Both of my favorite coaches Norvell and Malzahn got out coached so both Memphis and Auburn lost. Then Arkansas loses by almost 30 points to Houston. Saying the coaches got out coached is probably not justified, but I’m frustrated.
I think fans are too prone to think football is a chess game where coaches simply make winning or losing moves. The players/pieces on the field/board have little to no impact on the outcome. When the players do make a mistake (Reggie Fish in the SECCG for infamous example), it’s a failure of coaching. When a player is recruited by everyone in the country (Brian Wallace), but doesn’t live up to the hype, the coach failed to develop him or they misevaluated him.
I think a lot of that kind of thinking is the result of “fantasy football” or video games involving “real players” that in reality is nothing close to real football. Just because you can take a team and go 12-0 in that game doesn’t mean it can happen in real life. You cannot duplicate personalities in a game.