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5 hours ago, hightechbull said:Yeah never winning a conference championship or even getting close to sniffing the conference championship was such a great thing to experience every year. Interesting that no other schools or NFL teams or even a high school hired him as a head coach, and other places other than USF have fired him after he left USF.
Leavitt was instrumental in starting the program, but he was no Bear Bryant, Joe Paterno or even Eddie Robinson. He may get a plaque commemorating his part in USF football's history, but no one is erecting a statue for him.
The constant harping back to the Leavitt era is just pathetic as the dude who keeps mentioning the hot chick he lost his virginity back in high school. Good for you, now get over it. All that matters is who you are banging now.
This is a crap take.
USF smeared his name so no one would give him a head coach job. He turned around more than one defense as defensive coordinator, but the head coaches he worked for got canned. That’s how the coaching profession goes, he was along for the ride of the head coach.
Leavitt’s record as head coach speaks for itself, he had one of the longest running bowl streaks as a head coach, had gotten us to be ranked more consistently, and had shown he can win on the big stage.
What he lacked was depth because he was still punching above his weight class with the talent level he was able to recruit.
Instead of firing Leavitt, If USF has announced indoor practice facilities and OCS instead, recruiting would have picked up enough to get the needed depth and this program would be in a completely different place.
In 2007 a key offensive lineman was injured at Rutgers, and our pass protection suffered which was a huge contributor to the losses we suffered after starting the season 6-0. That’s depth that could have been fixed as recruiting increases. We were upsetting teams with far more talent than us. We had elite defense but just needed the offense to get over the hurdle. Leavitt started with zero, it’s incredible where he left this program in such a short time.
We had the big crowds, we had the marquee wins, the timing was perfect to upgrade our facilities and go for an OCS to take the program higher. We just needed some more depth and some more talent on offense.
It’s not clear that investing in academics for AAU and investing in football were mutually exclusive.
Leavitt is an elite coach in my mind. Every squad he has coached has gotten measurably better by the stats and win-loss column.
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59 minutes ago, Triple B said:
Seriously? You think Auburn fans never ever want to play Bama again ......
I know Texas A&M fans that don’t want to play Texas.
Another natural rivalry.
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3 minutes ago, DontPushMe said:
More than 5. Pat julmiste could have won that game today. Bama put it on a plate for us and poor qb play and even worse coaching cost us.
Coaching wasn’t that bad.
We simply don’t have receiver talent to match up against Alabama’s defensive backs.-
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I think our receivers are a larger problem than the QB.
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I really wish they would ask more about what they learn, or what they change each week if they change anything.
Golesh keeps referring to the process, but it’s a feedback loop. I’d to know what they take away each week to improve.
They ask really dumb questions about how people feel, who cares. I want to know what they are doing to get better.
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Only if offense improves.
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He has a lot more ownership over the play calling and outcomes than most coaches. I think he is able to recognize he has to put players in a position to win, and doesn’t blame players when they weren’t set up for success, but if they were, he will hold the players accountable. Signs of a good leader.
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I think Golesh has some of that Leavitt fire that gets players to elevate their effort and focus.
Some coaches have it, some don’t. Taggart had some fire in him too at times, but didn’t unlock it until he completely reworked the offense.
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Saban pacing the sideline in a close game is one of my favorite parts of college football. I’ll miss that when he retires. Glad USF got him flustered.
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I like how he answers stupid questions. It’s entertaining. Looking forward to him clowning the press again.
I call this, the Post Game Pressure.-
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4 minutes ago, smazza said:
bama was beatable today
we made too many mistakes
The offense with fewer mistakes won today. Alabama is one of the most consistently disciplined teams in CFB and rarely gets beaten by their own mistakes. USF has a ways to go, the offsides on Alabama last possession being a prime example.
We had some predictable play calls and bad QB decisions as well.
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We had two turnovers and held Alabama to 17. Props to the defense!
We could have scored 9 if we took the field goals, but this offense needs work. Receivers need to step up. Maybe the coaches offensive plan was bad. Or maybe Saban just had our offense figured out from film on Golesh coached teams and game planned better.
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We had two turnovers and held Alabama to 17. Props to the defense!
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Our offense just didn’t have a good game plan and couldn’t move the ball.
Sure we had a chance for 6 more points in two field goals we went for it instead, but the offense needs a TD. We can’t expect the defense to stop Alabama and for us to win with field goals.
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We didn’t fold.
Alabama adjusted at half time and our defense has still been playing out of their mind.
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We played our hearts out, that’s for sure.
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Just now, Peatearpan said:
Do we face any good D in the AAC? If our D can play at this level, and our offense can do anything at all, then we stand a chance in conference.
It’s about the fact the Bama QB can’t pass.
WKU had no problem moving the ball.
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So ******* obvious, c’mon defense!!!!
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Props to the defense for keeping us in this.
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Maybe our defense gets an interception, idk.
A turnover and short field feels like our only hope.
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Brown is letting the moment get the best of him and losing focus. He’s forced a number of deep balls that were all well covered. He needs to accept his teammates can’t get open deep.
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Brown should have just run it himself.
So frustrating!!!
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None of our deep throws have been to open receivers.
Brown trying to force things that aren’t there.
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And this is why cal get left behind in the PAC and why they probably weren’t a good add to the ACC.