[CTcard]

Spewing demands to change the coaching structure and never watching football again are simply the exasperated venting of fans who were convinced there was waaaay more potential in this team than they exhibited that day.

I think I would have been far more upset if that game actually was the potential of this team rather than (as the fact was) the team was merely playing far below it's potential.

Or, to put it another way, it is much better that the team was playing poorly rather than being a poor team.

[CTcard]

Spewing demands to change the coaching structure and never watching football again are simply the exasperated venting of fans who were convinced there was waaaay more potential in this team than they exhibited that day.

I think I would have been far more upset if that game actually was the potential of this team rather than (as the fact was) the team was merely playing far below it's potential.

Or, to put it another way, it is much better that the team was playing poorly rather than being a poor team.

[CornFed]

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Spewing demands to change the coaching structure and never watching football again are simply the exasperated venting of fans who were convinced there was waaaay more potential in this team than they exhibited that day.

I think I would have been far more upset if that game actually was the potential of this team rather than (as the fact was) the team was merely playing far below it's potential.

Or, to put it another way, it is much better that the team was playing poorly rather than being a poor team.
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That is quite true.  But the posts that day were, I think, expressing shock at what was being displayed on the field and contrasting that with perceptions that posters had held prior to the game.  That's why people focused on how something must be wrong with the coaching.  No one talked about concerns that our recruiting had not succeeded in bringing talent to Stanford.  Several did comment that our ability to maintain the level of our recruiting would be jeopardized by our game that day.

[CornFed]

[quote author=CornFed link=topic=12655.msg140455#msg140455 date=1447027005]
Spewing demands to change the coaching structure and never watching football again are simply the exasperated venting of fans who were convinced there was waaaay more potential in this team than they exhibited that day.

I think I would have been far more upset if that game actually was the potential of this team rather than (as the fact was) the team was merely playing far below it's potential.

Or, to put it another way, it is much better that the team was playing poorly rather than being a poor team.
[/quote]

That is quite true.  But the posts that day were, I think, expressing shock at what was being displayed on the field and contrasting that with perceptions that posters had held prior to the game.  That's why people focused on how something must be wrong with the coaching.  No one talked about concerns that our recruiting had not succeeded in bringing talent to Stanford.  Several did comment that our ability to maintain the level of our recruiting would be jeopardized by our game that day.

[fullmetal]

I think it's rather uncommon for a "good team" (as estimated by preseason sentiment) to fall flat on its face in game 1 but reel off victories the whole rest of the way.  Most of the time, a bad game 1 performances does tend to indicate that the team is bad.  Thankfully, this year's team is tougher than that, and they have last year's Ohio State team as an example of how one early-season loss may not hurt you as long as you take care of business (aka recency bias, lovely thing that it is).

[fullmetal]

I think it's rather uncommon for a "good team" (as estimated by preseason sentiment) to fall flat on its face in game 1 but reel off victories the whole rest of the way.  Most of the time, a bad game 1 performances does tend to indicate that the team is bad.  Thankfully, this year's team is tougher than that, and they have last year's Ohio State team as an example of how one early-season loss may not hurt you as long as you take care of business (aka recency bias, lovely thing that it is).