I quoted what you said ... then pointed out the "prior complaint."
We've moved from yo-yo'ing to 1 rebuilding season out of every 3-4 titles. Nearly all G5s would kill for that.
Some of the "Garbage Men" do. Even worse, some are asking more than what Boise State has been able to accomplish as a G5. Some are expecting things that are impossible, and have no access to, as a G5. I honestly question if they even know what the real, actual limits are, especially given plausible scheduling.
We aim for the conference championship year-in, year-out, and the G5 access bowl as a bonus. That's all we can do, as we cannot schedule enough P5 teams to make it to the, at least current 4 team, playoffs.
They've been doing it for 17 years straight. Kruzeck had just been handed the job the last time they didn't.
So ... you missed my point entirely.
UCF is in the top 5 of all G5 over the last 5 years, and could possibly considered #2. Again, we have sheer limits we cannot overcome as a G5. But beyond that ...
We have a very, very long way we could fall!
Change is not always better. It's rather have a program that has proven itself, and has to deal with the case where we are out of experienced talent and have all sorts of injuries, as we rebuild for the next year.
The "energy" argument is getting old. Because even when the "old skool" brings home titles and championships, that's just not enough for some. When we stand alone in the Academics and APR among programs, off-the-field but especially combined with on-the-field, unlike virtually every G5, that's not enough.
What is? What is enough? Why do you feel the need to throw that all away? Out of some "energy" argument? If not, what? What is our "solution"?
In an ideal world. But we also cannot recruit 3-star and 4-star backups like P5 programs, and level them by year, so we always have an experienced backup. Sometimes we're "stuck" with a 3 or 4-star Freshman to back-fill. It's quite amazing how some people quickly dropped those arguments, the second I started calling out and disproving every "example" they had.
That's what just makes me shake my head. A lot of the half-baked logic is getting old. We could have a much, much worse program ... statistically speaking, that should be the case. But it's not. Be careful what you wish for.
Because right now, the fact that enough UCF fans cannot take 1 losing season ... despite all the titles ... says the wrong thing to a lot of potential coaches, even an AD. Heck, even GoL told me everything in Brandon's little nugget. Having to say the same thing 3-4 times over, as people don't want to listen the first time.
