The Fake Lonnie Finch

I see, you're one of those freaks that always spoils the pizza parties by requesting Canadian Bacon.

I think they were trying to decide whether to go with pepperoni or just plain cheese for after the game. Those kind of mix ups can ruin a get together.

Dude, he's out for the year with a foot injury. Plus, he's a skinny kid. This link from his high school recruiting days listed him as a WR prospect: http://houston.scout.com/a.z?s=215&p=8...amp;nid=3408932 If he really is 6'2" and really does run a 4.4, as Scout claims, I'd rather have him at WR at 180-190 pounds. He looks like a young Bernard Berrian with those long limbs and skinny calves. As it is, he's already had foot surgery. I like these kids: http://jcfootball.scout.com/a.z?s=87&p...amp;nid=4096760 & http://jcfootball.scout.com/a.z?s=87&p...amp;nid=4434425

...smile on your brother. Everybody get together. Try to love one another right now. Wow. Halfway through the season and, for the fourth year in a row, the fanbase is split into warring factions about why we continue to lose. One side says it's Dodge. The other (laughably) suggests its Deloach. In my faction of one, I say simply go the whole hog and replace the two remaining stragglers on the staff, shuffle a couple of coaches already here and we'll be locked, loaded, and ready for bear come 2010. Yaaaaaaaaahooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I can see the Germans on the horizon now! Coming in low to bomb Pearl Harbor, chief!

Dude, overall, we don't have a coaching staff that is very intense. We have one or two, but, it's not brimming with in-your-face coaches. These coaches tell players not to cuss during the games. You want intensity with this group of coaches? Good luck. If you watched Texas-OU, you saw sidelines full of intense coaches on both sides. Mack Brown and Bob Stoops lead the way in hollering at players, officials, and just about anyone else within earshot. And, the assistants? Both DCs look like they are in perpetually foul moods. OU's DL coach Jackie Shipp...lord...I don't think I've ever seen a camera shot of that guy not in someone's earhole. I think that guy wakes up yelling at his corn flakes for not being crispy enough. I imagine the Texas and OU practices are hell the Sunday after a game - win, lose, or draw. Us? Not so much. The coaches teaches them to forget about it. And, so they do...and, so we get the same shenanigans over and over again.

But, they can't really watch the game from in there, now can they? However, if the radio feed is begin pumped in there, and a guy doesn't mind the cramped quarters...you could probably shoe horn in another few dozen on top of the 32,000. Here's another possibility, they could have a day where people are allowed to scale the Kibbie Dome and cut themselves a hole in the top of it to watch the game. This would not only increase attendance, but would also promote physical fitness.

If each person brings a smaller person to sit in their lap, I think they can pack in about 32,000.

The Vandals were also 3-21 over the past two seasons. Looks like their third year coach has them off the mat. Their situation couldn't have been any less dire than ours when we hired Dodge. Yes, here's another program who is getting it done. For whatever reason, we continue to wait...and be fed the same diet of "just look behind the scenes and you'll see it's on the right track" and "if you only knew how bad it was before" and "look at how well we're doing in women's athletics" etc., etc., etc. Always some excuse to take the focus off of what matters - wins and losses. It certainly wasn't worse than Idaho, who hadn't had a winning season since 1999, when Dodge was hired. Yet, another program is showing that you don't have to wait forever and ever and ever to win. It's as frustrating as ever, yo. Guess I'm happy for the Vandal fans? Kibbie Kraziness? Almonds are good. I've eaten about half a bag today.

Would you agree that we need a new secondary coach? I posted last week that we should move the secondary coach, Chuck Petersen, to the offensive side of the ball, where he spent 17 seasons at Air Force as WR coach, then offensive coordinator/QB coach. Then, hire in a good safeties coach in his place to team with Carlton Buckels. I've never really understood why Petersen, an offensive coach for the meat of his career, was brought in to coach on the other side of the ball.

