Going to replace my generic "excellent post"

by CK08, Friday, February 03, 2012, 11:38 (5241 days ago) @ FunkDoctorSpock
edited by CK08, Friday, February 03, 2012, 13:32

with some thoughts.

Switch one of several plays in 2011 in our favor and we're looking at a solid 9-4 record, which is approximately in the wheelhouse of the "consistency" that you're looking for. For that reason, I feel like 2011 could be the first year of real program building if we let it be that.

Seasons like last one need to be the low ebb, but say we go 9-4, 10-3, 10-3, 9-4 over the next four years - at the point 2011's 8-5 (hell, 2010's 8-5) suddenly look like part of that pattern rather than the 3-9, 7-6, 6-6 one. And we now have 6 seasons of acting like a real football team under our belt and, as fans, we can start expecting the next step.

Basically what I'm saying is the last two seasons could be looked at either as the continuation of mediocrity or the beginning of a more solid program. It really depends whether we can establish more consistency over the next several seasons.

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A hypothesis re: Stanford - irishoutsider, 2012-02-03, 10:42
- I'm probably wrong about this... - DCT, 2012-02-03, 11:37
  - I think there's two models for success right now - HumanRobot, 2012-02-03, 11:40
    - question - bpeters07, 2012-02-03, 11:54
      - I'm arguing for a system category - irishoutsider, 2012-02-03, 13:16
        
        I get your overall argument, but... - Greg, 2012-02-03, 13:21
        
        Let me rephrase - irishoutsider, 2012-02-03, 13:30
        
        Gotcha - Greg, 2012-02-03, 13:34
      - that's a very good counter-example - HumanRobot, 2012-02-03, 12:36
        
        not a bad model to follow. - bpeters07, 2012-02-03, 12:52
  - Take out the word "college" - Greg, 2012-02-03, 11:39
- aren't we overreading Stanford's success just a bit? - HumanRobot, 2012-02-03, 11:21
  - Sure, but since Harbaugh left - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2012-02-03, 11:29
    - into one good recruing class - HumanRobot, 2012-02-03, 11:33
  - In terms of being a one (OK, two)-hit wonder, yeah. But, - BillyGoat, 2012-02-03, 11:25
    - what you say is certainly possible - HumanRobot, 2012-02-03, 11:35
      - Harbaugh deserves most of the credit - BPH, 2012-02-03, 11:45
        
        And it took time - Jim (fisherj08), 2012-02-03, 11:47
        
        True - BPH, 2012-02-03, 11:50
        
        And it will taper without Luck and the two OL going into the - BillyGoat, 2012-02-03, 11:46
        
        they won't go into the toilet - HumanRobot, 2012-02-03, 11:48
        
        That when you have institutional disadvantages... - BPH, 2012-02-03, 11:55
- The window at ND is ridiculously, painfully, small. - FunkDoctorSpock, 2012-02-03, 11:20
  - You touched on what I think is the key to rebuilding ND - Greg, 2012-02-03, 13:16
    - One nit - CK08, 2012-02-03, 13:26
      - We should think twice before we dismiss Chan Gaileydom - irishoutsider, 2012-02-03, 13:33
      - OK. But... - Greg, 2012-02-03, 13:32
        
        I guess I wasn't really thinking about a 10 year period - CK08, 2012-02-03, 13:48
  - Very nice words - CW (Rakes), 2012-02-03, 13:13
  - Enabler. You're part of the problem - hobbs, 2012-02-03, 11:53
  - Going to replace my generic "excellent post" - CK08, 2012-02-03, 11:38
  - well said - bpeters07, 2012-02-03, 11:36
  - Very good post. I'll cosign all of that. - BillyGoat, 2012-02-03, 11:22

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Going to replace my generic "excellent post"