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For those many of us who were extremely disappointed the day Cousin Eddie was hired and thought we knew what we were getting, well this season has kind of been it. Forget the numbers, forget the records and just watch the entire big picture, etc. etc. Last nite was the microcosm of the season. The team has been playing worse and worse and worse almost on a weekly basis. Sure we have a good offense, but most teams do and most teams have a terrible defense. But some of the "good" teams can get a stop against decent teams on occasion. We can barely slow a horrendous offensively challenged team and there has been ZERO improvement. Hell Vandy was able to move the ball against us without much trouble. We played terrible against a ZERO dimensional offense in KY. We played horrendous against UToothless and true frosh QB. Yet the excuse makers were there "Well we held UK to 30 yards in the 2nd half". Yes a team who has ZERO offense took 2 hours to figure it out. "well without those 2 700 yard drives by UToothless they would have no yards" Exactly. The game flow and game management by Cousin Eddie will never change. Those innate qualities are not changeable.
If most of the fan base longs to compete at the very top, then Cousin Eddie is the worst type of coach we can have. With a Zoooook or Muscrat or Butters it was so obvious you were never going to be even close, that Stevie Wonder could make that call. But you have to really watch, assess and look under the hood to see why we can't win with a Cousin Eddie type. He would have those few wins at Cowbell and then it would be punctuated with the South Ala. losses etc. The 9 wins on average and an occasional double digit win season and then a slip to 7 wins will keep the admin probably satisfied. But for those who want the mountain top (fans) it is a nightmare b/c you are swimming upstream b/c the admin can't see beyond the 8-9 wins.
If most of the fan base longs to compete at the very top, then Cousin Eddie is the worst type of coach we can have. With a Zoooook or Muscrat or Butters it was so obvious you were never going to be even close, that Stevie Wonder could make that call. But you have to really watch, assess and look under the hood to see why we can't win with a Cousin Eddie type. He would have those few wins at Cowbell and then it would be punctuated with the South Ala. losses etc. The 9 wins on average and an occasional double digit win season and then a slip to 7 wins will keep the admin probably satisfied. But for those who want the mountain top (fans) it is a nightmare b/c you are swimming upstream b/c the admin can't see beyond the 8-9 wins.
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