Stitt's Ego/Inflexibility

[Spanky]

Not sure about the title of this thread....Stitt's Ego/Inflexibility? He is the head coach and responsible for the team and all decisions, much like a CEO. Rarely, does the boss get credit when good things happen, however, he gets credit for all of the bad things that happen. When he makes decisions, some say he isn't flexible, but since he is the boss, he has to make those decisions and many can't turn out good. It is normal for critics to say a decision maker has a big ego because he has the courage to make the decisions, not to mention the talent.
Stitt took over a team that had little talent in certain areas and probably would have finished in the middle of the pack, no matter who was coaching the team. Let's give him a couple more years of recruiting and coaching before we pass judgment.

 

[AZGrizFan]

Not sure about the title of this thread....Stitt's Ego/Inflexibility? He is the head coach and responsible for the team and all decisions, much like a CEO. Rarely, does the boss get credit when good things happen, however, he gets credit for all of the bad things that happen. When he makes decisions, some say he isn't flexible, but since he is the boss, he has to make those decisions and many can't turn out good. It is normal for critics to say a decision maker has a big ego because he has the courage to make the decisions, not to mention the talent.
Stitt took over a team that had little talent in certain areas and probably would have finished in the middle of the pack, no matter who was coaching the team. Let's give him a couple more years of recruiting and coaching before we pass judgment.

I agree 100%, Spanky. That's why I started this thread....trying to get some insight into those who were already criticizing Stitt and his approach after the Liberty game and have continued unabated despite the team going 4-2 since then.

 

[LakGriz]

Are these the words of an inflexible egotist?

"Got to kick those field goals. People gave me a hard time 'cause I didn't kick 'em back in the Weber State game. We're gonna kick 'em and we've got to make 'em. It wouldn't have been a game if we make our field goals." -- Stitt after ISU game.

btw, was it Stitt who got called for the penalty that wiped out the TD on the return of the second half kickoff? Didn't think so.

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for "little g"...

In just nine games Stitt has won as many FCS chippers as Hauck. That's wht Alpha named him "Big Game BoB," remember?

 

[Glendivegriz]

Not sure about the title of this thread....Stitt's Ego/Inflexibility? He is the head coach and responsible for the team and all decisions, much like a CEO. Rarely, does the boss get credit when good things happen, however, he gets credit for all of the bad things that happen. When he makes decisions, some say he isn't flexible, but since he is the boss, he has to make those decisions and many can't turn out good. It is normal for critics to say a decision maker has a big ego because he has the courage to make the decisions, not to mention the talent.
Stitt took over a team that had little talent in certain areas and probably would have finished in the middle of the pack, no matter who was coaching the team. Let's give him a couple more years of recruiting and coaching before we pass judgment.

So tired of this lack of talent bullsh*t! We have four losses currently. WSU was directly attributable to coaching decisions. Cal Poly can be argued that fourth down we should have punted. Liberty we came out a mess, lost our QB and fought back until the fumble inside the Liberty five yard line. PSU who knows? How the hell can on a third and nineteen we allow a receiver to get behind our safeties. Then do it again later in the game. We have had opportunities in every game. Lack of execution and decisions are directly attributable to the losses. Kansas has a lack of talent. We aren't getting blown out. The NDSU coach, who may know a thing or two, said we had the two best receivers his team was likely to see all year. It wasn't like they were wide open all day either. Same can be said in the ND game. The defense hasn't been bad if we could take out two to three plays a game. Granted the O-line hasn't been great but not much different than last year. No team is loaded at every position every year. And before anyone says not National Championship talent, why don't we see if we can take care of our conference first. It's not like all these teams don't have their own issues. Guarantee Cats and Ewu would love to have our defense. SU isn't a offensive explosion waiting to happen.

 

[grizindabox]

So for starters, the talent is questionable at QB, OL, RB, DT, S, and K....pretty hard to win games when those positions are questionable...just saying

I will also add that outside of KVA, people are over-rating the LB's...

 

[ranco]

Not sure about the title of this thread....Stitt's Ego/Inflexibility? He is the head coach and responsible for the team and all decisions, much like a CEO. Rarely, does the boss get credit when good things happen, however, he gets credit for all of the bad things that happen. When he makes decisions, some say he isn't flexible, but since he is the boss, he has to make those decisions and many can't turn out good. It is normal for critics to say a decision maker has a big ego because he has the courage to make the decisions, not to mention the talent.
Stitt took over a team that had little talent in certain areas and probably would have finished in the middle of the pack, no matter who was coaching the team. Let's give him a couple more years of recruiting and coaching before we pass judgment.

