NewApp wrote:AppState2014 wrote:NewApp wrote:"Scott, if you truly love App (which I believe you do) then you need to resign. You aren't ready for this job. I wish you well but it's time to go. This is not acceptable at Appalachian State."
Just curious, were you saying the same thing late in 2004?
I was upset with Jerry Moore for other things back then such as off the field stuff. We had several boneheaded players who got arrested.
A couple differences in 2004. We Had installed a new offense. We were also winning home games. I saw a team that had a shot to be good. You have to remember as well that Laney stepped down and we were 6-5 with a new offense that you could see will do well. I admit I wanted to see improvement in 2005 or else I expected Jerry to make changes.
We don't have any reason for it being this bad. I expected only 4 wins this year. We are on pace for 1-11. Liberty is a solid FCS team but there is no excuse for this. Scott isn't ready to be a head coach. It's become obvious. Unless he turns it around and we see a couple wins down the stretch he needs to go. He could redeem himself with me this year but I have to see wins and right now I have a hard time believing he can do it.
AS2014, I think most on here are waiting for Satt to complete his OJT and activate his dozens of RS's before advocating any thing drastic. I'm not quite sure where I stand.
Here is the issue with that. I was open to him coming in at first because I said he was an App guy and all that. I had some reservations and here are what they were.
1. We are moving up from FCS to FBS. We didn't need someone who need OJT. We needed someone who had either been at the highest levels or had been a HC in D2 or FCS and had proven they could win.
My concern was if Scott would be ready to handle all the pressure coming his way. He has expectations and can't have losings seasons consistently.
2. I knew CC and some others were trying to get out. I figured we would have some turnover at App and with Scott being CC's guy I know the new AD likely wouldn't have as much patience.
3. I thought it would take Scott 3 or 4 years to win more than 5 games and that does not cut it in Boone. I don't want to fire a guy after 1 or 2 seasons of not winning in FBS but this loss to Liberty is pretty bad. It shows we are far behind mid tier FCS programs when we were just a playoff team in FCS a couple years ago.
Those were some of the concerns I had. We can't keep blaming Jerry Moore. What happens in 5 years if our best season is 5-7? Is that Jerry's fault? We have seen other coaches turn a program around in year 2 or so. Look what Ambrose did with Towson. They were a laughing stock. He quickly built them up.
I look at Duke and they needed 3-4 years but they weren't this bad. The issue with Scott and this staff is that we look worse and worse. You can tell there is no real good coaching going on during the week and the play calling, clock management, etc are all poor.
The fact we have a losing record is not my issue as much as how we have it. We blow leads, can't stay in games with good teams, and then we lose to a team with 20 less scholarships than us who we would have drilled just 3 years ago?
Look at Meadors playing? Why in the heck has he not been playing? Everyone had been saying he is going to be good but then our coaches wait to put him on the field. I hope he was out of shape or something because it's clear he is better than any of those other freshmen that Justin Stepp was talking about in the preseason. Meadors belongs on the field. I fear we have other true freshmen that probably belong as well.
I'll wait and say if we start improving as the year goes on that we should sit back and be patient but the management of the game and play calling has to get better.
We have an all FBS schedule next year folks. If we can't beat a FCS team then we won't win more than 2 games next year, maybe we won't win any.
I will say that Liberty is a talented team. They have some players who I would love to have.
We now have one huge issue and we have to have an AD. We can't make any changes until the new AD gets on the job and can breath first. Hopefully we have someone hired by the end of this month so they can assess the program and make the hard decisions needed for the long term good of App State athletics. We may not even see a change purely because of that but will obviously see Scott entering 2015 on the hot seat, something that opposing coaches will use heavily against us in recruiting.
