On the ride home last night, I thought of how different we are as a fan base since Jim Grobe became our coach. I remember being at the ECU game in Greenville, his first if my memory serves and being impressed with our team play and his way of running down the clock leaving ECU one play. He has taken us places we never thought we would go and has made us into fans who are disappointed when we can't hold on against Clemson in Death Valley(where the refs are always tigers) and when we can't pull out a win at home against some team called Notre Dame.
Remember we once gave a coach a long extension for going 5-6 one year, no one came to games except the other teams fans.
Go back and look at a tape of the Syracuse game in 2006, there were many empty seats, and now we average over 30,000, and with the help of Bob McCreary and others have a new field, fieldhouse, Deacon Tower, scoreboard and other amenities. We expect to win most every game and have been disappointed not to go bowling the last two years. This man recruits fine young men and students and over five years turns them into a team that can compete with everybody in the country except maybe a few of the football factories. Each year our recruiting is better and I feel that every year he has been here that we have better athletes on the field. Other than the O-line this is a young team and most will be back next year with a little easier schedule. We will miss the likes of Wilbur and Dorty and Quarles and Okoro on D but there will be people waiting to step in and ready for their roles. Its been fun this year watching Justin Jackson and Olsen start to step up and play, along with Bud Noel and others. I have been to the depths and I still grumble at calls here and there but as the poet said O Captain, my Captain, my goodness we have a good one.
Remember we once gave a coach a long extension for going 5-6 one year, no one came to games except the other teams fans.
Go back and look at a tape of the Syracuse game in 2006, there were many empty seats, and now we average over 30,000, and with the help of Bob McCreary and others have a new field, fieldhouse, Deacon Tower, scoreboard and other amenities. We expect to win most every game and have been disappointed not to go bowling the last two years. This man recruits fine young men and students and over five years turns them into a team that can compete with everybody in the country except maybe a few of the football factories. Each year our recruiting is better and I feel that every year he has been here that we have better athletes on the field. Other than the O-line this is a young team and most will be back next year with a little easier schedule. We will miss the likes of Wilbur and Dorty and Quarles and Okoro on D but there will be people waiting to step in and ready for their roles. Its been fun this year watching Justin Jackson and Olsen start to step up and play, along with Bud Noel and others. I have been to the depths and I still grumble at calls here and there but as the poet said O Captain, my Captain, my goodness we have a good one.
