The cold hard truth about the state of the program might be summarized by these two points.
1. When a successful Power 5 big time time school makes a bad hire, it might take a few years to right the ship. When a successful non-Power 5 school makes a bad hire, it can have devestating results for many years to come.
2. Loyalty to assistants by head coaches can sometimes be the kiss of death. I have seen this first hand while coaching at the high school level. Incidentally hiring adminstrators because a popular long time leader strongly encouraged a board to do so can also have devestating consequences. Who knows what favors were owed. Coach Urban Meyer bringing in former Ohio State Coach Earle Bruce's grandson was a disaster. He didn't have the qualifications to be Ohio Wesleyan's receivers coach, let alone a program like that. When we make similar sentimental or loyalty type picks we have ended up with the likes of Brian Knorr and Billy Hahn. I would love to know what Coach Burrow truly thought of the Albin hire. The bottom line is we can't make these types of self inflicted wounds and expect to heal in short period of time. We may be looking at a long term convalesence.
I somewhat disagree. We've seen numerous times in the MAC where the right coach comes in, makes cultural improvements, and wins awful damn fast. Hazell, Hoke, and Leipold come to immediate mind.
I see a culturally broken model on our sideline.
Last Edited: 9/12/2021 12:09:06 PM by Pete Chouteau