Coach continued his offseason keeping low expectations where they are for his Football team during his press conference this morning at Big 12 Media Days. For a coach that used to say a lot and was never afraid to talk up his team even when evidence did not support it, we now have a coach where there is some evidence to support higher expectations and he's having none of it. He led off by not saying he has a better Football team but only said he has a much closer team, how important chemistry is, claiming Cole Netten is "as good as there is in the country," talking about the new Jack Trice expansion and so forth and so on. But, he really didn't want to get into specifics why he really feels things will be improved on both sides of the ball or come out and say he will have a better team, which in reality he will have.
This morning, he did a very good job of filling his time without saying not much of anything.
Example:
Q. Last year, as you mentioned, offensive struggles, 89th overall in total offense and also winless in the Big 12. For the fans out there and you have the stadium upgrades, is there reason to be optimistic that this season will be different?
COACH RHOADS: "I think our fan base, which I'll categorize as the most loyal in all of college football, they've got a realistic view on what's taken place with injuries the past season. I think they share in the excitement and expectations of this football team and what we're going to put out there on August 7th. Now, what we take from August 7th to September 5th and beyond will flame that enthusiasm, and that's exactly what we want to do."
Now we know he knows injuries were not the only reasons last season didn't go well, so did he really explain why things will be better in 2015? Uh NO.
Interesting approach for a coach who earlier in his tenure was not as measured and controlled in how he spoke. Is it he is not confident in what he has or is he playing a coy game of "We'll just have to wait and see what happens" while he and his staff are so confident that people will see it when the time comes for opening day kickoff.
I just believe for the first time in his coaching career, he is very happy (and he does seem happier than he's been in five years) laying in the weeds right now.
This morning, he did a very good job of filling his time without saying not much of anything.
Example:
Q. Last year, as you mentioned, offensive struggles, 89th overall in total offense and also winless in the Big 12. For the fans out there and you have the stadium upgrades, is there reason to be optimistic that this season will be different?
COACH RHOADS: "I think our fan base, which I'll categorize as the most loyal in all of college football, they've got a realistic view on what's taken place with injuries the past season. I think they share in the excitement and expectations of this football team and what we're going to put out there on August 7th. Now, what we take from August 7th to September 5th and beyond will flame that enthusiasm, and that's exactly what we want to do."
Now we know he knows injuries were not the only reasons last season didn't go well, so did he really explain why things will be better in 2015? Uh NO.
Interesting approach for a coach who earlier in his tenure was not as measured and controlled in how he spoke. Is it he is not confident in what he has or is he playing a coy game of "We'll just have to wait and see what happens" while he and his staff are so confident that people will see it when the time comes for opening day kickoff.
I just believe for the first time in his coaching career, he is very happy (and he does seem happier than he's been in five years) laying in the weeds right now.
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