Right but how bad did you have to miscalculate to think “I need to fire this guy to keep Merriweather and James” only to still lose them? And then also potentially lose two of you more consistent players?
I don't think Stuckey getting the axe was the reason Merriweather or James are gone. Merriweather had a terrible season and was losing snaps to freshmen like Greathouse, Faison and Flores. James was running 4th in a 5 man freshmen class, at best. Didn't help him that Faison emerged, and Greathouse and Flores got significant reps, and even after the several injuries, he wasn't getting legitimate reps. Seems like James was a major risk to transfer long before the Stuckey news.
Makes retaining the OC make even less sense
And this is where I’m okay with MF doing what he’s doing. If he’s going to go down, I’d rather he go down on his own terms versus keeping the status quo and hoping things improve. I can appreciate his willingness to be aggressive. Feels sort of ‘sacrifice the few to save the many’
Agree, but look out the window. The world wants instant gratification with no speed bumps and lots of hugs.
I wouldn't turn down either of those, but MF doesn't have to get either of these to salvage the situation. There's plenty of WR coaches out there that can recruit, coach and relate to the kids. Remember, Stuckey was pretty much a newbie.
Obviously well-liked 'newbie' by some of the WR's.
Agree, it just makes no sense to rush to fire him, still lose a ton of players, and not have someone lined up to come in. Seems like a complete emotional reaction that CAN NOT happen when leading a major program/organization.
Good take. 👍 I have no inside info, but isn’t also possible that MF discovered that these guys, including Flores, we not happy with their development and wanted to leave, thus prompting his firing of CS? My point is that we don’t have the facts, but I doubt this is a case where MF simply miscalculated and now ever is leaving.
Thomas will hopefully be healthy and maybe colzie is back.
Bowl game is gonna be ugly.
Good luck with that. Oh boy.
Losing Staes too despite keeping War Daddy.
It's why i struggle with how much PT Tobias got after multiple instances of extremely poor effort. I get we didn't have many other options (although faison should have been one much earlier), but having someone out there not giving max effort has a ripple affect at times. Don't know if all the blame should go to stuckey (some has to) and or parker/freeman but not giving effort to fight for balls cost ND. Freeman talks about a standard yet did we ever see ANYONE get held accountable with playing time or even getting chewed out. Not Tobias, not hartman, not DJ Brown, not Marist. I obviously don't really see anything behind the scenes, but the same people kept making the same major mistakes, and they kept on playing. Playing Time is a powerful tool!
Can’t believe it, but I actually agree with you. I couldn’t believe they were still trotting Merriweather out there with the apparent lack of effort. You can’t tell me James couldn’t have done that. He’s supposed to be just as good of an athlete
which is where the talking shit about players behind their back might be coming in. maybe stuckey didnt have the power to say james should be playing over merriweather. no one knows shit at this point.
Faison is not Stuckeys credit.
