[pefloresjr]

I try to let fans vent went they want, even if I think they are complete fools (it is a sports message board) but this thread is ridiculous.  So now we're going off on Shaw over the fact that there are rumors?  And we think he's a lousy coach for the assumed fact that he accepted religious exemptions and wasn't discriminatory enough?  Injuries are largely out of the coach's control once the team is fully committed to proper training and can happen to any team, sometimes in consecutive years.  Just ask the highly paid training staff and coaches for the well run pro teams on the peninsula.  The Giants, Niners, and Warriors have all suffered from lots of injuries in recent years.  It's not the coaches' fault!!!!!  Also, even if there are COVID cases on the team, we know nothing about whether those are break though, asymptomatic cases of the vaccinated.  I don't care about people wondering if COVID is impacting the team and speculating about it, but blaming the coaches based on no evidence is completely absurd.  

I'm worried about our ability to stop the run on defense and to control the game by running on offense.  We will probably have a better chance of controlling the clock with a good West Coast Offense than a running game.  That is my realistic hope for winning the game despite the injuries.  UCLA is favored by a little but to act like we have no chance and our program is in ruins because of injuries this week is ridiculous.  I think we need a few more years of good recruiting, especially on defense, to get back to where I want us to be.  So, call me an oblivious cheerleader or a Shawpologist, but I don't see any point in freaking out over things that neither I nor the coaches can control like random injuries or COVID.  

Cheers,
Pete F.

[pefloresjr]

I try to let fans vent went they want, even if I think they are complete fools (it is a sports message board) but this thread is ridiculous.  So now we're going off on Shaw over the fact that there are rumors?  And we think he's a lousy coach for the assumed fact that he accepted religious exemptions and wasn't discriminatory enough?  Injuries are largely out of the coach's control once the team is fully committed to proper training and can happen to any team, sometimes in consecutive years.  Just ask the highly paid training staff and coaches for the well run pro teams on the peninsula.  The Giants, Niners, and Warriors have all suffered from lots of injuries in recent years.  It's not the coaches' fault!!!!!  Also, even if there are COVID cases on the team, we know nothing about whether those are break though, asymptomatic cases of the vaccinated.  I don't care about people wondering if COVID is impacting the team and speculating about it, but blaming the coaches based on no evidence is completely absurd.  

I'm worried about our ability to stop the run on defense and to control the game by running on offense.  We will probably have a better chance of controlling the clock with a good West Coast Offense than a running game.  That is my realistic hope for winning the game despite the injuries.  UCLA is favored by a little but to act like we have no chance and our program is in ruins because of injuries this week is ridiculous.  I think we need a few more years of good recruiting, especially on defense, to get back to where I want us to be.  So, call me an oblivious cheerleader or a Shawpologist, but I don't see any point in freaking out over things that neither I nor the coaches can control like random injuries or COVID.  

Cheers,
Pete F.