Nov 18, 2024
3:00:50pm
3:00:50pm
Anyone that thinks Aaron Roderick sucks, or that Sitake is a bad coach is
being a little bit dramatic. Let me also say that we need to remember who BYU is (more on that in a second).
The claim for Arod should not be that he sucks. The issue with Arod is that when the most important play calls need to be made (game is on the line), or when the chess match of adjustments needs to be made, A-rod routinely out-thinks himself/tries to get too cute with some poor decisions at the most critical times. I liken him to Kyle Shanahan. When playing an inferior opponent, or if we catch early momentum and the lead, he is pretty good and wide open. But when things get too tight or pressure ramps up, you can always count on some sort of bonehead decision that the kids have to overcome. And that is difficult to do when the opponent is as good or better than you are.
This is the same with Sitake. Great rah rah guy, and great leader. Exactly the type of guy that should be a the head of this program. But you you can always count on poor clock management, a few headscratcher calls, and a healthy dose of gambling. The kids have to do extra to overcome this liability. (he is also pretty loyal which can also be a negative — see Tuiaki)
The players alway have to overcome at least one of these two liabilities, and often both. To be honest, we have overachieved a bunch this year. And that is mostly due to our defense. But even that is an amazing punch up. Think about it, half our defense is from the FCS. Imagine what Jay Hill's defense would be if we had yewtah's D-line.
And that leads me to the last point, life is much more chill and easy going when you accept who BYU is. We are good, with occasional great breakthrough top 10 every 15 years or so. BYU will rarely (if ever) be elite. But they will never be elite with Arod (as mentioned above). And since Arod is good enough, he won't be fired if we are still good enough to win 7+ games a season. We don't fire people like an SEC team would. That is not our culture (See Tuiaki)
After our 5th game, I had said that if this year we had any of our defenses from the past 8 years, we would be 2-3. After game 10, I think we would be either 3-7 or 4-6 if we had any of the previous 8 year's defenses.
So sit back, accept who we are, and enjoy it. It is a game, not real life. If you told me we would have at least 6 wins and beat yewtah this year, I would have been thrilled. Everything else is just gravy. This is one of those great every 10-15 year type seasons previously mentioned. Sit back and enjoy.
The claim for Arod should not be that he sucks. The issue with Arod is that when the most important play calls need to be made (game is on the line), or when the chess match of adjustments needs to be made, A-rod routinely out-thinks himself/tries to get too cute with some poor decisions at the most critical times. I liken him to Kyle Shanahan. When playing an inferior opponent, or if we catch early momentum and the lead, he is pretty good and wide open. But when things get too tight or pressure ramps up, you can always count on some sort of bonehead decision that the kids have to overcome. And that is difficult to do when the opponent is as good or better than you are.
This is the same with Sitake. Great rah rah guy, and great leader. Exactly the type of guy that should be a the head of this program. But you you can always count on poor clock management, a few headscratcher calls, and a healthy dose of gambling. The kids have to do extra to overcome this liability. (he is also pretty loyal which can also be a negative — see Tuiaki)
The players alway have to overcome at least one of these two liabilities, and often both. To be honest, we have overachieved a bunch this year. And that is mostly due to our defense. But even that is an amazing punch up. Think about it, half our defense is from the FCS. Imagine what Jay Hill's defense would be if we had yewtah's D-line.
And that leads me to the last point, life is much more chill and easy going when you accept who BYU is. We are good, with occasional great breakthrough top 10 every 15 years or so. BYU will rarely (if ever) be elite. But they will never be elite with Arod (as mentioned above). And since Arod is good enough, he won't be fired if we are still good enough to win 7+ games a season. We don't fire people like an SEC team would. That is not our culture (See Tuiaki)
After our 5th game, I had said that if this year we had any of our defenses from the past 8 years, we would be 2-3. After game 10, I think we would be either 3-7 or 4-6 if we had any of the previous 8 year's defenses.
So sit back, accept who we are, and enjoy it. It is a game, not real life. If you told me we would have at least 6 wins and beat yewtah this year, I would have been thrilled. Everything else is just gravy. This is one of those great every 10-15 year type seasons previously mentioned. Sit back and enjoy.
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