[shinsengumi]

[quote author=garvin link=topic=11056.msg104517#msg104517 date=1415230169]Reasonable people can differ about what constitutes "going off the tracks." To me, a single season in which we don't win as often as we expected falls well short of the mark. (Especially because I thought a lot of the expectations, the "all-in" stuff, was foolishly over-optimistic.)

What bugs me is that, as it currently stands, this season isn't even that far off of expectations! If anyone expected yet another >10-win season, they're delusional. The only team that has any justification for expecting to win more than 10 games a year is Alabama, and that's largely a byproduct of ridiculous recruiting and fairly friendly schedules (they usually have around 5 competitive games a year).

Reasonable expectations for this team were around 8-4, and while we may fall short that we haven't yet. We need to wait until we've played the whole season to judge it.
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Looks like a lot of delusional people on this board, in that case.

http://thecardboard.org/board/index.php/...461.0.html
http://thecardboard.org/board/index.php?topic=10382.0

And of course, a lot of delusional pollsters and coaches as well - you know, the ones that considered us a top 15 team.

[shinsengumi]

[quote author=garvin link=topic=11056.msg104517#msg104517 date=1415230169]Reasonable people can differ about what constitutes "going off the tracks." To me, a single season in which we don't win as often as we expected falls well short of the mark. (Especially because I thought a lot of the expectations, the "all-in" stuff, was foolishly over-optimistic.)

What bugs me is that, as it currently stands, this season isn't even that far off of expectations! If anyone expected yet another >10-win season, they're delusional. The only team that has any justification for expecting to win more than 10 games a year is Alabama, and that's largely a byproduct of ridiculous recruiting and fairly friendly schedules (they usually have around 5 competitive games a year).

Reasonable expectations for this team were around 8-4, and while we may fall short that we haven't yet. We need to wait until we've played the whole season to judge it.
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Looks like a lot of delusional people on this board, in that case.

http://thecardboard.org/board/index.php/...461.0.html
http://thecardboard.org/board/index.php?topic=10382.0

And of course, a lot of delusional pollsters and coaches as well - you know, the ones that considered us a top 15 team.