Are you all out of your minds?
If Nick Marshall is at least a Brent Schaefer, then maybe seven wins are assured.
But this team was bad last year. Really fucking bad. It's going to take a monumental coaching effort and complete revolution in our players to turn this around in one year.
I think 6-6 at best. No losses by 21 or more points.
If you have the players and yes we do, the next step is the weight room and conditioning.
What's probably the worst things a HC can do with a team full of studs? Lack of discipline, lack of proper strength training and lack of proper conditioning...that takes time to show itself, especially since most of the starters for the '09 & '10 were under a HC that wasn't lacking in any of that, so they still had that habit of busting their asses in everything they did...for the '10 season you combine that with the Silverback Gorilla style of play in a JUCO DT (Nick Fairley) and the Superman style of play in a QB (Cameron Newton).
So, after all of those players leave (nearly every starter and some 2nd string guys), you're left with a new group of starters that've come up with a HC that is lacking in those things that I stated earlier. We could see it all over the field slowly beginning to show itself starting with the '09 season and culminating with the '12 season.
Now, we have a new staff, including the strength staff, a new attitude, a new way of doing things, and a new determination (all of that starts from the HC on down)...Oh yeah and we have the Sand Pit.
So, going off of what the players have been saying, I'm gonna call that a Revolution in our players, both physically and mentally.
As for the coaches, replacing DL Coach Mike Pelton with Charlie Garner (Absolutely HUGE Upgrade). DC Ellis Johnson, CB Melvin Smith, S Charlie Harbison, WR Dameyune Craig, RB Tim Horton, QB Rhett Lashlee are all great coaches that've produced A LOT of talented players...and they've all coached or played with each other, so they have the familiarity connection.
I know this had been talked about adding nauseum, but I feel that this staff and team can accomplish something special.
God Damn I'm ready for some FUCKIN FOOTBALL!!!!