So tired of this lack of talent bullsh*t! We have four losses currently. WSU was directly attributable to coaching decisions. Cal Poly can be argued that fourth down we should have punted. Liberty we came out a mess, lost our QB and fought back until the fumble inside the Liberty five yard line. PSU who knows? How the hell can on a third and nineteen we allow a receiver to get behind our safeties. Then do it again later in the game. We have had opportunities in every game. Lack of execution and decisions are directly attributable to the losses. Kansas has a lack of talent. We aren't getting blown out. The NDSU coach, who may know a thing or two, said we had the two best receivers his team was likely to see all year. It wasn't like they were wide open all day either. Same can be said in the ND game. The defense hasn't been bad if we could take out two to three plays a game. Granted the O-line hasn't been great but not much different than last year. No team is loaded at every position every year. And before anyone says not National Championship talent, why don't we see if we can take care of our conference first. It's not like all these teams don't have their own issues. Guarantee Cats and Ewu would love to have our defense. SU isn't a offensive explosion waiting to happen.

Lets here your "no lack of talent" argument. How would you rank our quarterbacks, running backs and offensive line compared to the other Bigsky teams?

 

[Grizzoola]

The predicted 65/35 pass:run ratio going to a 50/50 ratio as mentioned earlier is significant. Stitt was supposed to be the second coming of Read, but lately, his predicted style is not panning out. Others have noted the repetitive runs by Ngyuen up the gut, when obviously those plays weren't working, except for one.

I think Simis, Hendu, and Jones should be turned loose, so they can get into the rhythm that a passing unit needs. Of course, it would be great if Simis had more pass protection. But I agree with those who complain about sticking to Ngyuen's up the gut runs, when after 3 & outs and other times when they clearly didn't work. If Stitt were inflexible, I'd say it's in this respect.

Last game was an anomaly, in that ISU was susceptible to the run. It's funny though. We averaged 5.3 ypc against UND. Then 3.4 against PSU. Then 4.4 against ISU.

We ran 99 plays. John Nguyen ran the ball 17 times. I wouldn't call that "sticking to Nguyen's up the gun runs"...But we DO only have two healthy RB's...so, if we're going to run, it's going to be either Nguyen or Calhoun.

Out of the 17 run plays, I only saw one that got any decent yardage. So why try doing the same thing, over and over for 16 times without any result? We know what doing that means.

 

[Grisly Fan]

Sometimes talent is what you make of it. NDSU has 4 NCs and yet during the same time the Griz placed more guys in the NFL. It doesn't mean that the Griz have been uniformly more talented but it does mean that they have had plenty talented to go deep in the playoffs and they haven't. Has coaching held them back? Impossible to say. Certainly turmoil surrounding the program hasn't helped.

 

[MsMaroon]

Just thought I would throw this one out there from 2007 - the year Griz went 11-0 then lost in the first round to Wofford. Griz O sucks. Coaches suck. O-line sucks. QB is terrible. Coaches are mean to the players. Griz have no talent, they are never going to get better, etc. At least we are consistent.

http://www.egriz.com/grizboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=26473

Funny how you all glide past this. Good read. Deja vu all over again.

Thanks for bringing up the Terriers. :thumb: Love recalling the profound and utter disbelief followed by nausea. After that game, I picked up some maroon beads from the parking lot on the way to my car and hung them on my rear-view mirror. I said I would not remove them until we won our next national championship. They are more silver now from sun damage from the years of exposure . . .

 

[grizindabox]

Just thought I would throw this one out there from 2007 - the year Griz went 11-0 then lost in the first round to Wofford. Griz O sucks. Coaches suck. O-line sucks. QB is terrible. Coaches are mean to the players. Griz have no talent, they are never going to get better, etc. At least we are consistent.

http://www.egriz.com/grizboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=26473

Funny how you all glide past this. Good read. Deja vu all over again.

Thanks for bringing up the Terriers. :thumb: Love recalling the profound and utter disbelief followed by nausea. After that game, I picked up some maroon beads from the parking lot on the way to my car and hung them on my rear-view mirror. I said I would not remove them until we won our next national championship. They are more silver now from sun damage from the years of exposure . . .

I looked at it and realized that I was spot on in 2007 also...

 

[Glendivegriz]

So for starters, the talent is questionable at QB, OL, RB, DT, S, and K....pretty hard to win games when those positions are questionable...just saying

I will also add that outside of KVA, people are over-rating the LB's...

That is a conclusionary statement without support. Our record of wins and the nature of the losses don't support your position unless every team we have played is as equally untalented.

 

[grizindabox]

So for starters, the talent is questionable at QB, OL, RB, DT, S, and K....pretty hard to win games when those positions are questionable...just saying

I will also add that outside of KVA, people are over-rating the LB's...

That is a conclusionary statement without support. Our record of wins and the nature of the losses don't support your position unless every team we have played is as equally untalented.

My position is that the Griz lack overall talent...some teams are less talented and some teams are more talented...but none the less, this current Griz team lacks the talent to be a good FCS level team...if you are happy with 7-4 or 6-5 level talent...then I guess the Griz are doing well...exactly what you want from them...

 

[Glendivegriz]

So for starters, the talent is questionable at QB, OL, RB, DT, S, and K....pretty hard to win games when those positions are questionable...just saying

I will also add that outside of KVA, people are over-rating the LB's...

