The old adage says, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.”

But what if it’s broken?

Head Coach Willie Taggart is facing that exact dilemma as he tries to pick up the pieces of WKU’s football program.

The problem is, despite outside pressure to make changes, Taggart said he’s not ready to do much tinkering to the master plan.

“If you’re a true Hilltopper, and you truly care about this football team, you won’t stray away,” Taggart said. “You’ll understand where we’re at with our football team, and you’ll stick behind our kids. We’re all going to get out of this together.”

Taggart said he knows that losing has been tough on fans. He said it’s even been hard for him to deal with, because frankly, he didn’t do much losing as a WKU player.

“I understand how everyone feels,” Taggart said. “I feel that way. It’s odd for me being in Bowling Green when everyone feels this way.”

Last Saturday’s 35-30 loss to Louisiana-Monroe at home only fueled the fire. Taggart said he knows some fans may want him to make drastic changes on the field, but that’s not going to happen.

“I welcome unlimited suggestions, but at the end of the day, whatever call I make is on me,” he said. “You can give me all the suggestions you want, but at the end of the day, they hired Willie Taggart to be the head coach here, so let me be the head coach.

“I don’t go to anyone else’s job and tell them how to do things, so let me do this, and let me lead.”

Senior wide receiver Quinterrance Cooper said it’s been difficult to watch people question Taggart and the team.

But Cooper said that’s something the team eventually just has to drown out.

“Every time something happens or something’s said, we see it in the papers, and we see it on the news,” he said. “But it doesn’t matter what happens outside these white lines and outside that locker room.”

Sophomore defensive end Quanterus Smith said that just because the Toppers are tuning out their critics doesn’t mean they aren’t evaluating themselves.

Smith said the entire defense met on Sunday to discuss what caused WKU to blow a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter against ULM.

“We all got together and said that we’re not going to allow that to happen again,” Smith said.

And WKU will need a better resolve if it wants to pull an upset at Louisiana-Lafayette Saturday.

ULL (2-4) already has two Sun Belt wins and took Troy to the edge in a 31-24 loss last weekend.

The Ragin’ Cajuns are led by junior quarterback Chris Masson, who’s passed for 1,275 yards and eight touchdowns this year. Six different players have more than 100 receiving yards, paced by Ladarius Green’s 318 yards.

Taggart said the Toppers will have to tighten up if they want to get over the Monroe loss in time to be competitive this Saturday.

But as far as making a massive overhaul goes, Taggart said that’s not the way to go.

“After this, nothing too bad can go on,” he said. “We’ve just got to get King Kong off our backs. It’s not Curious George — it’s King Kong. Once we get him off our back, we’ll be all right.”