Pilchard
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So many of you have been sucked in by the low expectations resulting from last year's debacle, that a team that is mediocre (which is saying very little) has been universally deemed as "terrible" before the season starts. This roster is not "terrible". The WF AD loves the 2-4 ACC win expectation. Easy to exceed. Then progress will be claimed.
WF literally blew every winnable game in the final minutes last year. Manning naturally is to blame, but so were the players; the players that played the largest role in these late game collapses are gone. WF won't lose every close game again this year (not saying WF will win them all, just more than none); it's not a huge accomplishment to not completely implode when games are close, but it may seem like it. This is a 7+ ACC win team, even if WF loses many, but just not all, of its close games.
Going 7-11 in the ACC in year 5 of a coach's tenure is not praiseworthy, but with a BS non-conference schedule and being mediocre in the close ACC games, WF will have a winning record and maybe even get an NIT bid. You can bet that significant progress will be claimed. This will happen. Some here are so blinded by their pathos toward Manning and the talent on hand that they are underrating a team that has been set up with a super soft schedule to be "not that bad". That should not be the bar for the program, but by failing to see that this team is mediocre (instead of awful), you are helping set up the argument that will allow Manning to stay.
WF literally blew every winnable game in the final minutes last year. Manning naturally is to blame, but so were the players; the players that played the largest role in these late game collapses are gone. WF won't lose every close game again this year (not saying WF will win them all, just more than none); it's not a huge accomplishment to not completely implode when games are close, but it may seem like it. This is a 7+ ACC win team, even if WF loses many, but just not all, of its close games.
Going 7-11 in the ACC in year 5 of a coach's tenure is not praiseworthy, but with a BS non-conference schedule and being mediocre in the close ACC games, WF will have a winning record and maybe even get an NIT bid. You can bet that significant progress will be claimed. This will happen. Some here are so blinded by their pathos toward Manning and the talent on hand that they are underrating a team that has been set up with a super soft schedule to be "not that bad". That should not be the bar for the program, but by failing to see that this team is mediocre (instead of awful), you are helping set up the argument that will allow Manning to stay.
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