon; i hear “they’re back!”

2 hours ago, DHUSF04 said:

I’ve been screaming this for weeks.  If you are having problems blocking, run plays to counter that!   We have an outstanding TE that is grossly underutilized and NO presence in the middle of the field.  I think my main issue with the offense is a total lack of creativity.   How many trick plays have we run?   Can you, from your couch, predict our next play?......because opposing DCs sure as hell can.  It’s painful to watch our talent be squandered.  The #1 job coaches have is to put the players in a position to succeed and I simply don’t see that.  

PS might be time to work on limiting the dozen or so dropped passes.....just a thought. 

And utlize Mcants as a HB. Hes big enough and athletic enough to block, run, recive, etc. he should be a swiss atmy knife creating mis-matches. Not solely as a WR. How can a professional OC not figure out how to abuse lesser athletic teams with Mcants. And the new, small speedy guys on sweeps and screens. No creativity at all.

3 hours ago, ForestBull said:

Here's the thing about BB. Sterling Gilbert does not put him in a position to succeed. 

List of things that would help this offense and BB:

1.Short slant passes

2. Designed runs to the perimeter 

3. Instead of throwing long a million times have the WR come back to keep the DB honest. (Seemed Tulsa ran our routes all night)

4. Screens and dump offs to Cronk

5. More plays for Wilcox

6. Jet sweeps with our fast as hell WRs

7. Move Barnett out of the pocket on play action rollouts

8. Bubble screens that are on the same side of the hash.

9. Misdirection runs

10. HB wheel routes

 

Anything to add?

 

Perhaps sprinkle in more max protection with TE or xtra RB