re: Kirby's Development of Talent

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Here's the thing though. We can't get mad at fans for having high expectations. We should. That is part of a winning culture.

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I agree, but their expectations should be tempered with not calling for a change. We live in an instant society that wants instant success and that simply is not the way life works. I guess it can sometimes, but it is unrealistic to expect championships to rain down immediately.

Yes, be hopeful. Be expectant. But too many of our fans want to throw the baby out with the bathwater too often.

I would say I have not seen any (many) calls for Kirby to be fired, but I do see posts saying he will never get us there, and he is the wrong man for the job, etc)
That is unrealistic.

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I would say I have not seen any (many) calls for Kirby to be fired, but I do see posts saying he will never get us there, and he is the wrong man for the job, etc)
That is unrealistic

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Agree but unfortunately we have clowns like Uncle Lou who rail against Kirby on almost every single you tube rant and actually has 30k subscribers.

He's an idiot and pretty much admits it but I see his talking points regurgitated more and more on this board.The OP obviously listens to em because the 5* development "issue" was one of Lou's rants this week.

I stumbled upon uncle Lou a few weeks back, I had never heard of the dude. I listened to him for a few minutes and concluded this guy doesn't understand the game and knows very little about it. He can read the stat sheet but it doesn't go much further than that.

There's a big difference between getting the "best" guys and getting the right guys. It's the difference between individual talent, and individual talent - even if lesser - that fits and flourishes in a particular system.

The former will often beat most opponents; the latter gives a good chance of beating all opponents.

Well, some of us were quickly spoiled by 2017 and expected improvement in 2018 and 2019. Problem is, there were still very good teams ahead of us both those years. This season is basically a throwaway year. No spring, limited fall practice, shortened season thats an all conference schedule. Doesn't count against eligibility if a player wishes to stay another year. As frustrating as it's been, though...I'm just happy we even had a season.