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I think you need a better comms system.
He definitely needs the in-game clock management advice.
I did. I just don't think Pry appreciates the hard work I put in. : )
A million times this.
Takes a lot to overcome the gifts they gave.
"Kinda" isn't good enough.
I seem to remember an 'L' in there, somewhere. This is Jack's vulnerable adrenal gland.
it's ok Dave, you did all you could
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And I'll add that in order for changes like the ones needed in the AD, it will take desire and action from the school president + BoV, and I just don't see that happening.
If we had Duke's resume the last two seasons, this board would be pretty happy.
The fact that we are comparing what we could be record wise to what Duke actually is record wise is the most depressing statement ever written about the current state of our program.
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It was 38 seconds. As TKP's nominated time manager, lol, I started calling timeouts at 2:38. [sadly, Pry couldn't hear me from my great room]
When it comes to clock management...seriously...Pry is an idiot. At 2:38 he had 4 clock stops available. By making the 2:00 stop the first one instead of the last, he pissed away 38 seconds. If you get the stop, you get the ball with about a 1:50 and no TO's, needing only a FG for OT. Knowing how much time would be left, you might even sucker Diaz into passing to try to get a first down.
Or if our secondary hadn't gone brain dead on a handful of plays
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Given how the football team is mediocre, basketball is losing to teams like Jacksonville,, and we have mass program exodus like the one brought on my Kenny I would say this is the real issue. The athletic department doesn't have what it takes to succeed in the current state of any of the major sports and isn't showing the ability to adapt.
Ugh, the Taggart comp hadn't occurred to me before, now I can't unsee it
I'm frustrated like everyone else, but I agree with you. It's remarkable we were as close as we were with our 3rd-string QB. And as I said above, we had 2 cornerbacks fall down and give up 14 free points. Not get burned. Fall down.
And Duke is better than people want to admit. This is their 3rd straight 8+ win season. They are 16-8 the last two seasons, and 6 of those 8 losses have been to ranked teams. If we had Duke's resume the last two seasons, this board would be pretty happy.
We lost wayyyy more than 7 seconds there. Using the 2 minute time out the way Pry did is a fine strategy because you get all your timeouts to run your normal offense, use the run to keep the defense guessing. The problem is we then decided to just bomb the ball down field with plenty of time and 3 timeouts.
Here's why Pry gets to reshuffle: Hiring a new HC without an AD is impossible and not smart., you don't give an AD another chance after this many failings at important coaching roles. Our only hop Pry is gone is whit is fired, Pry cleans house and is forced to improve or be fired by the new guard in the next season.
The three best players on the team (Drones, APR and Tuten) - and the only two 1st-team All-ACC-caliber players on the team (APR and Tuten) - were portal players that Pry acquired. Those last two guys are better than any high school player we've recruited in maybe 10 years.
We had some amazing years under Beamer.
Hot take, we may have the Beamer legacy, but South Carolina has the Beamer franchise.
We had two cornerbacks literally fall down and allow two huge TD receptions in a one-score game. How do you coach not falling down to Div. I athletes?
Not arguing for keeping the coaches, but THIS game was a player loss.
I think it's a combo of coaching, injuries, and may I say just plain old lack of talent and limited athleticism. That's what I see since the Fuente era. Just limited talent in recruiting. The play is better than high school, but not by much.
If only we were awarded four points for winning TOP.
Well, it kinda has been for 20 years.
I have been that way for the last couple of years. I'll check the game on my phone and if it's worth looking at I will. I turned it off last night. Better time spent getting Christmas decor up. I saw they were close with 5 minutes left only to see them choke repeatedly on the last possessions. Why I turned it on to watch Pry choke again in a close game I don't know. It's like an addiction where you come back and get slapped repeatedly.
My Christmas tree is up and that's a good thing.
my tin can/string setup may need an upgrade