We’ve never had top half of the SEC type talent. When we win it’s because we’ve had a coaching (like when we play LSU OR Ole Miss) and experience advantage (like last year). When we play SEC teams that are well coached and experienced, our talent differential becomes glaringly obvious. We also have very little margin for error or injury. I have said for years (and been told I’m full of crap) that, unless we cheat, we will never be consistently among the top teams in the conference.
Usually happens every year on signing day when we hear how it does not matter that we finished in the bottom 3 of the SEC. We whiled needs, found diamonds in the rough, develop players better than anybody else and identify players better than anybody else. Like clockwork
Actually, that isn’t true at all. It makes for a good smart aleck post, but there’s no one saying that we have he same talent as the bigs.
What many (like me) say is that we have better talent than we are credited with and the idea that we can’t compete with many of them is disproved every year.
I hear every year that we have a huge talent gap between us and LSU, OM and AU.
And, tonight notwithstanding, we do. We play LSU as well as anyone other than Bama and beat them, routinely. We’ve beaten OM 3 years in a row. We’ve played AU to a draw throughout the series history.
But, we lose a game (and this is the worst in the CBB era) and then here come the same handful of you with the same, old gripes.
We can’t hang. We’re overmatched. Never mind that we actually aren’t on the field, consistently, except when we play Bama.
Again, I’ll add the disclaimer that this is the most disappointed I’ve ever been with CBB or a CBB team.
That said, keeping it real goes both ways. Calling this loss embarrassing and disgusting is absolutely fair.
If you’re really being objective, though, you should also give them credit that you never really seem willing to give even when they earn it.
Bottom 3? Hyperbole much? We’ve finished in the bottom 3 once as far back as I can remember. I am not a stargazer, and generally don’t put much faith in the team recruiting rankings. For every team who’s success matches their recruiting rankings, you can find two that do not. But if you are going to quote numbers, at least quote them correctly.