Top Or Bottom Of The Hill

It began back in 2006 when Brian Mitchell (now with the Memphis Tiger coaching staff) left the Cougs for greener grass at Texas Tech. Jaime Hill was brought in as a defensive coordinator. However, sometime after the Cougs were dismantled friday and basically handed their football cleats by the Aggies an option was given to end things. Resign or to be relieved of your duties effective immediately. Apparently, Jaime chose the other. Somewhere in between things have gone way off track. The last time the jerseys in blue were 1-4 was back in 1973. Hill began as an assistant with San Fransisco State back in 1987 and has been to through 11 stops in his stints since. Was it a matter of coaching differences, leadership and philosophy? Could be. Maybe the stats also speak for themselves. On the season the Cougs rush defense was ranked dead last. Yes, dead last out of 120 team giving up roughly 259 yards a matchup. The total defense was ranked 101. Maybe its also a lack of pressure on opponents QBs? The cougs are currently ranked 107th only finding an average of one sack a game. Right now, the jerseys in blue defense simply put isn't pretty.

Could there be more changes in store? Would only have to assume that all aspects of the football program will certainly be evaluated at some point. On the other side of the ball things might not look much better. The fans certainly want to see some points on the board. Yet, the cougs scoring offense is ranked 114th averaging only 15.2 per contest.

Is the talent there? One of the recruiting services byu.scout.com has the 2010 class ranked as the 22nd best in the nation. The 2009 class was ranked 40th best. How about the 2008 class? They were listed as the #57th best. Even the 2007 class was ranked 42nd. Certainly on paper the talent has got to be present. However, translating paper to what's on the field is often a different story. Something is without question amiss. Will this change things on paper? Only time will tell. Yet, there's no question Bronco, staff and players will certainly have their hands full considering what's left on schedule. Never forget though groups and indivuals who put in the work, surround themselves with greatness, with a vision and do things right at some point of time somehow magic happens. One can only hope.