I Want to Personally Thank CJS & Staff

[Rocky Style]

5 hours ago, BDYZR said:

USF has literally played ONE good game in CJS tenure and that was last week. 

That's the best week to have your best game other than this week, so this is a great trend.

[FazaUSF]

On 9/20/2022 at 12:01 PM, USFRaider said:

So you would be fine with a 1-11 season as long as their is effort?  

Yes, particularly in comparison to Taggart's years 1 and 2 and Strong's years 2 and 3. CJS year 1 was also still a struggle to turn the character of the locker room around. Last year, some players were more engaged than others, and the team did show some cohesion, but it just wasn't an exceptional amount nor was it thoroughly the entire team. Some individuals stood out as giving a high level of effort, like Jennings, Cecil, and Grier. The absolute lowest point was the Wisconsin loss, when players on the sidelines audibly said things about how little they cared, how stupid the coaching staff was, and how they were just there there for gettin paid, which I can only imagine must have been a reference to their scholarship (pretty sure this was pre-NIL and nobody would have offered them deals anyway).

Show that effort, keep heart, invest in the brotherhood... reflect the values of the school we love, and I'll follow 'em through a wall.

[Bull Nut]

50 minutes ago, FazaUSF said:

Yes, particularly in comparison to Taggart's years 1 and 2 and Strong's years 2 and 3. CJS year 1 was also still a struggle to turn the character of the locker room around. Last year, some players were more engaged than others, and the team did show some cohesion, but it just wasn't an exceptional amount nor was it thoroughly the entire team. Some individuals stood out as giving a high level of effort, like Jennings, Cecil, and Grier. The absolute lowest point was the Wisconsin loss, when players on the sidelines audibly said things about how little they cared, how stupid the coaching staff was, and how they were just there there for gettin paid, which I can only imagine must have been a reference to their scholarship (pretty sure this was pre-NIL and nobody would have offered them deals anyway).

Show that effort, keep heart, invest in the brotherhood... reflect the values of the school we love, and I'll follow 'em through a wall.

I wouldn't be too quick to polish this turd quite yet... Like most Bulls fans last Saturday, I was entertained for 4 quarters and witnessed something we haven't seen in a while. Did we see life and a competent team last Saturday? Yes. The question is, can they build off that performance and keep improving each week? We can't ignore that up until last Saturday we've been abysmal to say the least. I hope you are right, but I think this thread is a little premature. Buy no means did we turn the corner, we still need to learn to win. Go Bulls! 

[FazaUSF]

5 minutes ago, Bull Nut said:

I wouldn't be too quick to polish this turd quite yet... Like most Bulls fans last Saturday, I was entertained for 4 quarters and witnessed something we haven't seen in a while. Did we see life and a competent team last Saturday? Yes. The question is, can they build off that performance and keep improving each week? We can't ignore that up until last Saturday we've been abysmal to say the least. I hope you are right, but I think this thread is a little premature. Buy no means did we turn the corner, we still need to learn to win. Go Bulls! 

I am lauding them for things they can't fake. I hear you, we don't know whether it turns in to wins later in the year. But that team and staff's behavior was exactly what I'd been looking for to know a turnaround is in progress. Whether the game planning process can be established consistently is far from being known, and whether the staff can harness and maintain that over time is nowhere near proven.

I'm also not looking for a "win, now!" result. I want to see all the intangibles that great teams and staffs exude, and I expect more wins will follow. But I want to see that culture established and then maintained. I have no doubt the wins will follow, but I don't want wins "now" in favor of leaving trash in their wake, such as the Urban Meyer way. Yes I'll invoke it for once; I want to see the wins and the staff and the culture hang around for years like a Clemson. Once we get the right staff, my hope is there will be some continuity (usually via the head coach) and the success is maintained over time with some ebbs and flows each year which are natural in any organization. 

[BDYZR]

We don’t know, but that could’ve very well been the corner.

[FazaUSF]

17 hours ago, USFbulls24 said:

Nice post, but the guy is paid $1.8 million a year. Him getting the team ready and prepared is doing what he's paid to do. Praising him for that, after a loss that moves him to 1-20 against FBS opponents makes it seem like this program has just lost it completely. Let's save the thanking for when we actually win a game. I am very pleased with how they played, but for the coach who's motto is "the best is the standard" don't think he needs props for a close loss. Hoping this is the beginning of some wins though.

Wins don't come out of thin air. The foundations have to be set. I expressed appreciation that we are finally showing more than thin air. Its not yet wins. But we are finally starting to show significant signs of things that lead to wins.

Also, representing our school, our character, and our fans is not accomplished solely by winning. We all want wins. I believe we need good reflections on the people and the school we collectively love. Taggart won but in my humble opinion he was not a great personal reflection of what this school, its Athletics program, and our fans stand for. I believe we need a winning character; wins do not make the character- its the other way around. Leavitt's first team had a winning culture after a year of practicing without playing a single game to know whether they were winners. That winning culture was reflected in immediate competitive success starting the first season they played in games. 

Forgive me, but the bigger picture encompasses more than a win here and a win there. The trends are finally in the right direction. The wins will likely follow, though they aren't a guarantee, they're just much more likely with the right intangibles in the mix.

[E.T.]

 

[goingbackbull]

I was watching the Gator Nation podcast on Youtube.  The guy does a great job in two videos breaking down the Gators offense and defense against USF.   He was very critical of UF young linebackers as well as Napiers passing game.    Not sure how posotive I am after his break down.  One player he raved about on USF was Boyles, saying UF's Linebackers can learn from him.  BTW he even admited the personal foul call was BS

[Bull Matrix]

1 hour ago, goingbackbull said:

I was watching the Gator Nation podcast on Youtube.  The guy does a great job in two videos breaking down the Gators offense and defense against USF.   He was very critical of UF young linebackers as well as Napiers passing game.    Not sure how posotive I am after his break down.  One player he raved about on USF was Boyles, saying UF's Linebackers can learn from him.  BTW he even admited the personal foul call was BS

Yeah I won’t be surprised at all if we see Gainesville win about one or two more games. I will be surprised if they get 6 wins playing in the SEC. Just trying to put things in perspective because they made USF look like a good team all of the sudden. Hopefully USF builds off it and starts winning. Time will tell. Go Bulls 

[zarnozdabull]

8 hours ago, FazaUSF said:

Yes, particularly in comparison to Taggart's years 1 and 2 and Strong's years 2 and 3. CJS year 1 was also still a struggle to turn the character of the locker room around. Last year, some players were more engaged than others, and the team did show some cohesion, but it just wasn't an exceptional amount nor was it thoroughly the entire team. Some individuals stood out as giving a high level of effort, like Jennings, Cecil, and Grier. The absolute lowest point was the Wisconsin loss, when players on the sidelines audibly said things about how little they cared, how stupid the coaching staff was, and how they were just there there for gettin paid, which I can only imagine must have been a reference to their scholarship (pretty sure this was pre-NIL and nobody would have offered them deals anyway).

Show that effort, keep heart, invest in the brotherhood... reflect the values of the school we love, and I'll follow 'em through a wall.

No way.

A 1-11 season would mean 1 FBS wins in 3 years. 
No way you can justify that - or a 4th year - by any means.