The Good, The Bad and the Ugly- JMU

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Re: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly- JMU

Post by WASU 93 » Mon Nov 17, 2025 9:03 pm

gsoappfan wrote:
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The good- rock bottom is a solid foundation.

This season may be a wash, but hope springs eternal. There's always next year.
I'm just confused about this season. There has to be something going on that we can't see. The regression of play from the offense is just weird. It's not a small regression either. I've beat the drum of giving Coach Dlo another year but it's getting harder. I expected us to be about .500 this year but two of these losses have just been embarrassing. Seeing Marhsall, JMU, and several other teams lose a ton of players and coaches and still be competitive is just confusing to me. Even with Coach Dlo being a new head coach, he's been around long enough to have some idea what to do. I'm hoping that something clicks and we get it right next year. Going into the game with NC State we should be 3-0. Maine is a 100% winnable game. ECU, maybe 50/50. UNCC is a MUST win and should be a 100% win. A loss to Maine should lead to firing. A win against Maine and a close loss to ECU, I can handle. A loss to UNCC not acceptable and should be a firing. This is all assuming that Maine will be our first game.
No disrespect, but you and many others are discounting what injuries have done to this team, especially on the offensive line. A lot of positions were thin at the beginning of the season, and the injuries have continued to pile up. With even an average offensive line, I think this team wins at least 3 of the games they've lost. But the o-line is just not good at all right now, which leads to using TEs and RBs for additional blocking, which creates less options on offense, which leads to the defense having to be on the field all game.
We have to give it another year. If App is in the same position this time next year, or worse, heads will roll.
Were injuries the issue against a now 6-4 Boise State team who systematically dominated us on both sides of the ball and held us to 185 total yards? My point being, it’s easy to give DLO a pass and simply say injuries are why we aren’t 7-3. but we are one dumb play call by Oregon state from being 3-7. And we haven’t been remotely competitive against good teams, and look completely unprepared against peer teams. Like many on here, the eye test is what it is. The southern game was more concerning as they could do pretty much what they wanted and we come back a week later and get absolutely destroyed, not by Georgia or Ohio State but by JMU.
I would say injuries played a part in the Boise game. Did we have a healthy #1 or #2 QB in the Boise game?
Swann was healthy enough to start.

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Re: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly- JMU

Post by Seattleapp » Tue Nov 18, 2025 11:23 am

gsoappfan wrote:
Mon Nov 17, 2025 8:08 pm
Seattleapp wrote:
Mon Nov 17, 2025 2:26 pm
MrCraig wrote:
Mon Nov 17, 2025 12:51 pm
ASUTodd wrote:
Mon Nov 17, 2025 10:59 am
MrCraig wrote:
Mon Nov 17, 2025 9:04 am
The good- rock bottom is a solid foundation.

This season may be a wash, but hope springs eternal. There's always next year.
I'm just confused about this season. There has to be something going on that we can't see. The regression of play from the offense is just weird. It's not a small regression either. I've beat the drum of giving Coach Dlo another year but it's getting harder. I expected us to be about .500 this year but two of these losses have just been embarrassing. Seeing Marhsall, JMU, and several other teams lose a ton of players and coaches and still be competitive is just confusing to me. Even with Coach Dlo being a new head coach, he's been around long enough to have some idea what to do. I'm hoping that something clicks and we get it right next year. Going into the game with NC State we should be 3-0. Maine is a 100% winnable game. ECU, maybe 50/50. UNCC is a MUST win and should be a 100% win. A loss to Maine should lead to firing. A win against Maine and a close loss to ECU, I can handle. A loss to UNCC not acceptable and should be a firing. This is all assuming that Maine will be our first game.
No disrespect, but you and many others are discounting what injuries have done to this team, especially on the offensive line. A lot of positions were thin at the beginning of the season, and the injuries have continued to pile up. With even an average offensive line, I think this team wins at least 3 of the games they've lost. But the o-line is just not good at all right now, which leads to using TEs and RBs for additional blocking, which creates less options on offense, which leads to the defense having to be on the field all game.
We have to give it another year. If App is in the same position this time next year, or worse, heads will roll.
Were injuries the issue against a now 6-4 Boise State team who systematically dominated us on both sides of the ball and held us to 185 total yards? My point being, it’s easy to give DLO a pass and simply say injuries are why we aren’t 7-3. but we are one dumb play call by Oregon state from being 3-7. And we haven’t been remotely competitive against good teams, and look completely unprepared against peer teams. Like many on here, the eye test is what it is. The southern game was more concerning as they could do pretty much what they wanted and we come back a week later and get absolutely destroyed, not by Georgia or Ohio State but by JMU.
I would say injuries played a part in the Boise game. Did we have a healthy #1 or #2 QB in the Boise game?
From my vantage point, it was more of an attitude thing. Boise came out and was aggressive and our team minus a few guys tapped out and couldn’t wait to get to the airport

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Re: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly- JMU

Post by ASUGrad2014 » Tue Nov 18, 2025 12:04 pm

There is definitely something going on inside the locker room that we do not know about.

I was at the JMU game. When offense was on the field, defense was sitting down, and vice versa. This team seems divided, and I don't know why. I will give Loggains and his staff another year to right the ship. If next year looks like this year, Something will have to be done.

Only game we will miss this year was the Boise game... We have attended 11 of the 12 games for the last three years.

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Re: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly- JMU

Post by WASU 93 » Tue Nov 18, 2025 5:11 pm

ASUGrad2014 wrote:
Tue Nov 18, 2025 12:04 pm
There is definitely something going on inside the locker room that we do not know about.

I was at the JMU game. When offense was on the field, defense was sitting down, and vice versa. This team seems divided, and I don't know why. I will give Loggains and his staff another year to right the ship. If next year looks like this year, Something will have to be done.

Only game we will miss this year was the Boise game... We have attended 11 of the 12 games for the last three years.
Brandon Turner made the same comment about the Offense/Defense divide after the Coastal game. He felt like something needed to be fixed in the North End Zone Complex

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Re: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly- JMU

Post by Yosefus » Tue Nov 18, 2025 5:35 pm

Haven't read all the posts but here's mine.

Good- We are winners at the game of life.
Bad- 1,One, Uno yards rushing
Ugly- probably the worst single game and maybe the worst team in the history of Appalachian State football.

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