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Post by coyotecrazie5 on Mar 15, 2021 17:14:33 GMT -6
The fans need to step up just as much if not more than the players. Too many times I have looked around and I am the only one standing and cheering on opponent 3rd downs. At least clap if you wont yell.
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Post by coyotecrazie5 on Mar 15, 2021 17:17:01 GMT -6
I was hoping the big inaugural game in the new facility would’ve ended with a “W” but I still remain hopeful. I believe we have a quarterback we can really get behind. I’m sure the Coaches are really starting to feel the pressure. Let’s beat the bunnies up north and all will be forgiven. No it will not. Who cares about that game at this point? Every game this season is winnable, need to start this week versus YSU |
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Post by fightsd on Mar 15, 2021 19:22:43 GMT -6
The fans need to step up just as much if not more than the players. Too many times I have looked around and I am the only one standing and cheering on opponent 3rd downs. At least clap if you wont yell. As a fan, I refuse to accept responsibility for the play on the field. The players need to provide a product worth cheering for. By being there and supporting the team, me and the rest of coyote nation have done our job. If you want people to get excited in the stands, give them something to be excited about. |
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Post by coyotecrazie5 on Mar 16, 2021 7:05:46 GMT -6
The fans need to step up just as much if not more than the players. Too many times I have looked around and I am the only one standing and cheering on opponent 3rd downs. At least clap if you wont yell. As a fan, I refuse to accept responsibility for the play on the field. The players need to provide a product worth cheering for. By being there and supporting the team, me and the rest of coyote nation have done our job. If you want people to get excited in the stands, give them something to be excited about. So you only cheer when there is a big play? Have you thought that maybe if you make it harder on the other team by cheering during those crucial 3rd downs the result may consistently be better? |
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Post by fightsd on Mar 16, 2021 8:42:54 GMT -6
As a fan, I refuse to accept responsibility for the play on the field. The players need to provide a product worth cheering for. By being there and supporting the team, me and the rest of coyote nation have done our job. If you want people to get excited in the stands, give them something to be excited about. So you only cheer when there is a big play? Have you thought that maybe if you make it harder on the other team by cheering during those crucial 3rd downs the result may consistently be better? False. I cheer all the time - not that it should matter one way or the other. Mondays after football games, it's not uncommon that people ask if I'm sick due to the lost voice and multiple day hangover symptoms. It's not me or anybody else in the stands dropping passes, or missing tackles, or getting my ass blown off the ball. I did plenty of that and those days are behind me. I've said it here before, I was on a lot of bad teams. But after a loss I never once thought "Man, those fans really let us down out there today." At the end of the day, you are either better than your opponent or not. Go out and win every play. Until we have the talent and attitude to make that happen, the responsibility lies with the players and coaches to get the job done. Not the fans in the stands. It should always be the team's responsibility to provide a product that people want to see and get excited about. Fans don't have some obligation to the program to show up. |
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Post by nccyote on Mar 16, 2021 8:45:53 GMT -6
I can accept that when losing to the perennial power houses in the conference, but Missouri State is a bottom feeder, and they are better than we are. That's the part that is bothering me. I don't know what the answer is, but it's fair to have the hard conversations at this point. I disagree...we absolutely GAVE that one away. IMO we were clearly more talented than MO St. 100 yd KO return TD after driving it down their throats, pick 6 were the guy broke at least 5 tackles, blocked FG were the line blocked Zero people, missed FG right before halftime. Inside the 5 twice and we LOSE yardage. All that with a chance to win on our last possession....That's a giveaway game in my opinion. Very disappointed but there is no way that MO St. is a better team than we are. |
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Post by fightsd on Mar 16, 2021 9:55:51 GMT -6
I can accept that when losing to the perennial power houses in the conference, but Missouri State is a bottom feeder, and they are better than we are. That's the part that is bothering me. I don't know what the answer is, but it's fair to have the hard conversations at this point. I disagree...we absolutely GAVE that one away. IMO we were clearly more talented than MO St. 100 yd KO return TD after driving it down their throats, pick 6 were the guy broke at least 5 tackles, blocked FG were the line blocked Zero people, missed FG right before halftime. Inside the 5 twice and we LOSE yardage. All that with a chance to win on our last possession....That's a giveaway game in my opinion. Very disappointed but there is no way that MO St. is a better team the we are. That's a fair statement. I may not have given the team enough credit for the things they did do well on Saturday. A more appropriate statement was "we lost to the bottom feeders of the conference". They not be better than us I guess, but the fact is they beat us at home. It's a testament to how far this program has come that we can reasonably expect to beat the the bottom tier teams at home. Losing to them should be unacceptable. |
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Post by bobo on Mar 16, 2021 20:22:16 GMT -6
At the end of the day, there’s not 1 player on this team now that doesn’t have the desire to win or compete on that field every play or every game. To say anything different goes against every fiber of being a college athlete. Some of the players don’t know how to or aren’t willing to say anything or step up because of their personality, lack a leadership role on the team, or they are just too young to warrant a voice in the locker room at this time. Most of us played college ball on here and know there wasn’t a moment that we didn’t try to win every game. Leaders lead in these moments! Preferably it’s your best players and the ones with the highest platform (aka seniors).
When it’s all said and done, our best players need to perform close to their potential for this to flip, anything less leaves it to chance. Their need to be a level of consistency expected by our seniors and juniors (multiple year starters) all the time. BUT, games aren’t ultimately won by the top kids, usually the other teams top kids balance out that part of the equation. It’s the middle of the team (the role players) that need to outperform the other teams role players. Can our average OL and DL hold up for 70 plays a game and do they match up physically? If not, we will struggle to win in this league or at any level of football. Can our special team players make enough plays to contain what is usually the other teams better athletes in the return game. We have a top tier kicker and punter. Also can we get some production from our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th best skill kids at each position. Heck, that production may just be being where you are supposed to be and making the routine play.
No doubt there is enough talent on this team to win in this league!! At the end of the day, average to below teams are coach led, good teams are player led, and great teams are program expectation led!! Right now, with our team, I’d be coaching up the player’s to lead and provide the energy level more than I’d be worried about schemes.
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Post by nccyote on Mar 17, 2021 7:22:32 GMT -6
I agree that Saturday's out come was completely and totally unacceptable. The hype coming into the game (home opener, new dome opener, top 25 ranking) should have been enough to create more energy for our team to feed off of. Playing flat and not executing against an inferior opponent should not be OK to anyone, and I don't think that it is. I don't believe anyone in the program is OK with what took place on Saturday. We laid an egg...period. The most important thing that I want to see is, how do we respond after that? Do we shut it down and say "oh well, the season is over"? Or do we circle the wagons and say "Nothing like that will ever happen again while I'm here"? That will be the definition of this spring season and be the precursor to the fall if you ask me.
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