We are in the middle of a turnaround right now and this is the awkward tweener year where the talented players Beamer recruited have left while Fuente's talented youngsters just aren't ready yet.

Anyone not wearing super thick O&M glasses should have seen that this year presented major problems and that anything better than 8-4 or so would have been a hell of a coaching job. IMO, we're on track for about 6-5 or 7-4. But there's lots of reason to believe we'll be better next year.

And no, I didn't say that last year. In fact, last year I said we'd be pretty pedestrian and then probably even a bit worse this year.