I agree with a lot of this. Although I hope “never” is a stretch!
I’m definitely tired of “dual threat” QBs who threaten a breakout run a couple times a game, and threaten US with turnovers and poor passing the rest of the time.
I feel like the program might suffer from a bit of small-town-syndrome, like favoritism, the legacy factor benefitting alumni hires, being afraid to hurt feelings, and focusing on the wrong things when it comes to hiring staff and recruiting. As an example, Mike Riley. When we hired him, I heard tons of people raving “he’s such a nice guy! Yeah, great guy, real genuine, etc…”
Couldn’t be too surprised we weren’t winning if being “a nice guy” was a main draw to that coach lol
mentioning Deion… if i remember right, he TRULY scrapped the old team and built from scratch, I think only kept 1 starter. Wasn’t afraid of hurt feelers. Correct me if I’m wrong, but it doesn’t seem like an NE coach has had the nerve to really do that. Does anyone know if that really has been the case here or not? (Also I understand that Deion alone had a massive impact on recruiting power which is helpful.)