Quote:Further proof he wanted out the door. WMU was used as leverage plain and simple.
To be fair, he did have some personal drama rooted here in Kzoo -- and at the same time, more importantly, I think his Ambition to be not just highly regarded (like making WMU the next Boise) but to be At The Top in the National Championship Hunt was his main focus. If he was 55 and not barely over 35 -- yeah, he would have stayed with that super-solid 10-year deal making P5 money here with aspirations to make us the next Boise.
Quote:There is NO EXCUSE for not getting 8 wins next season. And if we are still on an upward trajectory 9 or 10 wins is not that much of a stretch.
There could be. Injuries + a new QB + new WRs as we're reloading in key spots. We have @USC, @MSU, @Toledo, and @NIU. There's no excuse for us to suck. There's no excuse for us to barely get to 6-6. But there certainly can be reasons why we just get to 7-5 next year with things not falling our way in this transition. Last year -- we weren't 8-4, we were 7-5. And that took us upsetting ranked Toledo to do so, avoiding 6-6. PJ was on his way to have a let-down year before that final regular season game (which was a big win don't get me wrong). Just saying. :)
We'll have to see how our MAC East schedule pans out, but NIU & EMU are going to be better. We play @NIU, @EMU, and @Toledo who will be very good next year. CMU at home, given the rivalry and them losing their senior QB, we should handle that. Just saying that there's plenty of room to lose a barn-burner here and there against formidable opponents.
Quote:All of that said, IMO there's no way the game at Toledo should be viewed as some sort of automatic L for us.
It's not an automatic L, but the way things are looking, it'd take at least a mild upset, it being in Toledo too -- so don't count on it, is all I'm saying (regardless of having Lester or PJ as a coach). Remember folks, PJ is a mere mortal. He's not Jesus H. Christ nor Urban Meyer. Maybe some day he will be, though.