8-4 would mean failure either with poor coaching, injuries, or the coaches not meshing with our players.AppSt94 wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 6:24 pmThis is spot on. Something to keep in mind is that if there is something wrong, as fans, we may not know what it is. There are a lot of variables that go into a winning program and sometimes, things don't click all at once. I am not underestimating this team when I say that we could go 8-4 in the regular season. Our 4 toughest games are all on the road and we could be a better football team with a worse record than last year.AtlAppMan wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 1:56 pmDrink said when he was hired this is a top 25 program. Does anyone think going 8-4 would be satisfactory after the Satt era? Would that performance be considered a BIG setback to our program? I hope the answers are obvious. The NEW bar has been set whether everybody on this board admit it or not.
Could it happen? Absolutely, but that would mean something is wrong. These predictions should be based on “most probable scenarios.
I believe we can go 13-0. That is not the most probable outcome and realize some unknowns may occur. The probability is we go 12-1 but then we could go up or down from that bar. 8-4 is way below and 13-0 is above.
So the question is “Will we underachieve or overachieve this year?”
Sounds like a number of folks on this board don’t have a lot of confidence in our new team and expect us to underachieve.
Not something mentioned above by AtlAppMan, but in general, I find it interesting how some of you are more pessimistic about Roof than Drink. Drink is a first time HC and coaching QBs and the OC along with HC duties. Roof has been coaching college football since before Eli could walk and has been a HC before. I am far less concerned with what Roof can do than I am with Eli. Defense wins championships and this guy has seen about everything you can see on that side of the ball.
Remember that when you say Roof has been a coach for a long time and been a DC in P5 and a HC before that he would still be HC if he had not struggled and got fired. Drink is a rising coach who has never been fired while Roof has fallen off. Could Roof turn out to be key for us? For sure. I hope he does. I worry Roof has his sights set on getting back to P5 rather than doing something special for us. Nobody is pulling for him and Drink more than me and the rest of this board but I am just stating that I am a little worried but hoping for the best.