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So you think it was a great decision in the first game against Washington - we're playing a ranked FBS school, down only 10-0 and we're moving the ball and decide to punt on their 40. Or the last game punting on 4th down behind by 8 and never getting the ball back. I stand by my criticism. I am certainly not the only one here who thinks those decisions were wrong on many levels including team confidence - I may be among the most frustrated though. And those "statistics" are meaningless unless you factor in the game situation. Saban doesn't find himself in desperation having to go for a last minute 4th down Hail Mary very often - certainly not as often as we do. Pulling out numbers without game situations attached is meaningless.

True, but he had a long history of turtling practice that lead to this final big game performance. I really wish we had a media person with guts enough to question him hard on this continued behavior.

The head coach is the guy who decides to turtle on every 4th and 1 situation though.

Then strap on a pair and go for it for once and put your team in position to win. In my opinion Mr. "The Punt is a Good Play" is the most gutless coach in DI.

But not enough to go for it on the opponents 40 yard line like we saw this year.

We're not asking for a DOT line - at this point we would settle for top lines like Duluth and St. Clown. Absolutely no reason we don't have any scorers here.

We specialize in Pusses who won't go for it.

So true - we've seen Backslapping Bubba, Rah Rah Bubba, and Sincere Bubba, but have not had a sighting of Take Charge of the Game Bubba or Flexible Bubba. With him in charge we will always be the guys who won't go for it on 4th to give our team a chance to win. The only changes he will make are the ones he is forced to make.

This is so true.

You realize Bubba is still the coach, don't you?

The land of Mediocre Football - population us. And apparently moving is too expensive for at least a couple of years. Wanted - an OC who wants to move here- must be ok with gutless football.

Wow - 3 short years ago I had the feeling Berry "unleashed" our team in the Frozen Four. Finally our horses were allowed to run. We played fast, hard, went to the net, and had a creativity not seen much under Hak. Now it looks like all of that is gone and we have a team that just flounders about on offence, one in which no one gets better, and one in which we have a hard time buying a goal. What happened? I just don't get it. Other teams get a boost from a championship and here we are floundering. I have no clue why we can't score. Any one know why other team get guys who develop into great scorers and we get nothing? Where did the magic go? How do we get it back?

I could not be more disappointed - the big problem still remains - buckle up for more mediocre football. I firmly believe Bubba can stymie even the most creative O coordinator.

Having someone with no stones that "cares" is not helpful - I'd rather have a guy who is less emotional but who plays to win and will do everything he can to put his team in that position.

I'm not sure what you see in Bubba that no one else does - He's the one who made the decision to stand pat last year. He couldn't even take care of the blocked punt situation. And unless you are in some alternate dimension, you sure as heck didn't see him out-coach anyone in a game situation this year.

Even after seeing our blocking scheme for punts?

It's not just the record (although that is far from acceptable) - mainly its the Coaching that was on display this year that shows a change is needed. As to to talking to Bubba and setting goals - that made me spit up my coffee a bit. Bubba is nothing if not totally inflexible - he hasn't shown us an adjustment or change yet. Many games this year were almost unwatchable. If we want to be in the exact same place with the exact same problems then Bubba's our guy.

You are mistaken if you don't think Bubba's the problem - no matter what Lowell says.

I'm a big believer in team loyalty, but given the consideration these two have been shown throughout the season If I was either of them I would tell Bubba to pound sand.

Bubba's got to go - he will never never never change.

Good Old Boy Bubba - Mr. Clutch - How do you like him now?

Seems like Berry is having a lot of trouble assembling a team. We win a Natty and instead of getting a recruiting boost we look up 3 years later and St. Clown and Duluth have better programs than us and we have the worst group of forwards I have seen since the Bjorkman years. And we get worked in the 3rd tonight. And our PP sucks again.

We're the University of North Dakota, not some crap ass program. Absolutely no reason we shouldn't have some guys on the roster who can put the puck in the net. Pathetic showing tonight. Berry needs to get in some firepower and right quick.

I totally agree - my question is "what in the wild wild world of sports does Bubba see in him?" Bubba just doesn't seem to be able to grasp this - this is why Bubba needs to go - much more for this than not making the playoffs.

I'm not saying that - I would be happy with the average Sioux firepower over the last 10-15 years. More would be gravy.