Bookends: Holtz gets fired - USF beats South Carolina in OT

[Bull Dozer]

9 minutes ago, MMW said:

I was pretty pissed when he tried to take Strong but I am over it now.  

It is true that he changed the culture and I appreciate that.  He also assembled a team that won the bowl but if he struggles in Oregon I am sure they have message board denizens that will point out that he never actually won a bowl game himself while they call for his head.

Either way, I am not sure why it would matter one way or another to us since he has moved on.

Would he have won if he coached yesterday?  Most likely -  it seemed like the same offensive game plan and the defense played better that I expected.  Two goal line stands with a pick 6 and USC struggled running all day.  They passed with ease but one thing at a time.

I liked that TJ was messing with them with the extra points and the onside kick would have worked if it rolled a little farther.  He was going for the jugular.

All i Know is I'm grateful when somebody in my life does something good for me.  CWT was good to the program during his time at USF and for that I'm grateful.  

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9 hours ago, Bull Dozer said:

All i Know is I'm grateful when somebody in my life does something good for me.  CWT was good to the program during his time at USF and for that I'm grateful.  

 

[Rocky Style]

On ‎12‎/‎30‎/‎2016 at 10:00 AM, Bull Dozer said:

The mental gymnastics people go through to avoid giving CWT credit is still amazing to me.  The man installed a winning culture, retooled a roster almost devoid of talent, gave us entertaining football again, had us in the thick of the race for a conference title game after October the last two seasons, has us back to being a consistent bowl team, made the job attractive enough for us to get a big time hire, and has kept the guys performing in the classroom.  Some people just can't back off an opinion they were CLEARLY wrong on and it's hilarious.  

I knew someone would post this because everything on this board is black and white. I was a big fan of Taggart. I am just saying he gets zero credit for a the bowl win. The players and coaches had to overcome that turmoil to get the win. Based on how the other AAC teams collapsed, that's pretty awesome.

Anyway, yes it's no small task to bring back a winning culture and installing a great offense. Taggart will always get credit for the rebuild. He will not get credit for bowl wins because he didn't win any. His biggest wins will go into the record books as Temple and Navy. If he had stuck around to win the conference championship, he would have gone down as a legendary coach. He has his eyes on a bigger prize, so he will be known as the guy that brought USF back from the bottom. If we are lucky, Strong will realize the potential.

[DELdaBull]

Long journey back to where we feel we should have always been.