Keep your heads up

meangreen2016 · October 24, 2018

I was initially going to post two topics in here but decided to split them up. Just wanted to encourage fans to keep our heads up and not sink back into that old Denton mindset.

We are in the midst of an awesome season. Seriously. We have the opportunity to go 10-2 if we play to our potential (which hopefully we do) and 11-2 if we win our bowl game (remember we're 0-2 in the Littrell era with bowls). I'm going to keep encouraging fans on this board as much as I can because we have come so far as a program in 3 seasons. Yes, we should have won both games, but you get everyone's best game when you are the team to beat. Heartbreaking losses happen sometimes for a program that is trying to take it to the next level because expectations are high. There are so many could've, should've, would'ves. It's easy to become cynical when you've been a Mean Green fan, but push through that mindset.

Another thing, we are incredibly lucky to have Littrell as a coach. I've seen some comments making it seem like we've outgrown him or that he's not all that he's chalked up to be. While I love the accountability for coaches as it shows that we expect the best, must I remind everyone that we are the first school he has been a Head Coach at. We should still expect some mistakes as a head coach. What we shouldn't have expected was a +4 win increase for UNT over the first two seasons (and possibly another +2 this season). The dude has done an amazing job. Be thankful that we don't have a Jason Garrett. This isn't a "we shouldn't ever say he makes mistakes" post, as there were times during the previous losses that I was dumbfounded by decisions. It is however a "he's going to be something special one day" post.

Keep supporting the Mean Green, y'all. Show up to all of these next home games and keep the place rocking. I'm sure they are more upset about those losses than we are. To be a better program, we gotta do our part as fans too.

NM Green · October 24, 2018

I do remember that on the way to consistent notoriety tcu had some big wins and knife slicing losses. Yet they pressed on and now are seen as a power in the big 12 - even in a down year. We are taking our lumps, crashing and burning then rising up to soar once again.

Bring it for Rice. Let’s have some fun in the fall sun. Let’s cheer this special team onto 7-2.

GMG

meangreen2016 · October 24, 2018

@NM Green Agreed. Since you brought up TCU, look at the program they have been able to build with a consistent influx of majority 3-star recruits and good coaching (a couple of 4 star recruits per class as well). Then take a look at our incoming class- majority are 3-star recruits with some 2 stars. Plus we have a great coach. I like where we are headed and I'm hoping this is just the beginning.

GMG

Harry · October 25, 2018

14 hours ago, meangreen2016 said:

@NM Green Agreed. Since you brought up TCU, look at the program they have been able to build with a consistent influx of majority 3-star recruits and good coaching (a couple of 4 star recruits per class as well). Then take a look at our incoming class- majority are 3-star recruits with some 2 stars. Plus we have a great coach. I like where we are headed and I'm hoping this is just the beginning.

GMG

I would like to see us consistently win in all sports across the board. It would also be good to solidify ourselves with the best recruiting classes year in year out. Keep in mind it wasn’t that long ago when we were struggling a bit in recruiting. So for now I would like to see us become a major power in C-USA west and then take it from there.

MeanGreenHoops · October 25, 2018

I keep seeing these references to how this year team is a "special" team while many others say be patient and defending how this season has gone sour because 6-2.

It's possible to recognize how the program overall has improved, but also note that we still haven't won anything (Conference Title or Bowl Game) with a coach is his 3rd season and be disappointed in that.

meangreen2016 · October 25, 2018

@MeanGreenHoops Totally agree. I want to win the conference championship every year (or at least be in the race at the end). I'm not trying to downplay any of those disappointments, because I hate losing. I still think we can keep it in our minds that this staff has done a lot with little in terms of recruiting and facilities. It is impressive. If we finish with an 11-2, that is not a "Bad" season. A lot of struggling programs would kill to be in that position. Is it disappointing in many ways? Heck yes, there were a lot of scenarios I would've liked to see play out to the end. But only 2 or 3 losses is not exactly what I expected from the team that was returning almost all of the exact same starters from an atrocious defense. You are totally right, Littrell hasn't won "the big games" yet, but he's gotten us to them multiple times now. That's more than any previous coach can say.

Anyways, I appreciate the honesty. In order to get better as a program, we have to raise our expectations. We should expect to be in the race for the conference championship right now.