(01-22-2018 10:04 AM)82hawk Wrote:  Oh please.

Spare me the "we told you so" BS. The complaints many of us had were legitimate and have borne out to be true.

1. We were told that this roster was simply too bad to be better than our horrible record. Do you stand by that statement? If so, how is it that you are now saying "we can compete with anyone in the CAA"? Were you wrong then, or are you wrong now?

2. I'm not a DI coach, but I and many others could see we needed something more than just "play harder" in a man to man defense when we were next to last IN THE NATION. McGrath FINALLY came around to playing zone and, gulp, press. Gee, what happened? We finally began to play better and compete. He also began playing our best players far more which has also had a positive affect. Again, an adjustment many were looking for.

The job of any coach is to adjust and compete/win with what you have. McGrath wasn't doing that to start, but he is now. That bodes well long term, but the refusal to adjust rightfully brought about concern. I'm glad he is turning things around as a fan and alumni. He's a good guy and has expressed a desire to stay here, which would be good for our program if he does well. But our concerns were justified and to pretend they weren't is foolish.