Exactly...He did make a move to a lower tier school.  Shalala (President) has made it known that she prioritizes a clean program but that she expects them to compete.  We all know that's a virtually impossible task at that level.  IMHO she chucked Randy under the bus even though he gave her exactly what she asked for.   I'm certainly not saying he deserved better considering Temple's stellar record against teams with winning records but he should have taken the Pitt job.  He'll go on beating Virginia, Duke and Maryland and losing all the meaningful games and Shalala will make him the sacrificial lamb eventually as well.

The real winners here are Mack Brown and the Longhorns...They'll sign Shannon as D Coor and if they can find a big name O Coor, keep that #1 ranked recruiting class... 

The guy did a great job at Temple, do we forget that Temple was one of the worse teams in the Nation over a long period of time?  Sure under his guidence Temple has not won any "big games" but what have we won in the same time frame?  One poster ask for Golden's record against Bowl Teams, what is ours?  It is a tad better but not much....Since we have we become a program that was racking up wins who could afford to look down at others?

Actually Temple was 0-11 before Golden (2004, and was dropped from the Big East for lack of competitiveness), his first year was 1-11, and Frank without a doubt had way more talent to work with (not knocking the job Frank did in anyway).  The work that Golden did is comparable to what Grobe did here in the 90's, very very similar body of work.  In fact both Grobe and Golden inherited teams that would have the Nations longest losing streak.

Golden should be commended for turning around the losing culture at Temple. He made players and fans believe they would be successful even before they started winning games. Look no further than our good friend MH55 to the utter delusionment Temple fans now possess regarding their team. That's no easy feat.

However, the true savior of Temple football is not Al Golden, but the MAC. The top MAC teams are comparable with teams in the Big East, but the bottom MAC teams are the worst in the country. Those 4 or 5 really aweful conference games each year are the difference between Temple going 8-4 instead of 4-8. 4 of Temple's 8 wins came against MAC teams that finished with 8 wins, combined. That helps a lot, especially when you are 0-3 against the top MAC teams.

Golden has shown that he is a good recruiter and good at at getting people to buy in to what he wants to do. What he hasn't proven yet is an ability to win big games win it counts, Temple was out played and out coached when it mattered most, and that's a concern.

Al did a good job at Temple, but he's no Mike Haywood.

Jason Whitlock puts Golden out on Front Street.-

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/sedano-says/2010/12/canes-jason-whitlock-not-sold-on-golden.html

I see the future of football at the U.

HEADLINE 2011:

Florida DRILLS  Miami (FL)

OHIO DRILLS M&^%^$! (with no qualifier)

You get what you ask for, Kirby.

Gene Chizik has been a great  hire because he hired Gus Malzhan (sp?) and Cam Newton. If he didn't have them, would Auburb have had the season its had? I don't know, but I doubt it.

What if Wanny didn't have nearly 800 posts, 87.8% of which are critical/demeaning toward others posts/posters?

Now that works!!!

"What if" you didn't read my post?  Then I wouldn't be bothering you. :)

I see that kents d-lineman Nix made freshmen All-American.

I still think it would have been nice if we had tried to block some of their defenders:

True......but they do not play in a dome that is a consistent 72 degrees fahrenheit.....

Call his team ELF one more time!!!!

Learning curve for Big Al, granted he only had two months to beg Shannon's guys to stay and grab a few others to fill in for those who split.

http://recruiting.scout.com/2/1045421.html