Longtime wrote:Stallion: What good is it to talk "strategy, personnel, developments, tactics" when a team is this bad? The soap opera is the story of SMU football right now. After seeing the team implode against So. Miss, I want to know what's the feeling of the players? Have they quit, or is it just total disarray?
Unfortunately, Kate quoted the only two players who seem to be doing anything. The first half of the So. Miss game gave every indication that Bennett has lost this team, and I am interested to know if that's how the players and coach feel, too. Even if they are not completely honest answers, you can read between the lines.
It's not fair to compare coverage of SMU and the Cowboys for a number of reasons, but mainly because of fan base. At this point, there aren't that many SMU fans, period. And only a very small minority of hard-core football fans would care about strategy and personnel minutiae at this point when there are huge, looming, big picture issues about the future of the program - talk about having blinders on. There are millions of Cowboys fans who hang on every word about the team - in that case, go ahead and talk about the backup noseguard or how opponents are attacking the Phillips 3-4. When a team is winning, or is at least competitive, you can talk about those things because they matter.
Does SMU personnel or strategy really matter anymore? Barring a miracle finish, the season is over. OVER. At SMU, the number one question is who the new coach is going to be. The number two question is when does Bennett get fired, and will it be a messy departure? Number three is whether there's any life left in this team to win another game. Strategy and personnel are pointess if this team has given up on Bennett, and it sure looks like it has.
It is over for you, but like Emmanuel Sanders said in the DMN, this is some of the players life. You can move on and please do, but for some, we must protect this house!
