More Piping Hot Takes

[jake4]

Now I’m going to have to like… embarrass you.

Missouri State

Here’s you flipping our lid and saying this team is going to be one of the worst Gundy teams ever…

@joe15

All I heard were comparisons of this team to.the 2010 teams. Based on what I’ve seen so far this team seems to resemble the 2014 team.

Here’s more of your Willie Fritz talk. Oh boy. He’s still 0-fer in his baby conference right?

@joe15

I don’t know about you guys, but this team is looking a lot like the 2014 team. I just don’t understand why we continue to hold onto a coach that gets outcoached by almost every coach he goes against.

This is why I never believe any of the hype. It’s because of games like this. So far it’s 26 rushes for 54 yards. That is absolutely pathetic!!! Its midway through the 4th quarter!!! If we are serious about winning we would go get Willy Fritz from Tulane.

Someone tell me why on earth Willy Fritz and the Tulane Green Wave can go to Norman, OK and come within half a yard of potentially pulling off the biggest upset of the year in college football, but yet we have Mediocre Mike here struggling to figure out how to move the freaking ball against Missouri State??? Its f***ing Missouri State!!!

Hehe… Tulane is a “good” G5 team. Oh man.

@joe15

Lincoln Riley played a good G5 team. He didn’t have his team on the ropes against a 1AA TEAM. The difference is he still won the game. He didn’t lose to a G5 team like Gundy did in 2016 to Central Michigan.

We probably didn’t call you stupid enough… you really wanted this awful Tulane coach. I am glad you’re just some mom’s-basement-dweller and not our AD.

@joe15

You all called me stupid for suggesting we get rid of Gundy. How do you feel now??? Better get Willie Fritz on the phone if you’re serious about contending.

ar1 and Logan believed you. They were wrong, but they believed you. Also, everyone did get on and defend Gundy.

@joe15

I keep getting called dumb for pointing out how bad Gundy is getting when it comes to coaching, but this game has further proved my point. I don’t expect to see Robert or Yo1 on here anytime soon to defend this performance. I keep saying Gundy will take us back to the latter Pat Jones years and nobody will believe me.

So, after all of those histrionics, here’s what I said about it. And you know what? I was right on the money. I forgot Sanders was out that game. Geeze, man. Week one without QB1. Why you overreact?

@jake4

It’s week one. Weird stuff can happen. OU squeaked past Tulane. Let’s see what happens when Sanders gets back. Let the coaches make corrections. Then we can hit the panic button if we’re not playing better by conference play.

Did Bob Simmons have a top 5 defense in the nation? Asking for a friend.

@joe15

What was OSU’s record when they finally pushed Pat Jones out? Gundy is Pat Jones 2.0 my friend. He’s not going to make this program better. He’s going to make it worse because he’s currently 15 years behind on the current college football environment. That’s not talking in circles. That is just the plain truth. Welcome back to Bob Simmons football!!!

I won’t go into all this like weird “Gundy wasn’t emotional enough” crap that Logan was spouting off about. Like he wanted Gundy to throw a chair or cry or something. You know which coaches are cool, calm and collected in the Big XII? The two that are probably going to go to the conference championship game: Gundy and Aranda.

Here are some more of my level-headed and reasonable takes. Like this one after Tulsa. I might be too harsh on Dunn. I still don’t know about him. Obviously the offense isn’t a strength, but it’s certainly gotten better after we got healthier. My bad, Dunn. You deserve some more time:

@jake4

The positive is that I think we found RB1 in Warren. Would’ve liked to see growth in Sanders, but the bad decision-making and carelessness with the football are still there. First game back, hopefully this was jitters.

The Casey Dunn era needs to end. Gundy needs to hire a new OC.

I’m very positive about Warren and BOY HOWDY, was that right. I’m down on Sanders, but still hopeful that he can turn it around. I said he needed to figure stuff out, and I think he has. He hasn’t made terrible mistakes lately.

@jake4

No… he made some sketchy decisions. The pick, the screen that should have been picked, careless with the ball on the long run, bad RPO decisions (running into defenders, handing off when he should keep). This is his week 1, so maybe he can figure some stuff out. Otherwise, we’re in for a middling season.

I wasn’t “off” of Sanders, though…

@jake4

Ok, it’s been one game, chief. After not practicing due to COVID protocols. I want to see more consistency from his as well, but it’s waaaaay too early in the year to say he hasn’t made progress.

See how I have this completely rational, “wait and see” approach and actually wait for information before I start throwing out bad hot takes and not disregarding the whole body of work Gundy has put together developing talent? Here’s another example of me weighing possibilities and looking for more data when you were on the “GUNDY HAS FAILED AT DEVELOPING A QB!”

@joe15

We have a coach that’s spent so much time focused on trying to run the ball behind a shoddy offensive line it’s almost like he’s forgotten he has a QB too.

How about spending some time on his development? So that way when the other team loads the box to stop the run you have a QB that’s half-a55 competent enough to move the ball through the air?

Then you won’t be forced to run the ball because the QB will be good enough to hit the backside of a barn? Wow!! What a novel concept!!!

@jake4

Why? Maybe he’s not coachable. Maybe he’s not smart enough. Maybe he’s struggled with injuries and COVID and changing OCs. Jumping to “this is a coaching failure” seems odd since Gundy has coached great college QBs and he’s had mediocre talents that have played excellently like Clint Chelf and Walsh.

Rattay, maybe, I don’t know. There’s less history there, but it’s probably early to say he’s garbage. You have a one-track mind and just want to pigeonhole everything into your preconceived notions. Sanders just may not be as talented as we had hoped.

So, if you really want to go back and look at what I’ve said, I’m always:

1.) Not panicking.
2.) Looking for more information before forming an kneejerk opinion.
3.) Weighing extenuating circumstances like injuries.

So, yes, I didn’t rule out the fact that we could finish higher than 4th because not only did I not know how good we were or if some of our issues were fixable, but I didn’t know how good the rest of the league was.