Phil Steele Blog - Returning Players/Yards/Experience

[jgisland]

Phil Steele had a a ton of posts on his blog today. I wish he didn't have any, they were all very depressing if you are a CU fan.

A couple of the low lights:

Combined Experience Chart

CU is dead last, 124th of 124 teams.

		Total	Senior	Senior	Senior	% LTR	% YDS	% TKL	OL CAR
Rank	Team	Exp Pts	Strs	2 Deep	Exp Pts	Return	Return	Return	STRS
124	Colorado	37.8	6	0	43	58.70%	22.30%	62.30%	51

Returning Letterman/Lost %
CU is 119th. They return 44, lost 31 for 58.76% returning.

2 Deep Class Breakdown

This is a breakdown done by 2 deep experience, CU is dead last, 124th of 124 teams.

% of Yards Returning

CU is 122nd, with 22.34% returning. While is isn't noted, I am sure that number accounts for Richardson returning, so take his receiving yards out and I am sure CU comes in at # 124.


% of Tackles Returning

If there is a highlight this is it, CU returns 62.31% of tackles and comes in 69th.

 

[tante]

the upside is we pretty much sucked last year so it is not like we are losing our #1 offensive ranking or anything.

we were 92nd in the country at 346.4 yards per game. 52nd in passing yards per game and 106th in rushing yards per game. To round out or offense we finished 109th in points per game with 19.8

 

[SBG]

Look on the bright side of things as well. Given that we went 3-10 perhaps it's not a bad thing we're don't have very many guys that are returning. If we are going to suck again this year it's best to do it with younger guys who have more upside than not.

Doesn't mean this board isn't going to go up in flames after we get torched by a couple of teams again this year.

 

[buff4bcs1985]

what is the deal with steele... why is his word god?

 

[jgisland]

Look on the bright side of things as well. Given that we went 3-10 perhaps it's not a bad thing we're don't have very many guys that are returning. If we are going to suck again this year it's best to do it with younger guys who have more upside than not.

Doesn't mean this board isn't going to go up in flames after we get torched by a couple of teams again this year.

Absolutely agree, but it is still nice to have a little experience returning no matter the talent level of it.

what is the deal with steele... why is his word god?

These are just stats, Steele isn't "saying" anything.

 

[J.R. Ewing]

We're going to have some serious growing pains this year.

 

[absinthe]

Absolutely agree, but it is still nice to have a little experience returning no matter the talent level of it.



These are just stats, Steele isn't "saying" anything.

These numbers do not account for the loss of richardson, ad that in and we get even worse on the yardage front.

 

[BlackNGold]

This is my opinion but if Hawkins would of been replaced after the 2009 season - the 2011 season would of been a lot better with a large senior class that would of been coached up. Instead it ends up being a transition year leading into who knows what. I am hopeful of 6 wins but that is counting on a lot of guys stepping up.

 

[Dark Bohner]

I see this and just shrug my shoulders. Nowhere to go but up in this case, and if anything this allows Embree to make the transition to "his" guys faster.

 

[absinthe]

This is my opinion but if Hawkins would of been replaced after the 2009 season - the 2011 season would of been a lot better with a large senior class that would of been coached up. Instead it ends up being a transition year leading into who knows what. I am hopeful of 6 wins but that is counting on a lot of guys stepping up.

6 wins? can i have some of what you are smoking?

 

[Duff Man]

This is my opinion but if Hawkins would of been replaced after the 2009 season - the 2011 season would of been a lot better with a large senior class that would of been coached up. Instead it ends up being a transition year leading into who knows what. I am hopeful of 6 wins but that is counting on a lot of guys stepping up.

Transition year I can buy. Having the worst offense in the conference by a good margin, with experience just about everywhere no less, was much tougher to accept.

 

[buff4bcs1985]

Absolutely agree, but it is still nice to have a little experience returning no matter the talent level of it.



These are just stats, Steele isn't "saying" anything.

no no... i dont understand what the big deal is about steele

 

[Hugegroove]

Which one is Phil Steele?

