Prince isn't a 7-5 type of coach...
I think he's going to stick with his system, his style of recruiting, his philosophy, etc and it will either get us to competing with the best the B12N has to offer or it will flop miserabley. He's going to get us rich, or kill us trying.
I've heard that said a lot, and I don't buy it. He could very easily make us a mediocre team...we're almost mediocre this year already.
I've never heard it said but I believe it.
Saying that he's not a 7-5 coach doesn't imply that I think he's an 11-1 coach either. Saying we're mediocre this year might be a bit of an overstatement, but let's assume we are. Ever wonder why? Did you expect us to win the North this season? What has Prince done to this point that has lead you to believe that he will settle for mediocrity? I've not seen it.
It has been very common "logic" on the Jayhawk board.
I don't think any coach "accepts" mediocrity...that doesn't mean they will be complete flops if they aren't above average.
Understood that coaches don't need to accept being average to be average, but along those lines, what can you point to that Prince & staff have done that screams he won't succeed? Your earlier point was that we are barely mediocre now. Ya, agreed, and that was expected. Although we might not win as many games, I think we're a better team this season than the previous 2, that's a good sign considering all that has gone on in the past 24 months in our football program.
Don't discount everything our program has gone through recently-
-We retired the best football coach the game has ever seen.
-We hired his replacement.
-Prince has assembled a completely new coaching staff from the ground up (and made some mistakes in doing so). A lot of these guys are doing their jobs for the first time ever, during that ramp up time we're 4-3. Some of these guys on the staff knew each other, some didn't. These guys will take time working together to get really good at working together.
-Prince & Staff learned what type of roster they inherited and began implementing their Offensive & Defensive schemes, this takes time, more time than alloted in a few weeks of Spring/Fall practice. In doing so, the staff has alienated players and fans, and had to deal with those reprocussions, meanwhile continuing to motivate our current players into practicing and playing their balls out every week (easier said than done).
This craps gone on and more, probably by 10 times, and yet we've still won more this season than we've lost, we're still a more complete, a better team than we have been the previous 2 seasons IMO, and we're still discussing the outside chance at 6 wins and a bowl game.
These are the reasons why I don't consider Prince a 7-5 coach.
