1. Talent: Six years of poor recruiting by Chip Kelly has really hurt UCLA. He did some patchwork repair through the transfer portal but never established that connection to HS players that are so important to the success of the program. Other schools have taken the talent that UCLA used to get.
2. Foster: he is simply not big enough to run the program and his lack of experience as a coordinator and HC is clearly evident.
3. Defense: UCLA lost a lot of talent on defense. You don’t lose a generational player like Latu, and the Murphy brothers, Carl Jones without impacting your defense. Throw in losing two starters in the backfield to your crosstown rival and the loss Mausau in the middle.
4. Bienemy: His offense is NOT Chip Kelly’s Blur offense. There is going to be a transition to get the players to make his offense work. The players are having a difficult time with adjustments, timing and execution. At times it looks like a Chinese fire drill, chaotic and undisciplined
5. Big Ten: this is the largest stage in college football. UCLA is having to compete every season with the likes of Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, suc, Washington, Penn State. There are no easy opponents.
6. Garbers and Harden: Garbers is NOT DTR or McNown or Aikman. He’s a good serveable QB that has a poor offensive line. He can be better if he didn’t have to run for his life on every play. Harden is a good back but he is not Josh Kelley or Charbonnet. Again, he is running behind a very poor offensive line and can’t seem to find traction’.
This is going to be a very painful season. I was predicting 4.5 wins but it may be worse than that. There WILL be fallout from this season and some coaches and key players may not be around next season as a result. With the NIL and the transfer portal UCLA may never be the program it once was
2. Foster: he is simply not big enough to run the program and his lack of experience as a coordinator and HC is clearly evident.
3. Defense: UCLA lost a lot of talent on defense. You don’t lose a generational player like Latu, and the Murphy brothers, Carl Jones without impacting your defense. Throw in losing two starters in the backfield to your crosstown rival and the loss Mausau in the middle.
4. Bienemy: His offense is NOT Chip Kelly’s Blur offense. There is going to be a transition to get the players to make his offense work. The players are having a difficult time with adjustments, timing and execution. At times it looks like a Chinese fire drill, chaotic and undisciplined
5. Big Ten: this is the largest stage in college football. UCLA is having to compete every season with the likes of Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, suc, Washington, Penn State. There are no easy opponents.
6. Garbers and Harden: Garbers is NOT DTR or McNown or Aikman. He’s a good serveable QB that has a poor offensive line. He can be better if he didn’t have to run for his life on every play. Harden is a good back but he is not Josh Kelley or Charbonnet. Again, he is running behind a very poor offensive line and can’t seem to find traction’.
This is going to be a very painful season. I was predicting 4.5 wins but it may be worse than that. There WILL be fallout from this season and some coaches and key players may not be around next season as a result. With the NIL and the transfer portal UCLA may never be the program it once was
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