Fans are entitled to see the game as a moral victory. In all honesty it was. Now Saturday vs Iowa… We don’t want a moral victory. JUST WIN… I’ll be happy with even 3-2.
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agree 100%I really, really want at least one of these final three and then a bowl victory.
I would call that a very successful season with an even brighter future.
Fans are entitled to see the game as a moral victory. In all honesty it was. Now Saturday vs Iowa… We don’t want a moral victory. JUST WIN… I’ll be happy with even 3-2.
So- at the end of last year- I really felt there had been very little improvement and we just didn't even look like we belonged on the same field as many of the teams out there. I don't remember feeling that we had a chance on most of our games.
We have watched these kids and the coaching staff become something completley different this year and we have been in every game and one thing for sure- we do belong on the same field as the top teams in the country.
There is nothing wrong with moral victories. As you need them as you are growing and maturing.
I guess I don't understand this thought that there should be no more moral victories. IF Saturday's loss didn't give this team the confidence to play the same way or better against any other team we face, then I guess it isn't a moral victory, but it was.
How is the 2024 recruiting class ?We’re still playing competitive football 2 weeks into November. Thought the high water mark was going to be 6 wins. Now we have a shot at anywhere from 7 to 9. Incredible progress.
Greg’s still got it. And the 2025 recruiting class is going to be a doozy.
How is the 2024 recruiting class ?
I am sure Greg's message to the team is very different than his message to the press.Having watched GS's post-game press conference, I'm with him in not really believing much in moral victories.
I understand fans feeling cheered by a performance that is vastly better than prior years. I feel cheered by that, too. But at the end of the day, it's either a W or an L and everything else is a bunch of endlessly debatable, ultimately meaningless discussion points.
We're all happy that the team has improved. But if we're self-honest, and we look forward to the next several seasons, will we still be happy with losing games like this where we have a shot at winning a huge game but come up short?
I think we all know the answer to that.
The team is improving but it needs to keep the improvement going. The job's not done.
He did say, in his press conference, that he was proud of the staff and players. So I'm sure you're right about what he said in the locker room.I am sure Greg's message to the team is very different than his message to the press.
In the locker room- I am sure he did give a bit of a hyped up post game about beating the number 1 team in the nation in all aspects of the game on the field except for the score. And then lit into them for what they need to do to make that next step. I am sure he also told them there are no moral victories while again- pumping them up to where they are now from where they were last year and how no one had expected them to be able to be where they are now.
So- while the "no moral victory" would be the same- the players would have also known how f-ing proud he was of them.
ThisThink I’m using “moral victory” and “remarkable progress” interchangeably. What I see is a team and a program that’s rising rapidly.