A View From Someone on the Fence

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:30 am

In the past I always said you should put full support into the head coach. I said this about a lot of coaches at this University including Paluch and Brandon. After Saturday's embarrassment, it's getting very hard to continue to support Coach Brandon. Dumb penalties, no intensity, illegal formations, no adjustments: these things fall onto the head coach. I give him credit for not taking shots at his players (unlike last year) but if there's one person Brandon needs to blame for that "performance" in Oxford, he should find the closest mirror.

There's a very fine line between swagger and cockiness. Standing over a QB when your down by 4+ scores is classless, and something we don't do here. This isn't Marshall, this isn't "The U," nor is it USC. We are Bowling Green. Hard work, class, and pride are the things we are most proud of when it comes to our athletes. The kind of crap our guys were showing on Saturday shows they've forgotten that somewhere, and that falls on the coaches shoulders. I take enough crap from OSU fans on a weekly basis about being a Falcon, and stuff like that just makes it that much harder to support this program. I'll fight to hold up the fame of our mighty name, but if our coach isn't instilling into his players to be doing the same, then he needs to hand over the Sebo keys to someone else who can make the burnt orange and seal brown proud of this program.

I'm not ready to throw Brandon under the bus. I think there's a good coach inside him somewhere. We've seen flashes of it through his tenure here. However, the MAC as a whole is atrocious this year, and there is no reason we should not be able to be in Detroit come December. We have the tools, we have the facilities, we have the administrative support. The question will be: do we have the coach?

Prove me wrong GB.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:45 pm

Fair post, Drew. I expect excellence on the field as well and we do have all the tools to get the job done.

Saturday was downright embarrassing as a BG fan sitting in Yager. I think it was worse than the Kent game last year. I've had to take a bit of crap at work today from an OSU fan. How quickly he forgot the Debacle in the Desert last year.

At any rate, I am not a happy camper today...I am feeling very frustrated.

Where is the team that beat MN, played MSU close and dumped Temple and WKU?

Saturday becomes the most important game of the year. If we lose, we're in a huge hole. Win and we're right back in it. As crazy as this season has been, Miami could lose at Temple...who is playing with confidence this year. The Owls are an improving team every week.

But we have enough to worry about in ourselves.

GO FALCONS

Dr.Sooner · Post by **Dr.Sooner** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:53 pm

Good thread BGDrew. You said it all. Let's keep our fingers crossed for Sat. I hope the players are ready to play football, I hope the offensive play calling is turned up a notch, and I hope this football team's penchant for making mistakes is over ---- no more fumbles, no more interceptions, no more off-side/holding penalities, no more sacks. And just for my sake, I'd love to see a razzle-dazzle of some sort -- something to catch Kent State off guard.

redskins4ever · Post by **redskins4ever** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:41 pm

Gentlemen, don't allow a single game to define your season, the best way to look at is that from this point forward does your team get better, worse, or stay the same. You took a good hard gut shot that put you down on the mat, now its time to get up, regroup and deliver one back to your competition.

Good luck this week!

Falcon137 · Post by **Falcon137** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:42 pm

Dr.Sooner wrote:Good thread BGDrew. You said it all. Let's keep our fingers crossed for Sat. I hope the players are ready to play football, I hope the offensive play calling is turned up a notch, and I hope this football team's penchant for making mistakes is over ---- no more fumbles, no more interceptions, no more off-side/holding penalities, no more sacks. And just for my sake, I'd love to see a razzle-dazzle of some sort -- something to catch Kent State off guard.

I think the O will be fine. I think this is the kick in the gut Brandon needed to realize we can't be so 1-D. I'm more sick of our defense than our O. There is nothing worse in football realizing when the other team goes on the field they are gona shove it down your throat and you can't stop it. I said this earlier we can score 40 on Kent and still lose.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:43 pm

redskins4ever wrote:Gentlemen, don't allow a single game to define your season, the best way to look at is that from this point forward does your team get better, worse, or stay the same. You took a good hard gut shot that put you down on the mat, now its time to get up, regroup and deliver one back to your competition.

Good luck this week!

Totally agree, R4E. I am very interested to see how we bounce back. BTW, your avatar looks as good as it did last week.