I will offer a different opinion that will probably be unpopular on this board.
This was not Frank's fault.
This loss was squarely on the players.
You wanted Irons in short gain situations? You got him and he didn't deliver.
A redshirt senior gets called for a critical unnecessary roughness penalty in OT? Not Frank's fault.
Running out the clock and your QB fumbles? That's on the QB.
Not staying in your zone on defense on the trick play that led to the TD? That's a player mistake.
Bad snap? Come on Frank, practice them more!
Frank's coaching wasn't perfect. There were questionable personnel decisions, but the player mistakes lost this game.
Frank and his staff recruit the players.
He is the CEO of this thing, so the buck stops with him.
He has kept this staff of dinosaurs together.
8-5, 7-6, 6-6 are unfortunately considered successful seasons by this fanbase.
I lived thru Bobcat football hell as a student/season ticket holder with Lichtenberg, the revival with Grobe, and then shit with Knorr.
I appreciate where we have been this last 12 years, but B.S. like this is getting way to common and way too acceptable by a fanbase who just craves for 7-5 and a bowl.
I hope this is a successful season, but I hope it becomes a season of change.
I think today shows it is the direction we need to go.
I will be at the Gardner-Webb game on 9/24, we will be 0-3 and many here will be so satisfied with beating the poop out of them.
I love the university and athletic programs, but I am allowed to not be happy with the very average maintaining of status quo with the football program.
This is not just about today.
After last year, a family member was fired at a BCS school, so I get the impact that it has and would never wish it on anyone, their families, or their staff/families.
But, the end has to come, and a year too early is always better then a year too late.
1968 and counting!
Last Edited: 9/3/2016 10:42:35 PM by ohio9704