Article about father and son coach/QB combos: http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_13581247 Dan Hawkins finally benched his son this weekend and the team upset #17 Kansas with Tyler Hansen leading the way. Could we pull an upset at Troy with Nathan Tune? Anyway, I like Mark Richt's honesty on the subject: "Georgia coach Mark Richt helped persuade his son Jon to accept a scholarship with rival Clemson last year. 'I felt like it was going to be tough, especially at the quarterback position, to have your son playing for you," Richt told The (Rock Hill, S.C.) Herald at the time. "I didn't want the pressure of trying to be unbiased, because I'm not. I love the kid. ... I didn't want to put the pressure on our staff, and I didn't want my wife, who's our water girl, to tell me who we should start at quarterback.'"

Yeah, but, dude...we almost did beat Schnelly and Smith! The thing wasn't offense. You figured they'd score with Smith, Gent, and that tight end who wasn't supposed to play. But, you rarely get a shot at defenses with so many new players. And, as I figured, we were able to gash that defense with our experienced OL. It just wasn't enough. Really disappointed in the defense and special teams, man. We're cooked, for sure, if those start falling apart again.

Ohio is 5-2, though. And, we hung in there with them into OT. Note: Mickey Tettleton's son, Tyler, got some game time today with the Bobcats. Alabama, 7-0 UMT...just kidding, MUTS, 3-3 Louisana, 4-2 Yes, Ball State has had a huge drop off. But, we've played some decent teams so far this season. There haven't been any gimmies...although, I thought FAU was a gimmie this year. I just thought that FAU had so many new starters on defense - eight - that it would overshadow what they had returning on offense. Their defense was even worse than I expected...but, dadgum, ya'll...Rusty Smith is a good QB.

Got to admit that as well as Tune was throwing it downfield, I was surprised by that call. But, Dunbar had been running well...so well that FAU's defense obviously keyed on him for that play. Here's an old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old, old football idea: Have a tight end you can go to in these situations.

(hand raised) And, I'll add...maybe it should be Riley covering for Tune. Those long tosses looked a ton better than Riley's. I hope they sit Riley for Troy so that the Trojans don't completely finish him off for the season injury-wise. And, I hope they use 100% of the playbook for Tune. With Tune, we don't have to dink and dunk and hope a guy breaks a tackle - we can really expect to pick up big chunks of yards with throws down field. Dream scenario: -Dodge family has an epiphany. Riley is moved to h-back and plays QB in some form of the Wildcat formation, but Tune starts the rest of this season. -Dodge recruits a big son-of-a-biscuit-eater with a strong arm to throw to the Big 12 transfers next season. -All of the coaches moves and changes I posted about earlier in the week. THE END

Too bad for the Rangers. Rudy's a good hitting instructor...but, I'm biased. His daughter went to UNT and I had a few classes with her. We studied together for more than a few tests together. Back then, her dad was still with the Astros. It was always fun to talk with her about baseball and such. Nice gal.

I love how you think know so much about me, SUMG. Am I to assume that you are Rick Villareal's new toady, following me around the board? Will you ferret out my cell phone number and give it to Rick like his last toady? We had a nice little talk in the spring when he finally used it. He never took up my offer for lunch, though, like he said he would. He's a busy man. I understand. Maybe you can go one step further than his last toady and stake out my house, see what my personal habits are. Peep through the window at my wife...try to give candy to my kids...sift through my garbage cans out back. Perhaps you could peek into my mail box to make sure everything was addressed to me and not Kenny Evans. You could tailgate me all the way up 380 to the remaining UNT home games, just to make sure I'm there. You could sit right behind me...maybe lick the salt off the peanut shells I discard or eat the ice out of my drink when I'm finished with it or waggle some M&Ms off my kids. And, just think, you'd be doing all of this just because I have a different opinion about the direction of my alma mater's football program than you do.

I would be happy with the runningbacks coach at Texas: http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/spo...te_major00.html Or, the quarterbacks coach at OU: http://soonersports.com/school-bio/josh_heupel.html Or, both, with one as the head coach and the other as offensive coordinator. (Although, I realize that I'll see the easter bunny and tooth fairy playing pool and splitting a pitcher of Natural Light at Riprock's before this would ever happen. Dammit.)

At this point, we don't need a new head coach, we need two more college assistants in the place of the two remaining high school coaches we have on staff. The parts of the team coached by college guys are doing well - offensive line, running backs, defensive line, linebackers, secondary, special teams. It's taken Dodge this long, surely he can see where the final pieces to the puzzle. Surely? Also, with the way the running backs have performed, the way to JUCOs have performed, and the way the special teams has improved, can we go ahead and say that Shelton Gandy is the Coach of the Year on our staff?

