Blackice12 Posted November 24, 2018 Group: Member Topic Count: 215 Content Count: 1,777 Reputation: 139 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/20/2003 Share Posted November 24, 2018 (edited) Charlie Strong during the preseason and maybe once during the season said that USF could play with most Power 5 schools. Tonight he said the football team does not size up when compared to UCF and that the coaches are going recruiting on Monday to get the size and speed needed. Odd thing is the smallest guy Johnny Ford did well tonight. I think it would have been a nice touch to mention the seniors during the press conference. I may have missed it but he gave more kudos to UCF and largely criticized his players during the conference. As the leader of the football team which is on a five game losing streak and just lost to it's rival with a backup QB; he rarely used the pronoun "I". I am struggling how to read that but it appears that he is distancing himself from the results. I know it goes both ways, winning and losing. But when you are the leader and things aren't going too well stating to say, "I will do xyz to make things better" and being empathetic would go a long way. Edited November 24, 2018 by Blackice12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandBull Posted November 24, 2018 Group: Member Topic Count: 1,518 Content Count: 42,125 Reputation: 8,834 Days Won: 344 Joined: 11/29/2009 Share Posted November 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, Blackice12 said: Charlie Strong during the preseason and maybe once during the season said that USF could play with most Power 5 schools. Tonight he said the football team does not size up when compared to UCF and that the coaches are going recruiting on Monday to get the size and speed needed. Odd thing is the smallest guy Johnny Ford did well tonight. I think it would have been a nice touch to mention the seniors during the press conference. I may have missed it but he gave more kudos to UCF and largely criticized his players during the conference. As the leader of the football team which is on a five game losing streak and just lost to it's rival with a backup QB; he rarely used the pronoun "I". I am struggling how to read that but it appears that he is distancing himself from the results. I know it goes both ways, winning and losing. But when you are the leader and things aren't going too well stating to say, "I will do xyz to make things better" and being empathetic would go a long way. He is a PR nightmare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullsfan27 Posted November 24, 2018 Group: Member Topic Count: 193 Content Count: 5,261 Reputation: 547 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/26/2014 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Didn’t strong say he wanted his guys to be smaller and faster but now wants them to get bigger. He can’t make up his mind and his comment that we need to see what ucf is doing should tell everyone he doesn’t get it and never will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaltLiquorBull Posted November 24, 2018 Group: Member Topic Count: 96 Content Count: 4,078 Reputation: 1,389 Days Won: 14 Joined: 01/09/2006 Share Posted November 24, 2018 This is 100% on chucky strong. Even if we lost, I’d have been ok knowing we left it all on the field. But we didn’t. We mailed it in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usfgrad84 Posted November 24, 2018 Group: Member Topic Count: 246 Content Count: 6,348 Reputation: 662 Days Won: 8 Joined: 05/25/2006 Share Posted November 24, 2018 I will go back to what I have said since the season started. This coaching staff does not have a winning mentality. A winning mentality would have started by understanding what your players' skill sets are and building both offense and defense around what you have. These guys, even going back to last year, wanted to run their system, win or lose, regardless of what skill sets you have on the roster. This is college, you cannot just trade or draft your team. If he is just realizing that he has to go out and recruit the players for what he is trying to do here, it will be another thee years before those new players are in a position to win. That is not necessary. He had players on the roster that had been winners. Not a winning mentality from anyone associated with this program right now. Problems start with the philosophy and multiply from there. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Toro_86 Posted November 24, 2018 Group: Member Topic Count: 176 Content Count: 8,612 Reputation: 2,661 Days Won: 28 Joined: 12/14/2005 Share Posted November 24, 2018 It almost sounds like he’s asking to be fired 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nikolas Posted November 24, 2018 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 15 Reputation: 5 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/04/2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, usfgrad84 said: I will go back to what I have said since the season started. This coaching staff does not have a winning mentality. A winning mentality would have started by understanding what your players' skill sets are and building both offense and defense around what you have. These guys, even going back to last year, wanted to run their system, win or lose, regardless of what skill sets you have on the roster. This is college, you cannot just trade or draft your team. If he is just realizing that he has to go out and recruit the players for what he is trying to do here, it will be another thee years before those new players are in a position to win. That is not necessary. He had players on the roster that had been winners. Not a winning mentality from anyone associated with this program right now. Problems start with the philosophy and multiply from there. You could not be more correct on your take here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulls On Parade Posted November 24, 2018 Group: Member Topic Count: 23 Content Count: 10,201 Reputation: 1,714 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/02/2005 Share Posted November 24, 2018 He says we need more speed...but why you can't even work with a team faster than most of the teams in the American with Cronk, Bell, Ford, Bronson, St Felix.... USF has to cut ties with Strong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Toro_86 Posted November 24, 2018 Group: Member Topic Count: 176 Content Count: 8,612 Reputation: 2,661 Days Won: 28 Joined: 12/14/2005 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Completely throws the players under the bus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Havoc Posted November 24, 2018 Group: Member Topic Count: 23 Content Count: 6,181 Reputation: 1,442 Days Won: 12 Joined: 11/12/2011 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Just now, El_Toro_86 said: Completely throws the players under the bus Every week he does that. I’m shocked some of the players haven’t told him to **** off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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