MSU Red Cedar Message Board

There's always golf, skiing, etc. it's what I did during the muddy years. I never paid attention to football. I'm getting close to that again and so are a lot of people I know.

I blame it on the score boards.

so after back-to-back 11 win seasons, 1 year in the shitter gets you close to the level of not caring again?

He's not the only one...

and if Dantonio doesn't address the 'Roushar situation', then it's time to look at the head coach as the problem.

and if Roushar comes back and we win 11 next year?

What is so confounding is this team never improved from the first game of the season to yesterday.

The game against Minnesota is a must win, not for the bowl game, but for the 15 extra practices. Something the entire team starting with the coaching staff to the players truly needs.

I agree! And maybe Dantonio should address the problem of why his team has become choke central.

I actually think the back to back 11 win seasons made it worse. There is no excuse for having a top 10 defense and needing week 12 to get to .500... despite the inexperience and injuries to the offensive line. To lose the number of games, in the fashion that we've lost them, with the volume of (what I would consider to be) pissed away possessions, and late game coaching brain farts (lets punt some more!) its doubly frustrating. I totally get why some fans might not want to get so emotionally invested after the season has gone the way its gone. When you see the opportunity for a 10-1 season and are instead starting down 5-6... you lose a lot of hope.

Let me just say this: It's not fair to put all of the blame on Maxwell, but at the same time, looking ahead to next season, I don't get a warm and fuzzy feeling when I think of him leading this offense.

He needs to be surrounded by a great OL and more playmakers. Even then, he just becomes a "game manager". A 5th year Sr. as a game manager.....YUCK.

Maxwell has some very bad habits. He gets happy feet before he throws... he stutters around and starts patting the ball. I blame his accuracy issues on this. It looks to me like a confidence issue. I'm confident he's coached otherwise and, like cousins and his damn back foot throws, resorts to bad habits under pressure.

I don't mind Maxwell as a game manager, but you see how we do things. We come with a balanced attack, Bell is picking up solid yards, and then we go PASS DEEP, PASS DEEP, PASS DEEP, PUNT after a first down and the entire stadium is left shaking their heads. You don't do that with a game manager. But the one time it looked like Maxwell was going to go out there and make something happen, he threw 3 interceptions (first half against BSU) and ever since then he's been a less aggressive QB. Well shit, only one of those INTs were his fault (accuracy issue).

The two things that give me (helpless) hope for the next season... we *should* return all of our offensive talent save for McDonald. We'll get our Center and RT back... maybe Clark will overtake France at LT... Allen will be better at LG, and who knows, maybe Nate Klatt or Kruse or somebody takes the reigns at RG. Maybe we get a real running game with a 1-2 punch option rather than relying on one guy to carry all the load. Maybe Sims comes back and can stay healthy. Maybe the WR's get much better in the off season. Maybe Muma turns out to be a better kicker than Conroy (makes you wonder why he never got a shot though doesn't it?)

Maybe Coach D gets his aggressive if not reckless streak back.... with the schedule the way it is, we could be looking to get back to 11 wins.

I propose a new rule when evaluating MSU olines. Take the top 8 lineman, then remove 3 of the top 4. Now evaluate.