wholurks
Member
This isn't a spam post...but anybody alive out there? If a team play a couple games and ZERO posts are made, do they really count? Shit, there was even a WIN in one of those games...and silence. Come on now. Thoughts on the season?
And baseball is coming! Anyone?
Alright, that's cool too.
Now you know how I felt during football season while the team was having its best season since the Harbaugh era.
Dogpatch
Member
Right or wrong, I don't think Grier is going anywhere after the season. I believe he has at least another year left on his contract and I don't think USD will eat it.
He's actually done a pretty nice job with the team this year, in-season. They have definitely gotten better as the year has progressed.
What I think he needs to get better at is managing the entire program.
A big test in my mind will be how well he recruits for the balance of the 2012 schoarships. When the year started we only had one scholarship to give (Norris)and they signed Trey Guidry. We had a couple of other good players in-line to come to USD, according to the recruitting websites, who went elswhere when we filled the scholarship with Guidry (Tim Derksen to USF and Delante Dunklin to UCSB).
Then he dismissed Gabriel and Mackie (the timing was terrible as the early signing period just finished) and Vozzola decided to transfer. Not much you can do about the transfer, but to me, and this is what I mean by managing the entire program, the dismissals came at the worst possible time.
So now there are 3 scholarships to give and most of the solid mid-majors recruits have already committed. It will be really interesting to see how he fills them. The good news is that according to the recruitting websites (Scout & ESPN) we are involved with some pretty good 2013 talent. But who wants to wait that long?!
I will say this - there hasn't been this much to be positive about with this program for the last 3 years. I like that we have improved as the year has progressed and I like the way the freshmen are playing - they are going through growing pains at times this year but it bodes well for the next 3 years.
emelvee
Member
I enjoyed the UT article on Dee and Anderson. Hopefully we'll have 3 more seasons with them, and they'll continue to improve.
http://web.utsandiego.com/news/2012/feb/08/anderson-and-dee-usds-ultimate-underdogs/?page=2#article
Mikado
Member
Thanks wholurks for starting this string. I was wondering the same thing as you. One might ask why didn't I say something. I am in a unique position and don't post much. However it was appearing that the only time someone would post was when the team wasn't doing well and the focus was firing Grier, which I will not get into. Once the kids started to play well no one wanted to acknowledge the fact. Regardless of ones opinion of Grier the kids should be acknowledged for their accomplishments. This is a great bunch of kids and USD should be proud to have them representing their school and they deserve our support. They truly look like a team and enjoy playing with each other which makes for good chemistry and a winning environment. I would be surprised if the kids (young men) don't read the posts. If you (team) do read this, keep up the good work, you are fun to watch and represent USD in a very positive fashion.
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