“Big Changes are Coming” Watch

[hm101]

I expect more changes even beyond this. 

I need to digest this but initially strikes me as a positive. I trust Kelly and what we cannot do is what we've done for the past decade and have coaches come in and disappoint every 3 years. A new coach would come in and change **** and be a big question mark too... no escaping this situation. Lets hope kelly surrounds strong with good resources and more importantly that strong delivers. 

His stock is dropping so he has every incentive to turn this around too. 

[The Great 8]

4 hours ago, USF Bulls Football said:

Yeah pretty sure they didn’t call this... TBT broke the story. Colin wrote a cryptic article about how there would be a top-down review after the season and that there would prob be changes. I think a top-down review/changes after this turd of a season was to be expected..

Before the TBT made it official (of course Colin was going to be cryptic and not out his sources) people were initially skeptical and then calling him an idiot within days of seeing no changes.

Now that changes are confirmed they're changing the narrative to he wasn't specific enough.

Cool story.

The fact remains, he called this before anyone at TBT because nobody at TBT has any connections and/or don't actually care about the program.

TDS is one of the best sources of data and analysis in the USF verse.

[Triple B]

21 minutes ago, The Great 8 said:

Before the TBT made it official (of course Colin was going to be cryptic and not out his sources) people were initially skeptical and then calling him an idiot within days of seeing no changes.

Now that changes are confirmed they're changing the narrative to he wasn't specific enough.

Cool story.

The fact remains, he called this before anyone at TBT because nobody at TBT has any connections and/or don't actually care about the program.

TDS is one of the best sources of data and analysis in the USF verse.

A vague assertion of "big changes" with absolutely no follow up, allowing TBT to actually break the story, is somehow supposed to be impressive? TDS may possibly be a good source of data and analysis but when it comes to actual journalism, they're not much more than a glorified message board. In fact, this message board had someone being a little more informative about it and was able to do it without "outing any sources" .... which is a convenient excuse if you really don't know **** but want to pretend you do.

[Grateful Dad]

Some observations from watching CCS speak:

1. I have heard comments from CCS (and, I think, perhaps others) about the administration's lack of support for the program financially.  No doubt coming from Tx would seem like you left Disney and arrived in Weeki Wachee.  He may have a point.  I'm not an expert in Head coaches, but one who feels frustrated and unsupported and being blamed for failure while not being afforded the facilities and other support needed for success might lead to my second point
2. CCS looks extremely uncomfortable speaking in public.  It could be his personality, but having been involved in storied programs for a few years would seem to have eased him into public speaking.  What I see when coach speaks is someone who would rather pee on a spark plug than raise his head and look his audience in the eyes and actually speak to them.  I was a trades person for years and I know that some jobs are just nightmares.  No matter what you do, the job goes south real quick and usually in front of the homeowner.  Sometimes, you just wish you were out of this dreadful situation and anywhere else.  I recognize that look and I see it on coach whenever he speaks.  He is uncomfortable and dreads the chore of speaking to the public.
3. Coach seems to blame a whole lot of others for poor performance.  But what if he has been saying (or not saying) is the truth?  Yes, he is top dog and it is his responsibility, but it takes time to weed out each barrier to success.  Condemnation is a much quicker process than identification and remediation of problems.  It would take you time to individually address and fix the problems.  I'm not excusing, just trying to be reasonable by putting myself in coach's shoes.
4. If he is clearing out the team of those who refuse to follow rules or maintain academic standards, then more power to him.  My diploma from a Preeminent School means more than an AAC championship.  Building it right takes time.  Let's see if who we have been castigating on this board is actually doing what we want him to do.  Just not in our time.
5. He might have more class than to publicly identify a player, assistant coach, or administrator who is not 100% behind his vision of the team.  He might not want to hurt their career by calling them out publicly, but would rather work in the shadows to remove them and possibly effect a soft landing for them.  Certainly not an approach embraced by many posters here...

I realize most of my posts are long, but I believe that my USF education has afforded me the ability to express myself much more adequately than the usual F__ CCS neanderthal grunts that some find intellectually stimulating.

Edited December 23, 2018 by Grateful Dad

[Apis Bull]

12 hours ago, dausfbulls11 said:

It seems many of these may be academic related if i read between some peoples tweets correctly

I've read academic/student handbook violations, not necessarily just team (CCS) rules.

[dausfbulls11]

Weed.....seems likely too, even if it was made legal(should be) im sure it would violate team rules....wonder how tough teams from states where its legal are on enforcement?

[Bull94]

the purge continues. this program will be a dumpster fire next year. I can't believe we hired this stooge after he did the same thing there. he needs to go take a job at BYU where he can coach a bunch of boring choir boys

Edited December 23, 2018 by Bull94

[BDYZR]

On a lighter note, my  86 year old Mom said, "I want you to tell that coach to make them boys stop playing like little girls. Are they afraid to tackle somebody? What's wrong with them? I swear I've never seen anything like that before."

 

[ForestBull]

1 hour ago, Grateful Dad said:

Some observations from watching CCS speak:

1. I have heard comments from CCS (and, I think, perhaps others) about the administration's lack of support for the program financially.  No doubt coming from Tx would seem like you left Disney and arrived in Weeki Wachee.  He may have a point.  I'm not an expert in Head coaches, but one who feels frustrated and unsupported and being blamed for failure while not being afforded the facilities and other support needed for success might lead to my second point
2. CCS looks extremely uncomfortable speaking in public.  It could be his personality, but having been involved in storied programs for a few years would seem to have eased him into public speaking.  What I see when coach speaks is someone who would rather pee on a spark plug than raise his head and look his audience in the eyes and actually speak to them.  I was a trades person for years and I know that some jobs are just nightmares.  No matter what you do, the job goes south real quick and usually in front of the homeowner.  Sometimes, you just wish you were out of this dreadful situation and anywhere else.  I recognize that look and I see it on coach whenever he speaks.  He is uncomfortable and dreads the chore of speaking to the public.
3. Coach seems to blame a whole lot of others for poor performance.  But what if he has been saying (or not saying) is the truth?  Yes, he is top dog and it is his responsibility, but it takes time to weed out each barrier to success.  Condemnation is a much quicker process than identification and remediation of problems.  It would take you time to individually address and fix the problems.  I'm not excusing, just trying to be reasonable by putting myself in coach's shoes.
4. If he is clearing out the team of those who refuse to follow rules or maintain academic standards, then more power to him.  My diploma from a Preeminent School means more than an AAC championship.  Building it right takes time.  Let's see if who we have been castigating on this board is actually doing what we want him to do.  Just not in our time.
5. He might have more class than to publicly identify a player, assistant coach, or administrator who is not 100% behind his vision of the team.  He might not want to hurt their career by calling them out publicly, but would rather work in the shadows to remove them and possibly effect a soft landing for them.  Certainly not an approach embraced by many posters here...

I realize most of my posts are long, but I believe that my USF education has afforded me the ability to express myself much more adequately than the usual F__ CCS neanderthal grunts that some find intellectually stimulating.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

[BDYZR]

14 minutes ago, ForestBull said:

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

Yea, I was 100% in agreement with Grateful Dad until he decided it best to put himself above others. I personally know some extremely well educated people that don't express themselves well at all.