We will beat FAU...and I'll go with a receiver since the Owls only had two starters return on defense. They shouldn't have jelled enough yet to stop even this dink and dunk offense. I'll say B.J. Lewis steps up and delivers a couple of scores in the win.

I think Coach Hawkins may finally be worried about his job. People say his buyout is too high, but that's a joke. CU has plenty of monied alums. If SMU cann come up with $10 million to hire June Jones, CU alumn can come up with the $3 million is will take to buyout Hawkins. The worst part is for the alums. You expect your school to hire a guy in who has the programs best interest at heart. Then, you got a guy like Hawkins who wouldn't pull his son until long after it was evident that he couldn't play consistently enough to make CU competitive. It's not really right to try out your "Doug Flutie" experiment on the alumni. Hawkins could come or go, but the alumni will always be alumni of the school. I've said this before, and I'll repeat it...it's also not fair to the other players and their families. Players only have a certain number of years to be eligible, and the NCAA is tight on transferring. And, the players families spend alot of time and money traveling to see the team play. So, it is the duty of the head coach to recruit the best players at all positions and field a competitive team. That's it. That's a coach's job. It's not to make sure his son gets playing time. At Colorado it was blatant. A month ago, Toledo was beating CU by about 30 with four minutes left in the game, and Hawkins left his son in there for two meaningless scoring drives. His son played every snap of the game despite throwing two fourth quarter interceptions that helped Toledo make the game a rout. All the while, the second team QB is standing on the sideline. That's just garbage. We've got a different situation here. We've only been blown out in one and a half games. And, although it's the defense and special teams that are keeping us in the games, Coach Dodge really has no other choice but to stick with son at QB. He simply hasn't recruited or managed the position so that there is a viable backup. It's his own fault. The problem with Nathan Tune is that the coaching staff doesn't put in the whole playbook for him because he can't run. This idiot high school offense has to have a running quarterback. Fine. But, teams have already figured out that we aren't going long - or even medium - in the passing game. Anyway, I don't believe that this staff has the ability to craft a game around Nathan Tune's ability to throw it down field. They can barely put a game plan together for what they have out there now. When they had Louisiana on the ropes Saturday night, the offense couldn't throw the final knockout punch. With 3:51 left in the third quarter, we were up 34-24. Then, this is the offense: -3 plays, 2 yards: 2 rushes, 1 incomplete pass, 1 delay of game penalty -3 plays, -11 yards: 2 rushes, 1 illegal forward pass penalty...the play where Riley threw the ball twice -8 plays, 27 yards: 5 rushes, 3 passes, 1 fumble that we recovered, 1 timeout called by us (!) with 2:46 left on the clock -1 play, 0 yards, 1 interception thrown...14 yards down the field with about 10 seconds left...71 yards away from the end zone with 0:27 seconds and two time outs left when we took possession needing a touchdown to win. That's 15 plays, 18 yards, 1 fumble, two penalties - both on the QB, and 1 interception. This after three years of this offense...and, as we were told over and over again before the season, after this quarterback "grew up" in the system. Baloney. The bottom line is, we are stuck with what we have because of the pieces that are now in place. But, as I said at the beginning, if this thing keeps cratering in 2009, there have got to be some real, tangible changes in the offseason to the offense coaching staff the way there were to the defense and special teams following 2007 and 2008. And, as Shelton Gandy did last year in finding OLs and this year in finding DLs and WRs, at least one JUCO QB has to be found who can throw the ball down the field to compete for the starting job...and a prep QB or two as well to groom for the future. I had a Whataburger double meat, double cheese with a big root beer and it was delicious, yo.

