We had nothing to lose today and we played not to lose all day. Took zero chances. It's sickens me. Should have just called in a forfeit. Where's the passion? Where's the fire? That's why I believed in Rhoads. He just packed it in and checked out. Glad this train wreck of a dumpster fire is over with.
GUTLESS Football.
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Agreed. I don't know when it happened or what compelled Rhoads to turn into a conservative head coach but the passive strategy today was a head scratcher. Nobody would have blamed him for being aggressive bordering on reckless, but to rein things in made zero sense.
we haven't had anything to lose for months it didn't seem to effect the on the field product. For a guy who gets billed as a motivator that guys love to play for, CPR's teams seem to start flat nearly every game.
Another thing that really bothered me was the fact that he didn't give any bench warmers a chance to play in the end. We were getting blown out but god forbid he runs out the seniors that don't ever get a chance to play in their last game. That or the redshirt freshman and sophomores that haven't seen much to any playing time this year. Come on man. I will continue to donate as much as I can to cyclone athletics but I can't say that I will be buying season tickets for football next year with Rhoads at the helm.
I went to the game and it was interesting to see the gutless football in person. When we punted on 4th and 5 from 40 I'm curious to see if John and Eric have any comments. It's so ridiculous a TCU fan sitting next to me asked why we would punt.... my only response was that our coach is trying to win a 17-14 game I guess....what a joke
Interesting....my wife (who played college WBB on scholarship), commented that from the start, ISU looked like they were just going through the motions. Jogging to the huddles, no urgency of any kind...
I agree with the original poster. I knew that ISU had almost no chance, as I am sure the coaches did too. How about taking some crazy chances to see if you can make something happen. Throw the Freaking ball down the field, go on 4th and 5. Do anything but what the other team expects for a change.
demoncore1031
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Are you serious? How about from the opening kickoff? Think we should of taken chances then?
It seems to me that CPR is more clueless than gutless. I'm stunned that anyone defends him at this point. He should be fired, period, end of story. There isn't another power 5 school that would accept this level of incompetence and failure. The buyout…..yes I know about the buyout. I also know that if you want to play with the big boys you better be able to cut a $5 million dollar check or figure out a way to structure it so that it is palatable. Sorry, but the local boy made good storyline is done. The excuses relative to injury speak to the inability to recruit depth at any position. CPR is a bad head coach. Some guys are great coordinators and their skills don't transition to HC. CPR appears to be one another in a long line of coordinators who flame out as HC's.