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He was also just asked if he has the authority to hire / fire. He said yes. That now puts all of the ineffectiveness on offense on Fickell himself. There's no more blaming Bollman, as incompetent as we all know him to be. The fact that Fickell has kept him around, or not at least put someone else in charge of the offense up to this point, especially with regard to personnel decisions is just crazy!

I would lean toward the staff sucks if I had to pick one.

Let's be honest.....who would be executing the offensive play calling? Unfortunately they are stuck with Bollman for the year.......making that fire now would be stupid (as much as i hate to say that).

More reps could mean on kick off team

What was he supposed to do? Throw the kid under the bus? Yes, he sucks but he doesn't need his head coach stripping him down in public.

This doesn't help Lukes cause. At the start of the season he said very adamantly that he had great confidence in Bollman calling the plays. Note this was near the same time that Bollman was F ing up on recruiting. I have lost a lot of respect a d confidence

I'd like to read between the lines, but the thing is that he was asked during the presser today about who would be playing such and such position after such and such and Fickell's response was "did you look at the depth chart?"...so clearly he wants us to use the depth chart as a guide, which is what it's there for. If the depth chart isn't true...why even publish it and answer questions in such a manner? It's not hard to make a depth chart change and explain it to the players involved.

"Hey Joe, we really appreciate all your effort, and we're going to need you to keep practicing as hard as you can going forward just as you have been. We're also going to be giving some of the other QBs some reps this week and potentially in the game next week, so I wanted to give you a heads up with regard to potential changes on the depth chart."

No biggie, I've done the same. :)

That's what I'm saying...do you not have enough data yet to demote this kid? I mean seriously, what more do they need to see!?

Where did I suggest that?

To answer your hypothetical, no, you don't rip him in public. But the question was: do you believe Joe still gives you the best chance to win? (the reporter's question was implied to mean if Braxton is unable to play, etc.)

If you intend to give other kids a chance, you can certainly say that without ripping Joe. It's quite easy for anyone with any experience being politically correct. Just about anyone who's had a serious job in a professional environment knows how to answer these types of questions.

It's the fact that Guiton / Graham weren't even mentioned in the response that is disconcerting. And that was my point.

oh, i would love to fire the shit out of him......the team is going through enough change and turmoil as it is.

Quite possibly yes but we also had a 27-6 lead and our D was dominating and we were moving the ball. I agree it is all on the coaches because they should have had Guiton repping with the two's a few games ago (after the Miami debacle)......when Braxton was in the game we had over 300 yards of offense......4 min to go in 3rd quarter. With JB we had 46......EVERYTHING broke down....not just the offense.....the defense got their asses spanked as well.

It is clear that when Joe B is in the game the team deflates and they literally go to shit. so i agree Joe B should never see the field again and that it is all on the coaches but the players also still need to give the same effort regardless of who is taking snaps.

jeremy cash people, announcers screwed up the names