http://twitter.com/Schnellenberger Toilet bowl? Out schmoozing with the fanbase at the satellite campus. Selling the University. Schnellenberger The week begins with prep for UNT who has greatly improved since our game a year ago. We had a good bye week and expect the same this week. about 1 hour ago from web We had a good practice for the last 45 minutes. The first 45 minutes weren't very good but we ended up on a positive note. We return Tues. 11:17 AM Oct 10th from web Today was an ok day. Not as good as yesterday or the day before but we got our work done and will be back in the morning. Practice at noon. 3:13 PM Oct 9th from web We are off the field, another south Florida day for practice. The radio show is tonight. I welcome your calls 1-888-760-3776. 2:31 PM Oct 8th from web Our coaches have been out recruiting this week. Today we held our weekly toilet bowl following practice. The players worked hard. 4:00 PM Oct 7th from web Corrections begin 2 pm today. 7:01 AM Oct 4th from mobile web Game day and it is our 100th. The team is thinking about Wyoming. Do you remember some of our biggest games? No. 2, No. 22, Hawaii, UNA, etc 7:22 AM Oct 3rd from web Friday Fact: FAU has more students than ever before, more than 27,000. We are in neetings tonight. 100th tomorrow. 5:10 PM Oct 2nd from mobile web Practice is done. Join us at Happy Hourand for the radio show. Call 1-888-760-3776 to ask a question. 2:53 PM Oct 1st from web Following practice I visited the Port St. Lucie campus to rally the northern fans. They will be at the game Saturday. Join them. 6:05 PM Sep 30th from web The scout team was well prepared today which will help in our prep for Wyoming. 4:33 PM Sep 29th from mobile web This week's game will be the 100th game for FAU. That is not the focus. We are focused on getting better in a hurry. 3:16 PM Sep 28th from mobile web The toilet bowl was strong todaywith the offense looking really good. 3:55 PM Sep 27th from web I was proud of the way the players fought. Three of the four decisions that we had to make were correct. The other was the difference. 7:22 PM Sep 26th from web The players will spend tonight and tomorrow in assignment meetings. We are nearly ready for our first SBC opponent. See you at Lockhart. 3:05 PM Sep 25th from web Friday's Fact: Coach's Breakfast was good, Bring a friend next week. FAU offers more than 145 bachelor's , master's and doctoral degrees. 7:34 AM Sep 25th from web We got a few players back today and will welcome a few more back Thursday, after they have recovered from the flu. Practice was strong. 5:26 PM Sep 23rd from web The flu bug has hit us. Several guys missed today. Preparation will continue. Saturday our staff will wear Coach to Cure MD patches too. 4:06 PM Sep 22nd from web We had a good day of correction. Grant may be the only one that needs time to heal before Sat. Defense won the toliet bowl. 5:50 PM Sep 20th from web We need to improve to have a chance against a good ULM team. I thought Kevin Miller played as well as he can play. 9:14 PM Sep 19th from mobile web

I don't see it. There's not going to be another coach, so he's going to be in there. If there were a whole new coaching staff - including head coach - I doubt he'd stay anyway. He didn't commit to us in the first place. He came to play for his dad. If his dad went, I'd bet he would go as well. In any case, a new coach would have a different philosophy. Other than Colorado, another father-son coach-QB combo, I don't really see any other 5-9, 5-10/190ish QBs anywhere. A new coach would bring in a JUCO kid or two, sign a couple of preps, and let them battle it out. That needs to happen here - even under Todd Dodge...but, I doubt it will. It's too bad, too, because we'll waste a very experienced O-line this year and next on inconsistent QB play. I've eaten alot of almonds and, so, I'm feeling healthy and full.

