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When you go winless for the year with the Southland\u2019s worse defense and not much better on offense, there is a lot of work ahead and across the board.<\/p>\n
I think Goff has the foundation of his culture in place even though the team is void of strong team chemistry and he\u2019s had player leadership problems with players leaving and being booted off the team.<\/p>\n
But that goes back to better vetting of the transfer players and their backgrounds and finding the collection of talent that\u2019ll build the locker room with a strong bond and team-first mentality.<\/p>\n
Pay close attention to the best college and pro teams. You\u2019ll hear players and coaches say they love their teammates, play hard for each other, support one another and cheer them on to personal highs. That was clearly lacking in the McNeese football team.<\/p>\n
The talent rebuild starts with the offensive and defensive lines first and foremost. They could neither protect the quarterback well enough, nor could they disrupt opposing quarterbacks.<\/p>\n
The defensive secondary gave up a ton of explosive plays and didn\u2019t help in the turnover ratio as the Pokes were last in the conference.<\/p>\n
Goff played a lot of freshmen and sophomore\u00a0 <\/span>receivers because his potential portal starters flamed out. He may have found four pretty interesting prospects in Jon McCall, Makhi Paris, Jihad Marks and Cory O\u2019Bryant, who came on late in the year.<\/p>\nI am still scratching my head over why speedy, shifty freshman running back, Joshon Barbie, was buried so deep on the depth chart. When he finally got his chance late in the season Barbie was nothing short of spectacular.<\/p>\n
Which leads me to one of my favorite sports acronyms concerning players\u2019 talent: R.C.D.<\/p>\n
Recognize, cultivate and develop. This program has to first find potential starters and evaluate their skills much better than they have over the last two seasons. It sounds simple, but it\u2019s not. You have to have a system of metrics and analytics you believe in with proven success. From that point, it\u2019s a lot of scouting, film work and old fashion grinding.<\/p>\n
Once they are convinced the talent is worthy of their time coaches have to cultivate it in body, mind and spirit. \u00a0 <\/span>The last piece is a continual development of the talent to get the most out of them. The finished product has no end date.<\/p>\nAlabama quarterback, Jalen Milroe, says it best when he repeats their mantra of \u201cgetting one percent better every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
I believe every coach should have at least three years to recruit, build and install his entire system before they\u2019re deemed a failure or success. Goff will rightfully get his third season, but Schroyer has lit the fire under his seat saying only three or four wins is not the expectation in 2024.<\/p>\n
Nothing short of a conference championship contender will do.<\/p>\n
Catch Rick Sarro\u2019s commentary and latest opinions on Soundoff on CBS Lake Charles Tueday and Thursday nights at 10:05 pm and again Saturday at 11 pm and Sunday at 10 pm. Follow Rick on Twitter @ricksarro.<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a few weeks since the McNeese Cowboys\u2019 atrocious football season came to a merciful end. The Cowboys had their tenth straight defeat at rival Lamar with another lopsided score of 52-27. That one sentence pretty much capsulizes the entire season.\u00a0 We saw a long string of losses with a floundering defense that gave [&hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11],"tags":[4],"yoast_head":"\n
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