UNLV-UNR Game Thread
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uNR wanted it more than we did, end of story. I didn’t see any ****ing fire from this team. They deserve what they got.
Two comments. On the 4th and 1, kick the FG. Take the 10 pt lead. If you must go for it, use the big back in Campbell not Lex who is not big enough to break a tackle.
Yeah, Very slow progress but very disappointing way to end the season to say the least. Something or SOMEONE has got to change!
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Agreed. The turnover on downs seemed to energize the UNR sideline as well. Take the easy 3 and relax on the sideline.
That was a really bad decision, UNR needing two scores to win instead of one to tie changes the strategy on both sides of the ball.
I was on twitter defending keeping coach Sanchez, but he has no choice but to replace several of his coach staff. The coordinators are still making a lot of bad calls. Sanchez needs to stop being his staffs friend and act as a coach in the best interest of the future improvement of UNLV football. Sanchez needs coordinators who will make the correct play calls and not involve coach Sanchez in the final decisions,
Attendance has dropped each year, and unfortunately I expect the same next year unless Sanchez can make some high profile coordinator hires that energize UNLV football fans.
Attendance has dropped each year, and unfortunately I expect the same next year unless Sanchez can make some high profile coordinator hires that energize UNLV football fans.
It’s easy to second guess since it wasn’t successful. It wasn’t a yard. It wasn’t one down, it was two. If you cannot get a foot against a team that can’t defend the run, you shouldn’t win. The line needed to sack up instead of shrink up. It’s a foot.
I do agree with the bigger back though.
I don’t even know that they need to be high profile. Just change. Most OC’s/DC’s we can afford won’t be huge names anyway. You put tinsel on the bio and sell it, spin it. And sell, new offense, new defense. If people don’t see that, they’ll assume same old crap.
Baer and maybe Cotton have to go, Unlv Defense is near the bottom, I know he will be back but coach TS seat should be a little warm.
Should have beat Howard, Should have beat Air Force, Should have beat Bywho, and Should have beat Utah state and should have beat that team up north that's 5 wins and the record would have been 10-2 but oh well
Should have beat Howard, Should have beat Air Force, Should have beat Bywho, and Should have beat Utah state and should have beat that team up north that's 5 wins and the record would have been 10-2 but oh well
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It is progress but two of the worst losses in years. Add that to not being able to beat a 2 win Reno team with a bowl on the line and overall it was a disappointing season. Hopefully we can progress again next year which would mean bowl eligibility but at a minimum we need a new DC.
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3. Changes need to be made.
Sanchez will have to decide whether some assistants will be moved out or around, but something needs to be done, especially on defense.
When the defense had to make stops this season and again on Saturday, who really thought it would?
Exactly.
“You can talk about the future and where we’re going and things like that,” Sanchez said. “That’s a conversation for probably a week from now, but today, it’s about those (players) over there and the senior class.”
The time, though, is coming.
3. Changes need to be made.
Sanchez will have to decide whether some assistants will be moved out or around, but something needs to be done, especially on defense.
When the defense had to make stops this season and again on Saturday, who really thought it would?
Exactly.
“You can talk about the future and where we’re going and things like that,” Sanchez said. “That’s a conversation for probably a week from now, but today, it’s about those (players) over there and the senior class.”
The time, though, is coming.
I think I will stay off twitter for a little while. I wasn't defending the season, but I was defending the fact they will not let Sanchez go, and that Sanchez is not that bad of a coach. I agree that he needs to learn a lot more to be an effective coach, he needs to bite the bullet and replace some of his coaching staff, and he needs to get coaching staff that are able to make their own decisions. It appears that a lot of people, including several I know have season tickets, think Sanchez is useless and will never be a decent coach.
Where I have a problem is all these people that think we have unlimited funds in hiding that can be used to replace coach Sanchez with a much better coach. Several fans keep saying that UNLV has the money, they just don't want to spend it on athletics while ignoring the fact that UNLV had a $4.9 million deficit this year. UNLV would never be allowed to fire coach Sanchez and bring in a new coach which would require transferring funds away from other uses to put the athletic department even further into the hole. Sanchez is making a lot of mistakes, but the team is very slowly turning in the right direction after 30 years of being on a sinking ship.
UNLV has not been able to bring in a decent coach, who could turn the program into a winner in almost 30 years, and UNLV in that time has gone through a half dozen coaches that had decent coaching backgrounds, but could not consistently turn the program in the right direction. Even John Robinson was only able to turn the program around short term and ended his career with a 2-10 record at UNLV.
It may be painful, and the team still sucked overall this year, but even a one game improvement every year is better then 1 mediocre season along with a half dozen 2 win seasons.
Without questions coach Sanchez must replace some of his staff, and I fully expect to see very small crowds next year, and understand that it will be a make or break year for coach Sanchez, but this has been UNLV football for 30 years.
Where I have a problem is all these people that think we have unlimited funds in hiding that can be used to replace coach Sanchez with a much better coach. Several fans keep saying that UNLV has the money, they just don't want to spend it on athletics while ignoring the fact that UNLV had a $4.9 million deficit this year. UNLV would never be allowed to fire coach Sanchez and bring in a new coach which would require transferring funds away from other uses to put the athletic department even further into the hole. Sanchez is making a lot of mistakes, but the team is very slowly turning in the right direction after 30 years of being on a sinking ship.
UNLV has not been able to bring in a decent coach, who could turn the program into a winner in almost 30 years, and UNLV in that time has gone through a half dozen coaches that had decent coaching backgrounds, but could not consistently turn the program in the right direction. Even John Robinson was only able to turn the program around short term and ended his career with a 2-10 record at UNLV.
It may be painful, and the team still sucked overall this year, but even a one game improvement every year is better then 1 mediocre season along with a half dozen 2 win seasons.
Without questions coach Sanchez must replace some of his staff, and I fully expect to see very small crowds next year, and understand that it will be a make or break year for coach Sanchez, but this has been UNLV football for 30 years.
That’s the thing, many people think UNLV has unlimited funds for whatever is needed at the university. It’s not close to true. It sucks as a fan because you want to win at the highest level or get the most positive attention you can, but you have to consider our funds. What can we get for x dollars - and guess what? At x dollars, we lose a successful coach to a school in better financial shape. For both football and basketball. It’s where we are at financially. It’s a bridge you’d rather cross than firing every few years, offering another meager salary for next... and hoping.
Nobody likes to take that part in consideration. Have we been the best we can be for the money we are paying? No, not in either major sport, but you have to be competitive with a salary to woo the type of coach that is best fit for the results you are looking for.
I’m not trying to say you “can’t” win with lesser money, but it’s definitely more difficult. You don’t need to be an economics major to understand that.
The most frustrating part about this season is that the team faced just 3 FBS team that finished with a winning record but won just 4 out of 8 of those contest.
Rogers has to become a better passer & game manager. There's no experience among the backups, so hopefully the play calling shifts shifts away from so many designed runs by the quarterback.
Its a long off-season ahead.
Rogers has to become a better passer & game manager. There's no experience among the backups, so hopefully the play calling shifts shifts away from so many designed runs by the quarterback.
Its a long off-season ahead.
