GSUperTiger said...
If a cat has nine lives, then Spears has used up his last one with this Kitty ball the G-MEN are playing. The 2006 season is eerily familar to 2004. In 2004, Spears took the G-MEN painstakingly through this primitive offense (of pass, pass, pass) until he figured out after 5 losses this offense did not fit a young Landers at the helm. Lets look at the numbers. Landers may pass for 300+ yds, but he always completes less than 50%, and most importantly is TD/INT ratio is nearly 1:1. In 2006, this offense still does not fit the personnel. This is evidenced by the decision making of the QB. Compounding this is that the current coaching staff have failed egregiously in making this team better as the season progresses. To say, this is the most obtuse coaching staff in the storied history of Grambling football is not an understatment. There is a FB in Rueben Mayes that averaged 8 yds/carry, and he has been non existent this year. Anyone who saw Larry Kerlegan's performance against the University of Houston realizes he needs to be on the field in some form or fashion. What he has done to not be the starter still befuddles me. Now, we are in a worse position in 2006 (with a better team) than 2004, and my constant reference to 2004 is to show an apples to apples scenario. I bet Spears will game plan his tail off (in the next 3 weeks) to beat Southern just like in 2004. This issue is brilliant game plans from Spears are as rare as finding Gumbo in Japan. In his interim year Spears formulated a masterful game plan by running the ball, and dominated a good SU team (SWAC runner-up).
However, at Grambling, we are not a traditionless program, where Bayou Classic wins are our sole purpose of the season. Our record 21 SWAC championships are evidence of the Grambling tradition.