I think it's an overreaction from our fanbase but that's typical. They look like they played a good game to me. If they play like that the rest of the season, then I think we can challenge Tulane to win the conference.

(09-25-2023 01:51 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  Silverfield’s job will be determined by how he contends in conference, not by a loss at Missouri.

Silverfield's job is determined by the gentleman that pays his salary, nothing else - period.

(09-25-2023 05:58 PM)griffin Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 01:51 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  Silverfield’s job will be determined by how he contends in conference, not by a loss at Missouri.

Silverfield's job is determined by the gentleman that pays his salary, nothing else - period.

Who pays his salary?

(09-25-2023 06:11 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 05:58 PM)griffin Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 01:51 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  Silverfield’s job will be determined by how he contends in conference, not by a loss at Missouri.

Silverfield's job is determined by the gentleman that pays his salary, nothing else - period.

Who pays his salary?

unfortunately that type of information can't be shared

(09-25-2023 06:11 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 05:58 PM)griffin Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 01:51 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  Silverfield’s job will be determined by how he contends in conference, not by a loss at Missouri.

Silverfield's job is determined by the gentleman that pays his salary, nothing else - period.

Who pays his salary?

I am assuming it’s not the people on here who has fired him a few thousand times

(09-25-2023 06:18 PM)griffin Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 06:11 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 05:58 PM)griffin Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 01:51 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  Silverfield’s job will be determined by how he contends in conference, not by a loss at Missouri.

Silverfield's job is determined by the gentleman that pays his salary, nothing else - period.

Who pays his salary?

unfortunately that type of information can't be shared

Does this booster have any say in our out of conference scheduling?

(09-25-2023 06:27 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 06:18 PM)griffin Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 06:11 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 05:58 PM)griffin Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 01:51 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  Silverfield’s job will be determined by how he contends in conference, not by a loss at Missouri.

Silverfield's job is determined by the gentleman that pays his salary, nothing else - period.

Who pays his salary?

unfortunately that type of information can't be shared

Does this booster have any say in our out of conference scheduling?

The template for a NY6 bowl game has already been set. 1 P5 school, win and run the table w maybe one in conference loss and you have a much better chance for a NY6 bowl game than half of the P5 schools.

Gone are the days of 4 sec teams playing us or other P5 schools at that count.
We gain nothing by playing more than one.

We don't fill the stands with more than 40,000 tops at our biggest games - see SMU Championship to go to Cotton Bowl.

It's who we are in the situation we are in. Own it, accept it and power through it.

Gone are the days of recruiting 2 and 3 star players who over achieve, they will be gone to other P5 programs after one or two years. Memphis is a "marked" team that most P5 coaches want to poach from based on our past success of recruiting.

NIL has to be solved somehow someway is a hope.

Go Tigers!

(09-25-2023 06:48 PM)griffin Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 06:27 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 06:18 PM)griffin Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 06:11 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 05:58 PM)griffin Wrote:  Silverfield's job is determined by the gentleman that pays his salary, nothing else - period.

Who pays his salary?

unfortunately that type of information can't be shared

Does this booster have any say in our out of conference scheduling?

The template for a NY6 bowl game has already been set. 1 P5 school, win and run the table w maybe one in conference loss and you have a much better chance for a NY6 bowl game than half of the P5 schools.

Gone are the days of 4 sec teams playing us or other P5 schools at that count.
We gain nothing by playing more than one.

We don't fill the stands with more than 40,000 tops at our biggest games - see SMU Championship to go to Cotton Bowl.

It's who we are in the situation we are in. Own it, accept it and power through it.

Gone are the days of recruiting 2 and 3 star players who over achieve, they will be gone to other P5 programs after one or two years. Memphis is a "marked" team that most P5 coaches want to poach from based on our past success of recruiting.

NIL has to be solved somehow someway is a hope.

Go Tigers!

With the coming super conferences i doubt P5 schools will have room for many if any G5 games unless they're buy games.

Believe the days of return games from P5 schools may be soon over.

45000 Saturday

So sec can’t even sell out with
An undefeated team

A lot of people just look at the result, and not how we play. We didn't play well against Navy which was concerning to me. I thought we played fine against Missouri, but again, it's Missouri. We were 6.5 points underdogs, and not 21 point underdogs.
We have a good team in Boise State coming in. If we find a way to lose the game, then that's on Silverfield completely. The team is off next week, so there's no planning ahead.
Do I think Silverfiled is a great coach? No. However, some of people on here are fine with complacency and being average, because being 6-6 was better than being 2-10 twelve years ago.

(09-25-2023 08:18 PM)GoDownSwinging Wrote:  A lot of people just look at the result, and not how we play. We didn't play well against Navy which was concerning to me. I thought we played fine against Missouri, but again, it's Missouri. We were 6.5 points underdogs, and not 21 point underdogs.
We have a good team in Boise State coming in. If we find a way to lose the game, then that's on Silverfield completely. The team is off next week, so there's no planning ahead.
Do I think Silverfiled is a great coach? No. However, some of people on here are fine with complacency and being average, because being 6-6 was better than being 2-10 twelve years ago.