I'm not "against Riley"...I'm for good, consistent quarterbacking. You already list the reasons for replacing him: (1) He turns the ball over (2) He's not a long ball threat (3) His injury history (4) His athleticism would better serve the team at another position The interceptions hurt, but so do the fumbles. He still carries the ball "like a loaf of bread." The interceptions, I think, are simply a factor of his size. He's not 6' as listed. And, this sin't 1983 when players were smaller, so the Doug Flutie mentions are worthless. If he could see over the line, they wouldn't have to roll him out and do all of this other stuff without his feet planted. And, he wouldn't be making risky throws. Look, you're either got a long ball arm or you don't. He doesn't. You need to at least have the threat of it. Teams have figured out already that he doesn't have it and have adjusted their defenses accordingly. The injuries. Just look at Saturday night. His left arm and his ankles are wrapped. I mean, what's the point? The kid is seven games into his career and all of that. Seriously. At some point, you sit down and look at the long term health of the player. He's only going to be a college football player for four years. After that, he's going to live a life off the field. What quality of life would you want him to have? Permanently dazed from concussions? Hobbling around in his 40s like Earl Campbell and Jim Otto? You put guys where they can help the team the most. Because of the way Todd Dodge has handled QBs (recruiting and otherwise), we're kind of stuck with Riley right now. But, you can dip down and get a JUCO guy at QB right away. Look at Josh Heupel in 1999 at OU. They didn't have jack at QB. Stoops came in assessed the situation and Mike Leach found Heupel - a JUCO guy who wasn't even the full-time starter. He was splitting time at his JUCO with another QB! The people who argue that, 'well, Riley would take hits at receiver, too.' Well, yes...but, not on every play or even every other play. Plus, with his athleticism, he'd likely not take too many direct hits at receiver. At QB, he's hit from all angles, sometimes not knowing it's coming so he can't prepare for it. A reciever can often prepare for a hit and, for lack of better word, dodge it and not take it directly. As I've said before, I'd love to see him returning punts and kicks as well. It's not that the kid isn't hardnosed. He is. But, his body just isn't there. And, for some reason, it seems to be sinful to admit that. Too much emotion is wrapped up in it for some people to even discuss.

For better or worse, we're stuck with Todd Dodge for the remainder of this season. We're probably stuck with him for 2010 as well. Many of us said before the season that the defense and special teams would be the saving grace of this team in 2009, if there was to be any saving at all. For the most part, that has been (predictably) true. But, even with the mistakes they made on Saturday, we'd have still won if the offense wasn't such a crapshoot! All the offense needs is some real direction. I know many of you are emotionally tied to the high school guys that Todd Dodge brought with him, as well as to his son. But, based on what is happening, you have to be realistic. The defense and special teams have gotten markedly better under experienced coaching. The offense would do the same with experience leadership; and, we already have those parts on board. We have SMU talk on the message board today. What is it that is different about SMU and June Jones is his second year that is different than Todd Dodge last year? Well, honestly, it's the overall experience of the coaching staff. It's that way everywhere, fellas. Bo Levi Mitchell ain't that great. But, he's got coaches on his side of the ball that have the whole unit ready. They've taken "another coach's players" and made them successful in their scheme. Yes, it can be done. This has been talked to death for the past two years in countless threads - new coaches can win immediately with "other people's players." Todd Dodge needed to take Naughty By Nature's advice and be O.P.P. hip from the very start. But, he didn't...and he wasn't. June Jones is down with O.P.P. and is doing well with it...just like the countless examples of others before (Mack at Texas, Stoops at OU, Kragthorpe at Tulsa, Graham at Rice, etc., etc., etc.). Those of us who have talked about having high school coaches being a detriment have long been labeled "negative nancies" and other such garbage. But, the truth is the truth. We are going to have about the same talent as every other Sun Belt school no matter who the head coach is. The difference is what happens once those guys are on campus. If they are to develop at all, they have to have coaches who know how to do it. Football up here simply isn't the same as football at the high school level. The same as NFL football isn't the same as football down here in college. Todd Dodge has got to see it by now. He's drizzled off a high school coach every offseason so far. This year he needs to drizzle off two. If I were Todd Dodge, these would be my offseason moves: (1) Ford and George, gone (2) Move Chuck Peterson back to offensive side of the ball, where he spent 17 years at Air Force as its receivers coach, then QB coach and offensive coordinator. Give him the title, co-offensive coordinator/pass game coordinator (3) Elevate Spencer Leftwich to co-offensive coordinator/run game coordinator (4) Elevate Gary DeLoach to full assitant head coach, and give him and Mike Nelson co-defensive coordinator roles (5) Elevate Shelton Gandy, our best recruiter, to recruiting coordinator, freeing up Peterson who will have more duties already as Pass Game OC. (6) Elevate Carlton Buckels to secondary coach (7) Hire a safeties coach (8) Hire a receivers coach (9) Sign a JUCO QB with height, size and a long ball arm to compete immediately for the starting QB job (10) Sign a prep QB with height, size and a long ball arm to compete immediately for the starting QB job (11) Move Riley to back-up QB/WR ala Ryan Tannehill at Texas A&M Why move Peterson? Peterson's strengths and experience are not on the defensive side of the ball. We're five games into 2009 and only have two interceptions - both by the same player, Royce Hill...a cornerback under the charge of Carlton Buckels. That isn't much better than the past two seasons. Put Peterson back in his natural coaching position. He's got a ton more experience coordinating offenses and developing QBs and WRs at this level...and lot more than George, Ford, and Dodge combined. Put it to use. Swallow your pride and go look at how many interceptions SMU has this year. I'll save you the time: through five games they've got 13...10 by the secondary. They are coached by Derrick Odum, who coached safeties at Utah before June Jones hired him. His best pupil at Utah - current San Diego Charger Eric Weddle. Odum was also secondary coach for Art Briles at Houston in 2003 and 2004, before going back to coach at his alma mater, Utah. Our front seven is doing well under Nelson and Deloach. The secondary is okay. It would do better with Buckels in charge with an experienced safeties coach helping. The coaching moves shouldn't bust the budget because you are hiring in position coaches, not coordinators. You lose two and hire two, while putting the rest where they belong. Getting a bona fide trigger man at QB would back off opposing defenses for good, every game. If Todd Dodge does all eleven of those things, I personally guarantee that North Texas will beat Kansas State next year as well as Army and Rice, and will hang with Clemson the entire game. And, I will also guarantee that if he makes no changes at all to his coaching staff, and doesn't have a real difference maker at QB in 2010, we could easily be 0-4 against a very favorable out of conference schedule. Of course...these changes would mean Todd Dodge swallowing his pride as well. If he can do that, the biggest learning curve of all will have been attained...you can't be cowboy in 21st century college football.

