bearcat jeff
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SN: Your crowds have been great, but on the outside—message boards, talk shows, blogs—it turned negative faster than might have been anticipated. Have you felt that, and is it faster than you anticipated?
TC: My only thing there would be to caution anybody that's looked at it that way—they don't have anything to go back on. It hasn't happened. This is as close to the SMU football situation as it is anything else. And that was so long ago.
There were times this year that I could not stomach that we did not play with the energy and the toughness, even at our age, that we needed to play with. Part of that is youth. Part of that is inexperience. A huge part of that is lack of leadership. And that's real, and it's something that's got to be addressed. You can't compare us to other programs in the country with anything that's gone on here, and believe me, I look for a common theme.
SN: Cincinnati?
TC: Yeah, and look how hard that's been. I did go back and look at their numbers. And Mick (Cronin) is finally getting a four-year guy. We're two years removed from having a four-year guy come through the program. And instead of people wondering, "What's going on at Cincinnati?"—they ought to be giving him more of an extension.
Very telling interview of the struggles of rebuilding. Thought some might like to see what he said about Mick and Cincinnati.
TC: My only thing there would be to caution anybody that's looked at it that way—they don't have anything to go back on. It hasn't happened. This is as close to the SMU football situation as it is anything else. And that was so long ago.
There were times this year that I could not stomach that we did not play with the energy and the toughness, even at our age, that we needed to play with. Part of that is youth. Part of that is inexperience. A huge part of that is lack of leadership. And that's real, and it's something that's got to be addressed. You can't compare us to other programs in the country with anything that's gone on here, and believe me, I look for a common theme.
SN: Cincinnati?
TC: Yeah, and look how hard that's been. I did go back and look at their numbers. And Mick (Cronin) is finally getting a four-year guy. We're two years removed from having a four-year guy come through the program. And instead of people wondering, "What's going on at Cincinnati?"—they ought to be giving him more of an extension.
Very telling interview of the struggles of rebuilding. Thought some might like to see what he said about Mick and Cincinnati.
