It's wasn't the offensive coordinator debacle before he had coached Game #1.
It's not the hiring of coordinators who have had little to mid-success at prior stops.
It wasn't the humiliating man-handling we received at the hands of FCS juggernaut ETSU.
It's not the questionable (at best) game day management and game plans like snatching defeat from the jaws of victory at South Carolina last year.
It's not the fact that he clearly played the wrong QB when we had better options waiting in the wings.
For me, it's the least talked about issue that probably should be one of the most talked about--WE HAVE HAD NEARLY 40 PLAYERS TRANSFER OUT OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS. That is mind-boggling to me. That's like 20-25% of your roster ever year. Yet the Lea defenders will say he inherited no talent.
Tyler Steen anyone? Starts at Alabama.
Defensive line woes? Sure would be nice to have Rashaan Wilkins, Lorenza Surgers, Marcus Bradley, or Terion Sugick to rotate in so maybe we don't have to play a walk on.
Anyone think maybe, just maybe, Donovan Kaufman would help us in the secondary?
The list goes on and on.
So for those lamenting the fact we don't have a ton of SEC starters (which has been the case for most of my 50 years of being a VU fan), some of the few we have/had have transferred out. Lea HAS to do a better job closing the sieve of good players leaking out and getting good players in here (by his own admission). I am worried about losing more good ones after this season is over. Some of the roster issues are on Mason, but Lea has to shoulder a lot of the blame. I can be fair-minded and say they are both at fault although I am sure those with an agenda and a narrative to push will shift the blame 100% to one or the other.
It's not the hiring of coordinators who have had little to mid-success at prior stops.
It wasn't the humiliating man-handling we received at the hands of FCS juggernaut ETSU.
It's not the questionable (at best) game day management and game plans like snatching defeat from the jaws of victory at South Carolina last year.
It's not the fact that he clearly played the wrong QB when we had better options waiting in the wings.
For me, it's the least talked about issue that probably should be one of the most talked about--WE HAVE HAD NEARLY 40 PLAYERS TRANSFER OUT OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS. That is mind-boggling to me. That's like 20-25% of your roster ever year. Yet the Lea defenders will say he inherited no talent.
Tyler Steen anyone? Starts at Alabama.
Defensive line woes? Sure would be nice to have Rashaan Wilkins, Lorenza Surgers, Marcus Bradley, or Terion Sugick to rotate in so maybe we don't have to play a walk on.
Anyone think maybe, just maybe, Donovan Kaufman would help us in the secondary?
The list goes on and on.
So for those lamenting the fact we don't have a ton of SEC starters (which has been the case for most of my 50 years of being a VU fan), some of the few we have/had have transferred out. Lea HAS to do a better job closing the sieve of good players leaking out and getting good players in here (by his own admission). I am worried about losing more good ones after this season is over. Some of the roster issues are on Mason, but Lea has to shoulder a lot of the blame. I can be fair-minded and say they are both at fault although I am sure those with an agenda and a narrative to push will shift the blame 100% to one or the other.