That is a conclusionary statement without support. Our record of wins and the nature of the losses don't support your position unless every team we have played is as equally untalented.

My position is that the Griz lack overall talent...some teams are less talented and some teams are more talented...but none the less, this current Griz team lacks the talent to be a good FCS level team...if you are happy with 7-4 or 6-5 level talent...then I guess the Griz are doing well...exactly what you want from them...

Or 9-2 or 8-3 talent. I would take that this season. You just stated that we don't have talent in over 2/3's of the team.

 

[grizindabox]

So for starters, the talent is questionable at QB, OL, RB, DT, S, and K....pretty hard to win games when those positions are questionable...just saying

I will also add that outside of KVA, people are over-rating the LB's...

That is a conclusionary statement without support. Our record of wins and the nature of the losses don't support your position unless every team we have played is as equally untalented.

My position is that the Griz lack overall talent...some teams are less talented and some teams are more talented...but none the less, this current Griz team lacks the talent to be a good FCS level team...if you are happy with 7-4 or 6-5 level talent...then I guess the Griz are doing well...exactly what you want from them...

Or 9-2 or 8-3 talent. I would take that this season. You just stated that we don't have talent in over 2/3's of the team.

but this team is not a 8 or 9 win team....and I don't think they get to 7....seems like average overall talent to me...

 

[Glendivegriz]

Well, like I said, that's just your opinion that you have failed to support without any analysis. The nature of the losses seem to lead to a different conclusion as I stated previously.

 

[grizindabox]

Well, like I said, that's just your opinion that you have failed to support without any analysis. The nature of the losses seem to lead to a different conclusion as I stated previously.

Seriously, you can support your argument about having good talent....I really want to see what you bring to the table to support your argument...

I haven't laughed this hard in a long time....Glendive, why don't you sit down and watch the Griz games without your Maroon glasses on buddy...

 

[Glendivegriz]

Sh*t. lol. Who has the glasses on. I have watched the games. You post and post without much logic. It's obvious you think Stitt is the next coming when the results so far don't suggest that is the case. I'm not saying it will not improve but, there does seem to be a commonality running throughout the season that suggests the talent is not the only issue. We don't execute and the in game decisions at times are suspect. That is a coaching issue.

 

[AZGrizFan]

The predicted 65/35 pass:run ratio going to a 50/50 ratio as mentioned earlier is significant. Stitt was supposed to be the second coming of Read, but lately, his predicted style is not panning out. Others have noted the repetitive runs by Ngyuen up the gut, when obviously those plays weren't working, except for one.

I think Simis, Hendu, and Jones should be turned loose, so they can get into the rhythm that a passing unit needs. Of course, it would be great if Simis had more pass protection. But I agree with those who complain about sticking to Ngyuen's up the gut runs, when after 3 & outs and other times when they clearly didn't work. If Stitt were inflexible, I'd say it's in this respect.

Last game was an anomaly, in that ISU was susceptible to the run. It's funny though. We averaged 5.3 ypc against UND. Then 3.4 against PSU. Then 4.4 against ISU.

We ran 99 plays. John Nguyen ran the ball 17 times. I wouldn't call that "sticking to Nguyen's up the gun runs"...But we DO only have two healthy RB's...so, if we're going to run, it's going to be either Nguyen or Calhoun.

Out of the 17 run plays, I only saw one that got any decent yardage. So why try doing the same thing, over and over for 16 times without any result? We know what doing that means.

1-10: 2 yards
3-4: 28 yards (TD)
2-5: 0 yards
3-G: 1 yard
1-10: 7 yards
2-3: 3 yards
1-10: 1 yard
1-10: 3 yards
2-5: 3 yards
2-3: 1 yard
1-10: 0 yards
1-10: 1 yard
2-9: 1 yard
3-8: 3 yards
1-10: 2 yards
2-8: 4 yards
3-2: 3 yards

 

[grizindabox]

Sh*t. lol. Who has the glasses on. I have watched the games. You post and post without much logic. It's obvious you think Stitt is the next coming when the results so far don't suggest that is the case. I'm not saying it will not improve but, there does seem to be a commonality running throughout the season that suggests the talent is not the only issue. We don't execute and the in game decisions at times are suspect. That is a coaching issue.

Funny....I am pretty sure that all I have stated is that the Griz lack overall talent....I have posted in other threads that people better be ready for another sub-optimal season next year and then maybe start seeing some results in year 3 and 4...but I am pretty sure that I have never posted anything about Stitt being the next Belicheck or anyting....

Back to the talent....I would love to see you support the argument that UM has good overall talent...you can start with the QB and OL position...

 

[UMGriz75]

..but I am pretty sure that I have never posted anything about Stitt being the next Belicheck or anyting....

And I never posted that Makena Simis was the second coming of Dave Dickenson either, it's just somebody talking to you the way you talk ... .