Yep

The sad truth is that we can either keep with a guy like RS, or hope to find someone better who will then leave at the first opportunity. Maybe we could keep it going with his replacement, and maybe not, but it would be an every two year thing.

(09-25-2023 09:00 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  The sad truth is that we can either keep with a guy like RS, or hope to find someone better who will then leave at the first opportunity. Maybe we could keep it going with his replacement, and maybe not, but it would be an every two year thing.

If a coach moves up, it means he was successful. Like Fuente and Norvell. That’s a great problem to have.

We can complain all day, but unless Silverfield really tanks it or gets caught in a precarious situation, he’s not going anywhere for awhile. Might as well hope he’s successful here.

(09-25-2023 08:18 PM)GoDownSwinging Wrote:  A lot of people just look at the result, and not how we play. We didn't play well against Navy which was concerning to me. I thought we played fine against Missouri, but again, it's Missouri. We were 6.5 points underdogs, and not 21 point underdogs.
We have a good team in Boise State coming in. If we find a way to lose the game, then that's on Silverfield completely. The team is off next week, so there's no planning ahead.
Do I think Silverfiled is a great coach? No. However, some of people on here are fine with complacency and being average, because being 6-6 was better than being 2-10 twelve years ago.

3-1 is not average

(09-25-2023 10:46 PM)Southaven Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 08:18 PM)GoDownSwinging Wrote:  A lot of people just look at the result, and not how we play. We didn't play well against Navy which was concerning to me. I thought we played fine against Missouri, but again, it's Missouri. We were 6.5 points underdogs, and not 21 point underdogs.
We have a good team in Boise State coming in. If we find a way to lose the game, then that's on Silverfield completely. The team is off next week, so there's no planning ahead.
Do I think Silverfiled is a great coach? No. However, some of people on here are fine with complacency and being average, because being 6-6 was better than being 2-10 twelve years ago.

3-1 is not average

Our first three games were all against below average teams. Our 3 wins are against teams with a combined 4-7 record. That’s about as mediocre as it gets. That’s been the knock on Ryan, he doesn’t beat many teams with winning records. Let’s see how it looks after the next two weeks. It’s a crucial part of the season. We could be 5-1 which would be great or 3-3 which would be um well 3-3 is about as average as it gets

(09-25-2023 10:46 PM)Southaven Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 08:18 PM)GoDownSwinging Wrote:  A lot of people just look at the result, and not how we play. We didn't play well against Navy which was concerning to me. I thought we played fine against Missouri, but again, it's Missouri. We were 6.5 points underdogs, and not 21 point underdogs.
We have a good team in Boise State coming in. If we find a way to lose the game, then that's on Silverfield completely. The team is off next week, so there's no planning ahead.
Do I think Silverfiled is a great coach? No. However, some of people on here are fine with complacency and being average, because being 6-6 was better than being 2-10 twelve years ago.

3-1 is not average

Exactly

History says that 90% of the time the Memphis Tigers football team is 3-1 or 4-0 at this time of the season!

(09-26-2023 09:01 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 10:46 PM)Southaven Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 08:18 PM)GoDownSwinging Wrote:  A lot of people just look at the result, and not how we play. We didn't play well against Navy which was concerning to me. I thought we played fine against Missouri, but again, it's Missouri. We were 6.5 points underdogs, and not 21 point underdogs.
We have a good team in Boise State coming in. If we find a way to lose the game, then that's on Silverfield completely. The team is off next week, so there's no planning ahead.
Do I think Silverfiled is a great coach? No. However, some of people on here are fine with complacency and being average, because being 6-6 was better than being 2-10 twelve years ago.

3-1 is not average

Exactly

History says that 90% of the time the Memphis Tigers football team is 3-1 or 4-0 at this time of the season!

You mean like the last two seasons? How did that work out Mr “I’m a better fan”? Last I checked going 6-6 is about as average as it can get. And 3-5 in conference is below average. But hey you do you and tell us how unreasonable we are with your snark

(09-25-2023 09:00 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  The sad truth is that we can either keep with a guy like RS, or hope to find someone better who will then leave at the first opportunity. Maybe we could keep it going with his replacement, and maybe not, but it would be an every two year thing.

RS would leave at the first better opportunity too - don't kid yourself. Thing is, his phone ain't ringing.

So we can have a coach no one else wants, for as long as we want.
Or we can have a good coach for a short run.

(09-25-2023 06:48 PM)griffin Wrote:  Gone are the days of recruiting 2 and 3 star players who over achieve, they will be gone to other P5 programs after one or two years. Memphis is a "marked" team that most P5 coaches want to poach from based on our past success of recruiting.

NIL has to be solved somehow someway is a hope.

Go Tigers!

We won the NIL/transfer portal this year.
Preiskorn was the only true loss - and he's been a non-factor.
And we picked up a few impact players.
It can still be managed - we just have to be good in evaluations - like HS recruiting always has been for us.

(09-25-2023 05:58 PM)griffin Wrote:  

(09-25-2023 01:51 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  Silverfield’s job will be determined by how he contends in conference, not by a loss at Missouri.

Silverfield's job is determined by the gentleman that pays his salary, nothing else - period.

Probably true. But that gentleman's opinion can be determined by performance, attendance, and other influencers.