You didn't answer my question.
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I’d say that any time you lose you didn’t get it right. Year 2 will say something about Allen, but I am more so willing to give him time unless I see clear signs that he can’t coach. The fact that the team was close, shows that they made too many mistakes to win, so obviously the coaching and playing wasn’t good enough. So to answer your question, it wasn’t good enough because they lost the games.
With that being said, Allen seems to be different from CKW in that he seems to have a more positive approach, and takes losing as a learning experience. He’s the kind of guy who will say, “well we learned how not to beat Michigan, and here’s what we need to do to win against Michigan.” That’s something that CKW struggled to grasp, which is why year after year CKW made some of the same coaching errors that frustrated fans, and until Allen came, the defense couldn’t get figured out. Again, that’s not to bash CKW and I’m honestly only using him to illustrate the difference between he and CTA. I could care less about a CKW bashing session, and am only using him to illustrate one of CTA’s stregths.