is this the swagger we were promised?

[zengriz]

...s..something...
...w..we...
...a..all
...g..get tired of hearing about...

... :shock: ...

 

[AllWeatherFan]

No true Swagsman has to talk about his Swag.

That is very swaggily put!

 

[AZGrizFan]

:shock: R U Serious!?! Is this a serious question? Dude this is haucks first year back with a team that had 16 scholarships to WR and 6 Oline with scholarships. This is not his team at all. I Think you need to hold off on ignorant questions like this until next year this time... dang :roll:

I would LOVE to hear your backup for that ridiculous statement. SIX O-linemen with schollies? GFAFB.

Yeah @azgrizfan I sort of had a hard time to track down information to this comment in a few games this year by commentators, as I don't have the insight or smarts of Bwhalberg, but this is what I based off of as some evidence of this recruiting technique by Stitt:
2016 signing day: https://missoulian.com/sports/colle...cle_27b13d06-2507-5dd2-bb3e-ae7710377b2f.html
2017 signing day: https://missoulian.com/sports/colle...cle_fd1eaa71-9b39-5747-a019-327beaba4f13.html

And think you meant to say "GMAFB" :thumb: Unless You meant "Griz Football Are F**'n Beasts" :?

2017: Peyton Stoner; Sklar Martin
2016: Thayne Jackson; Ashton Torres; Dylan Eickmeyer; Brandon Scott; Conlon Beaver; Esai Longoria (signed to play D)
2015: Villanueva; Hart; Sirmon (Signed to play D)

That's 11 guys and I'm pretty sure all of them are on at least partials if not full schollies. Now, SINCE Hauck took over a couple of those guys have left (Jackson, Torres, Stoner (who gave up his schollie when he left and then returned)) or gotten injured, but the "six" number has got to be low.

 

[mtgrizfankb]

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwPDHVEHcvg[/media]

This what you were hoping for?

 

[runtheoption]

Here is your Swagger. I believe this was taken in the mountains high above Missoula just last week.

 

[MikeyGriz]

The time-honored Transitive Property gets really fun later in the season.

yeah, can't wait for the discussions about how some other coach would've done.

*edit* - not counting the ones that have already been made about how much more fire, grit, focus and determination this team has compared to, say, last year's. as evidenced by last saturday, especially.

I'm sure you will be one of the leaders of this "discussion". :roll:

 

[GGNez]

:shock: R U Serious!?! Is this a serious question? Dude this is haucks first year back with a team that had 16 scholarships to WR and 6 Oline with scholarships. This is not his team at all. I Think you need to hold off on ignorant questions like this until next year this time... dang :roll:

Gotta go with this one :thumb:

I agree with this too. HOWEVER, I had a recent conversation with a local business owner who argued the opposite point. His opinion is that Hauck's team was dominant last time he was HC because he inherited Glenn's winning team and left before his own skills (or lack thereof) were apparent. Thoughts?

 

[AZGrizFan]

:shock: R U Serious!?! Is this a serious question? Dude this is haucks first year back with a team that had 16 scholarships to WR and 6 Oline with scholarships. This is not his team at all. I Think you need to hold off on ignorant questions like this until next year this time... dang :roll:

Gotta go with this one :thumb:

I agree with this too. HOWEVER, I had a recent conversation with a local business owner who argued the opposite point. His opinion is that Hauck's team was dominant last time he was HC because he inherited Glenn's winning team and left before his own skills (or lack thereof) were apparent. Thoughts?

I might buy that if he’d been here 3-5 years...not 7. Those last 3 teams were ALL Hauck.

 

[Fahque]

the attitude? the toughness that was missing? the i'm-gonna-compete-harder-than-the-other-guy belief that was supposed to be instilled in the players? i really want to know, are we there yet? there were so many "promises" made about the magic of hauck, i lost count. was the swagger visible in that big win over sac state, or maybe cal poly? drake?

also, which win was the big 'signature' type win that the old coaches couldn't manage? uni? drake? sac state? cal poly? please help me out here, those who can see bobby's greatness. where can i find the swagger?

Who promised swagger? Some posters on egriz? Don't think Hauck did. If he did, call it to our attention.

Swagger comes with success and continued success. It doesn't happen overnight, if it ever happens. It often doesn't happen quickly under a new coach, where it wasn't there previously.

If you can see that the Griz are playing harder and more physical this year, than past years, then I can't help you. It's clear to me.

The Griz lost to CP in 2015 and 2016. So, Stitt never beat them. I think I heard that UM hadn't beaten CP on the road since Hauck was last here. So that was a good win, and looked even better when CP beat SS last weekend.

NI was a good win. We'll see how they do the rest of the season. Their losses are to UM, NDSU and Iowa (or St). SS was a nice win.

The 2 losses were unfortunate. It's pretty hard to win games when there have been 4 or 5 turnovers and a punt or punt return disaster.

I didn't see the PSU game, so can't comment specifically there. The ND game on the road will be a big and important test. I have liked what I have seen with the team and Sneed so far (again missed the last game). I am hopeful. But even prior to the PSU loss, it wasn't clear to me how good the Griz were and would be this year. I am hoping they can beat ND and show improvement as the season continues.

We beat Cal Poly there in 2013 by a score of 42-7.

 

[Jaredkuehn]

:shock: R U Serious!?! Is this a serious question? Dude this is haucks first year back with a team that had 16 scholarships to WR and 6 Oline with scholarships. This is not his team at all. I Think you need to hold off on ignorant questions like this until next year this time... dang :roll:

Gotta go with this one :thumb:

I agree with this too. HOWEVER, I had a recent conversation with a local business owner who argued the opposite point. His opinion is that Hauck's team was dominant last time he was HC because he inherited Glenn's winning team and left before his own skills (or lack thereof) were apparent. Thoughts?

He was here for 7 years, and '07-'09 were arguably his best teams. I get that he inherited a nationally elite program in '03, which surely helped in recruiting his guys, but 7 years is a long time for a coach to hang around in college football, especially at the FCS level. There is no way you go 80-17 (or whatever his record was) with great players, but marginal coaching. That's way too big of a sample size to make that claim. Its a different animal this time around, he'll be building a program rather than inheriting one, but to question his coaching skills? That guy is not paying attention.

 

[EverettGriz]

We know Hauck can maintain an elite team.

What we don’t know is if he can build one.

 

[MikeyGriz]

We know Hauck can maintain an elite team.

What we don’t know is if he can build one.

Sit back and observe.

 

[AllWeatherFan]

Sitting back and observing is not a swag move at all.

 

[argh!]

If you can see that the Griz are playing harder and more physical this year, than past years, then I can't help you. It's clear to me.

you obviously played the game.

 

[PlayerRep]

If you can see that the Griz are playing harder and more physical this year, than past years, then I can't help you. It's clear to me.

you obviously played the game.

You obviously didn't.