I have embraced the analytics approach. I am fully bought in. I understand why we have to be 100% committed to it.
There have been a couple of things I've had to change about my emotional approach to being a fan with this philosophy: you have to be ready to accept that if the outcome - here I reemphasize the word outcome - of the decision is negative, it's potentially going to be really bad.
I think the team has bought into the "what's next" mentality. I don't think the fans have. And that's ok, because of course we're mentally softer than the players. That's how it should be.
I liked Brian Kelly's quote after their win over Alabama and the decision to go for 2 in the first OT. To paraphrase, if you give me one play that determines whether we win or lose a football game, I'll take that gamble 100% of the time. I think that is Joey's mentality. And I think the players feed off of that. They know they can trust him. And if it doesn't work out, he's still going to trust them the next time.
I have said again and again that Texas Tech football has to have a disruptive approach to be a competitive squad. It drives me crazy when so many people on this board essentially say "why don't we just do it like everyone else?" That is not our recipe for success. There is almost 100 years of Texas Tech football data to back that up.
A recipe for success in my opinion is 1) be a disruptor, and 2) recruit well. And I think we have a coach who will do both in spades. In fact, it's the first time in my Texas Tech fandom (mid-90s or so) that we've had that combination. Good things are ahead.
There have been a couple of things I've had to change about my emotional approach to being a fan with this philosophy: you have to be ready to accept that if the outcome - here I reemphasize the word outcome - of the decision is negative, it's potentially going to be really bad.
I think the team has bought into the "what's next" mentality. I don't think the fans have. And that's ok, because of course we're mentally softer than the players. That's how it should be.
I liked Brian Kelly's quote after their win over Alabama and the decision to go for 2 in the first OT. To paraphrase, if you give me one play that determines whether we win or lose a football game, I'll take that gamble 100% of the time. I think that is Joey's mentality. And I think the players feed off of that. They know they can trust him. And if it doesn't work out, he's still going to trust them the next time.
I have said again and again that Texas Tech football has to have a disruptive approach to be a competitive squad. It drives me crazy when so many people on this board essentially say "why don't we just do it like everyone else?" That is not our recipe for success. There is almost 100 years of Texas Tech football data to back that up.
A recipe for success in my opinion is 1) be a disruptor, and 2) recruit well. And I think we have a coach who will do both in spades. In fact, it's the first time in my Texas Tech fandom (mid-90s or so) that we've had that combination. Good things are ahead.
