OK, I'm sure I'll get reamed for this one.......but I'm beginning to wonder if Herman and/or Orlando has lost this team.....I'M NOT SAYING HE HAS.....but I am starting to wonder.
1) Terrible tackling....these kids all knew how to tackle coming out of HS....but they seem to get worse after they get to the 40 Acres....why is that? Either the position coaches are teaching wrong technique....or the kids just don't give a shit. I know we've had a terrible run of bad luck in the secondary, but come on......even the backups should at least tackle properly.
2) Dropping balls and lots of penalties.......lack of concentration. Not focused on the game.
3) Getting worse as the season goes along.......I don't think anyone would argue that we look worse now than we did at the start of the season, particularly on defense. Injuries play a part of that, yes, but we looked like The Walking Dead in the BlowU game (esp. the first half), and didn't look any better playing KU.....like the players are just going thru the motions......
4) A larger than usual number of decommits lately......a few were "soft" commits, but it seems to be snowballing.....had another one today. I knew two commits from the Mack III years, one from Strong years, and one from Hermans first year......the commits talk to the current players more than you'd think.....what are they hearing?
As I said, I don't know this is happening, have no proof this is happening, no "inside source".......but I'm starting to wonder and hope that is not the case.
Let the flaming begin......