 

[BlackNGold]

Transition year I can buy. Having the worst offense in the conference by a good margin, with experience just about everywhere no less, was much tougher to accept.

We were 11th in Total offense (Utah was worse). We were last in scoring offense...I really believe a lot of the issues were a lack of mental toughness which was reflected in a poor 3 rd down efficiency. When the team needed a play no one made it. That is my hope for this year...guys step up and make plays when we need them.

 

[NashBuff]

This means we might have hit rock bottom last season.

 

[Deleted member 807]

Well here we are. Welcome to rock bottom, statistically speaking.

There is only one direction to go from here.

 

[Unleash Hell]

no no... i dont understand what the big deal is about steele

no, no I don't understand you, go find a tornado:thumbsup:

 

[buff4bcs1985]

no, no I don't understand you, go find a tornado:thumbsup:

i was basically asking why you drool on his nuts every time his magazine comes out

 

[Unleash Hell]

i was basically asking why you drool on his nuts every time his magazine comes out

some good ****! He's picked the national champion like 4 of the past 6 years. And he picked us as a surprise national title contender in his 2001 preview after a 3-8 season.

 

[J.R. Ewing]

These numbers do not account for the loss of richardson, ad that in and we get even worse on the yardage front.

If we're dead last in returning yards, and spreading reps between 3 quarterbacks, expect us to have a LOT of turnovers in 2012.

 

[slider]

Hey when does experience matter? tc.I mean on offense we wouldn't be better with Toney CLemons, Rodney Stewart, Tyler Hansen e

 

[CarolinaBuff]

some good ****! He's picked the national champion like 4 of the past 6 years. And he picked us as a surprise national title contender in his 2001 preview after a 3-8 season.

He also has the best track record of all the preview magazines over the past 10 years when it comes to preseason predictions for the final conference standings.

http://preseason.stassen.com/prediction-accuracy/2012-10yr.html

 

[J.R. Ewing]

He also has the best track record of all the preview magazines when it comes to preseason predictions.

Which me mentions ten times through out the magazine in size 28 bolded font with 5 explanation marks.

 

[Unleash Hell]

He also has the best track record of all the preview magazines when it comes to preseason predictions.

The reason is because he is the one studying and writing these previews, while the other mags have local writers send in info about each team. Steele knows college football. Here is what he looks at every Saturday in the Fall.

 

[CarolinaBuff]

Which me mentions ten times through out the magazine in size 28 bolded font with 5 explanation marks.

Yes he certainly does.

 

[SBG]

what is the deal with steele... why is his word god?

As mentioned before he didn't say anything and you can always find a stat to spin things your way. Experience is a huge plus in sports though. Not to mention maturity (think physical and mental strength).

There's a reason NBA and baseball teams use statistics to pick up players.

You can imply what Steele was inferring--that we'd be a bad team--but that's also an assumption. We were bad last year. Awful actually. Really ******.

But the only thing you can say with any certainty right now is that he said we are going to be very inexperienced.

 

[J.R. Ewing]

In his power rankings he has us at 89. Only Kentucky and Indiana are worse. I hate to piss in the Kool Aid.

 

[somebody]

On the plus side, we have 100% of our coaches returning. That will help the transition.

 

[SBG]

In his power rankings he has us at 89. Only Kentucky and Indiana are worse. I hate to piss in the Kool Aid.

Well expectations here are those of a lot of 35 year old alums that were here during the 90s. If Embree goes 19-19 like Sark at UDub I wonder if we'd want him out. It took UDub a while to get even back to were they are--which isn't great by their historical standards--and they seem to support football better than we are currently. Ugh.

I'm starting to worry that in terms of record we haven't hit rock bottom yet. I'm sure we'll see improvement on the field this year, but it cold also be another 2-4 win type of season. If we are making progress on the field and we start recruiting better then I'll be content. Not happy, but content.

 

[somebody]

To go 19-19 from here is optimistic to say the least.