Ray is going to be a big loss.
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Ray is going to be a big loss.
Hard to keep up....Ray who?Originally Posted by inudesu
I'm sorry, Kody Russey. His Twitter handle is Kody Ray, and even though I knew who he was, I typed Ray (I assume that's a middle name).
Might be Kody Russey, RS senior, four year starter at enter. Multiple time all CUSA academic team. Wasn't expected to return. Only guy to enter the portal today.
The only guy on the OL who could actually block.
Kody Russey gave us 4 very good years....5 yrs, if you include his redshirt year. I certainly understand the need for some 5th year--or in this case potential 6th year-- seniors to move on. It will be very interesting to see where he lands. I wish him the best.
If he's going to play another year, I'd obviously prefer that it be at Tech. But yeah, it's also hard to be to worked up about a student who played 4 years and a redshirt year and is going to play his "bonus" year somewhere else. Dang though, he's a really good player.
Whose job is it to make him want to be here?
He is. But I believe LA Tech can benefit from the Transfer portal more than it hurts us. Since joining CUSA back in 2013, LA Tech has had FAR more players drafted into the NFL than any other school in CUSA. That includes Marshall, UAB, FAU, WKU,...... ALL OF THEM! Good players know this.
Obviously, we as fans are solely responsible. No one else in town cares, save a select few who sadly aren’t in charge.
So, they either outperform their coaching or they exhibit skills that our coaches don’t see or don’t use. Imagine what we could do with competent leadership.
It's obviously more nuanced than that.
You can't assign every bad thing about the program to coaching but explain away any good thing as "in spite of" coaching. If you want to take a "buck stops here" line for everything in the program (fair, I think - if you apply that standard fairly) you have to give credit for the good, not just blame for the bad. If you prefer a more specific approach (Holtz screwed up here, did great there, got screwed here, this was bad but what are you gonna do there) then again - you'd have to allow that some of the bad isn't his fault and some of the good is to his credit.
We don't have to be reflexively "that's bad, the coaches suck" and "that's good, must be in spite of the coaching (which sucks)" just like we don't have to be "this is great, obviously great coaching" or "this is bad, but we can't blame coaching."
It's like it's not enough to criticize Holtz for QB play in a given season, it's got to be "we never have good QBs" or "we never develop QBs." Any examples to the contrary just get dismissed "oh, that doesn't count because of ____________."
"We never play the best player!" Right, in this case and that case, but what about a hundred other examples? "That doesn't count." We can't just say "I wish he'd stared Boston Scott?" It's got to be "no RB will ever be the correct starter ever again?"
I do agree. My usual cherub like demeanor has dissipated with the way our athletics have gone and the turmoil in our country. I’m working to not be so pessimistic.
You can do it!
Although I'd argue it's not always just about being "more positive" or "more negative" but just "more fair."
Not totally fair. "Fan" is short for "fanatic" after all.Just a teensy bit more objective in criticism.
You post like you've enjoyed his coaching style for over the last several years. How 'bout all those conference championships he recently "competed" for?
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