Recruiting, Bernardi, S&C, RB's, QB.
We haven't recruited studs to come and play right away and not enough time has passed for those projects to be "built to core" (I'm a real estate guy). Well, enough time has passed now, so we'll see how that strategy pans out.
I put Bernardi second because, while the players weren't talented or big enough, they still seemed lost out there, mistakes were never corrected, and players gave up on plays. There's no excuse for that, and those issues fall squarely on the coach. It can't get any worse, so I'm hoping for a large improvement here with Adams running the ship.
S&C should speak for itself - anyone who has attended a game recently can immediately see how small our team looked versus the other team - it literally looked like we were a JV team playing versus a varsity team. I obviously didn't have a comparison, outside of previous teams, but the team looked noticeably bigger to me at the public scrimmage.
Speedy was successful at CU because he was shifty and could make something out of nothing (a la Barry Sanders with the Detroit Lions - no, I know he wasn't nearly as good as the GOAT, just an example). Every RB since him has made nothing out of nothing. I think we'll be better here this year, but holes have to start appearing or we won't be much better.
Our QB's haven't been good enough to make opposing defenses respect the pass, so they've stacked the box and laughed at us trying to run. I want to believe Sefo will be better this year, but the scrimmage was discouraging (I don't care what the pro CU "press" is telling us since then) and my gut tells me that we'll be mourning the loss of Winfree all season (again, not buying the pro Bobo articles until I see it in game action).
Apologies for the Mtn-esque post, but I really think this is the year where our running game turns the corner. If Sefo can keep defenses somewhat honest and injuries are limited (both are very big ifs), we'll be stampeding our way to a Bowl game. Go Buffs!
We haven't recruited studs to come and play right away and not enough time has passed for those projects to be "built to core" (I'm a real estate guy). Well, enough time has passed now, so we'll see how that strategy pans out.
I put Bernardi second because, while the players weren't talented or big enough, they still seemed lost out there, mistakes were never corrected, and players gave up on plays. There's no excuse for that, and those issues fall squarely on the coach. It can't get any worse, so I'm hoping for a large improvement here with Adams running the ship.
S&C should speak for itself - anyone who has attended a game recently can immediately see how small our team looked versus the other team - it literally looked like we were a JV team playing versus a varsity team. I obviously didn't have a comparison, outside of previous teams, but the team looked noticeably bigger to me at the public scrimmage.
Speedy was successful at CU because he was shifty and could make something out of nothing (a la Barry Sanders with the Detroit Lions - no, I know he wasn't nearly as good as the GOAT, just an example). Every RB since him has made nothing out of nothing. I think we'll be better here this year, but holes have to start appearing or we won't be much better.
Our QB's haven't been good enough to make opposing defenses respect the pass, so they've stacked the box and laughed at us trying to run. I want to believe Sefo will be better this year, but the scrimmage was discouraging (I don't care what the pro CU "press" is telling us since then) and my gut tells me that we'll be mourning the loss of Winfree all season (again, not buying the pro Bobo articles until I see it in game action).
Apologies for the Mtn-esque post, but I really think this is the year where our running game turns the corner. If Sefo can keep defenses somewhat honest and injuries are limited (both are very big ifs), we'll be stampeding our way to a Bowl game. Go Buffs!
