Offbeat Friday: Bobby Bowden Pregame Speech Gets the FireJoeMorgan Treatment

No matter how much you complain CTC, your job will not be saved. And yes, getting rid of you and a bunch of other coaches will have a large impact on this team. From wins, to recruits, to overall integrity, identity, and structure. Wake up Chucky…it’s over. One more thing. Making fun of Bobby is totally acceptable, especially considering he likes to keep jokes like you employed.

I paid for my colege education…

Awesome.

“OK… for the 32nd time in the last year… do you think that Bobby or any 1 or 2 of the coaches being gone is the difference in THIS team being 5-7, 8-4, or 11-2 and ACC Champs?”
-Yes, if he, Amato, Jody, and Mickey had been gone for a year, we could have competed this year, and if not, certainly the next. You don’t understand just how poorly the defense is being coached.

“FLAT? why in God’s name would they be FLAT last week?”
-Well, it happens to every team. Especially when, wait for it, they have an incompetent leader.

Asses was aimed at those who make the old man, depends, senile, etc… comments.

Did you see the worthless POS pregame last minute instructions and motivational speech? It’s not the reading from the notes that bothers me, it’s what is written on the notes that is the problem. It was a nothing but boiler plate serving of garbage just for the sake of saying something. The worst part is that he probably knew the camera’s were going to be rolling, AND THIS IS THE BEST HE COULD COME UP WITH.

You opened yourself up to pesonal attacks/bullying (whatever you want to call it) when you lead off your comments with the word asses, whether it was aimed at one person or everyone of us. You were the first to get the personal ball rolling bubba.

If you disagree with a comment or story, you can either ignore it, or make a comment on why you disagree with it and why. If you choose the later, do try to defend it when asked to.

do you think that Bobby or any 1 or 2 of the coaches being gone is the difference in THIS team being 5-7, 8-4, or 11-2 and ACC Champs?

No, at the minimum 4 coaches must go: Bobby, Mickey. Chuckie, and Jody.

This years team does not stand a chance because the damage is done due to 3 of the 4 coaches mentioned above (Mickey excluded) don’t do a damn thing to help the cause and are nothing more than glorified factory workers, getting a paycheck and punching out at the end of their shift. However, letting the dysfunction continue for another year will set us back another 3-4 years, even with Fisher taking over in 2011. The sooner he takes over, the sooner the healing can begin. And if he is not the right choice, if he does not turn around the program within a few years, we will be able to can his sorry ass without any hesitation because he will not have any sense of entitlement.

Last year, after the bowl game, all over this board was rumblings about how the defense was going to be rough this year

At this point of the season, so far, I would go out on a limb and say those prognosticators were correct.

BUT WHY, when that game and the USF game was not exactly an offensive clinic, is Jimbo and his guys and that squad of players given every excuse?

I think if you go back and read, most of us agree that this was not Jimbo’s finest hour. The playcalling was questionable, but the fumbles are not his fault. However, if we go back, how many games his sqaud outperformed the defense.

I am a fan who cares and joined this site for the opportunity to share ideas and get answers.

We are all fans who care and joined this site for the opportunity to share ideas and get answers, but you hit the nail on the head when you said fans. We think we know the answers, we think we see things the coaches don’t see or understand, but at the end of the day, all we really are is just fans with no power.

With great no power comes great no responsibility.

So at the end of the day, we are nothing but a bunch of know-it-all fans (myself included) who are throwing around their opinions because we think we know more and can do a better job than those being paid hundred of thousands/millions to make those decisions. That is all it really is and my opinion is as good as yours, unless your opinion is ludicrous or insane (I am not refering to you, let’s be clear) and have no basis for it.

I read a posting a few weeks ago that was giving this guy hell for whatever his preseason prediction was

That is not why he got hell. He got hell because he would post a couple of pages of crap, each time saying he never said this and he never said that. I am the one that called him out when he denied ever saying that we would be undefeated going into the Swamp, when he denied ever making such a stupid statement and called me a liar.

I may not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but my brain cells were not all wasted and fried during the 80’s and early 90’s, thank God.

This reader would not join in stories or post already in progress because he always had to start his on fanpost to showcase his brilliance and optimism. He had a history of making inappropriate comments at other sites and he was banned. And finally when he was challenged, he would open a new account under a different screen name and post similar nonsense. This is the type of reader most of us member have no use for and get tired of going back and forth with. This is why he is no longer welcomed on this site. Well that is until he comes back under a new name and starts with his superiority complex comments, I guess.

No one cares what you post as long as you defend your post, and you may be right, or you may be wrong, but you will probably always get challenged. Changing your mind is allowed, and while some people may try to get you see it their POV, at the end of the day what you believe is what you believe no matter what.

Take it or leave it, tit for tat, ying for yang, but feel free to express your opinion and if challenged, feel free to defend it, but if you can’t, you can probably expect to get some feedback.

Oh and BTW, I paid my own tuition, rent, and expenses also while working full time and taking a full load so I would qualify for student aid. That does not make my opinion any better or worse than yours, but sometimes it gives us a different basis and background on which we form those opinions. Man now I am just rambling on. Good luck.

I will hypothetically say that everything you say is true. If that is the case, and the players are bad, it’s still the coach’s fault for recruiting bad players.

Oh, wait…