I haven't posted in a long time, mostly because Internet sports message boards are a cesspool not worth the money, but I'll say this and then go back into hibernation, the only long term hope is that the recruiting we've seen so far bears serious fruit in the next two seasons, because on either side of the ball, we do not remotely have the players to play the schemes these coaches are forcing to be played. Nor have I seen anything from these coaches to give me confidence in their abilities.
We have no single coverage guys to run man as much as we do, we can't get pressure with 4-5 rushers, and our linebackers are flat out bad. I'd prefer they just send the house on more YOLO plays versus the steady and easy scoring we've given up so far with no apparent lessons learned. We spend a whole game getting faked out by QB runs and then our first two scores against us are QB fakes and runs. We have yet to solve third and anything on defense. Because we can't get pressure and our guys can't cover.
Our oline can't pass or run block, our receivers struggle to get open, Tracey is the only running back doing positive things and right now, I would take any Brohm QB over Card and it's not particularly close. Is he horrible? No. However, he's way too inconsistent with his accuracy, doesn't seem to have a great feel on when to leave the pocket (usually a step too early or too late), and the play calling is unimaginative to say the least (do we have slants in this offense because I rarely see it). We have decent receivers but either they can't get open regularly or our aforementioned pass blocking and QB accuracy slash decision making problems mean we can't hit them when they are. And if I see one more pass to the wide side of the field for a two yard game...
We could easily be 0-4 right now and there's a real shot we maybe win 1-2 more games this season.
If I were seeing changes and progress, it would be one thing, but our QB has almost doubled digit turnovers the last two games, our darling RB has played poorly, no alpha receiver has emerged, and our best defensive player is our safety who lines up 25 yards off the ball.
Folks will get upset but I'm not sure this isn't Hazel level performance right now without the clock management issues (although we've had some of those too).
No one gets fired first season nor should they, but I am glad we are paying peanuts for this coaching staff because it will be easier to break away after two seasons if next year looks a lot like this one.