Ease up, everyone. Look, for those of us who said this would be a 3 or 4 win season, and that we'd be happy with being more competitive...that's what this season is. During the offseason and after beating Ball State, many of you who are now frustrated tried to make this team into something it isn't. The truth is, this is a 3 or 4 win team. That's fine this year as long as we are competitive. I know this is going to sound weird coming from me, but you can't knee jerk right now. You have to put this thing into context: (1) Dodge has handcuffed himself by not signing any true QBs except Giovanni Vizza, and now he's gone. Riley isn't great, but the guys behind him...well, two walk-ons and a guy who played at Glen Rose? Come one. He can't pull Riley now, even if he wanted to. He's got nothing behind him. It's his own fault, yes. But, it's the hard fact that became reality when Vizza transferred down to A&M. (2) The defense is keeping this team competitive. And, until yesterday, so was the special teams. And, even with the off night punting, the special teams was still doing well on kick returns. Remember, we just finished two season where no part of the special teams worked at any time in almost every game. Without the turnovers, this defense wins the game for us easily. Now, look...it's no secret that I'm no fan of the hire of Todd Dodge. But, this thing can be fixed, I believe if two things are done...after the season ends: (1) Todd Dodge has got to bite the bullet and get college coaches to round out the offensive side of the ball. Look at the defense and special teams. The improvement since Mendoza and Drake were jettisoned is immense. We have got to have an offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach who can put the offense on the next level as well. Whether or not the two guys there now are nice is irrelevent. They've got to go. We'd be 4-1 if the offense was taking care of the ball...that includes not just protecting it, but also getting open more often and making catches/fighting for the ball. (2) Todd Dodge has got to sign two bona fide quarterbacks to come in here and compete with Riley for the starting job. One has to be a JUCO, and the other has to be a bona fide, pass first, passer. And, these guys need to be tall and bigger. We've got no option but to stick with Riley now, as ugly as it is going to be at times. But, the guy is taped up from head to toe already after just four games this season. He cannot endure it for four seasons. And, he doesn't have a deep ball arm to back off a defense. He just doesn't. You can argue that he does from here to eternity, but he doesn't. The 2010 signing class needs two QBs: A JUCO and a prep - both at least 6'2" and 215+ with strong arms. Other than that. Hang in there. Before the season, I predicted that we'd beat FAU. I stand by that prediction. The Owls lost nine starters from their 2009 defense plus their top two running backs. They have a good QB, but he can't play defense and tailback. We have no excuse not to beat this FAU team and I think we will. Think about Dodge, too, you all. He's put himself in a position to where he's going to have to hurt the feelings of guys he's know personally for many years if he's to turn this thing completely around. But, if he can go ahead and do it, we will certainly be in the title hunt in 2010.