Too many seem to feel that replacing a coach is a 'finger snap' type decision. REALLY? Do most not realize that a chatting change represents about a three year delay in the productivity of the program. We lose recruits who sense that the staff might be let go. We begin (maybe THIS off season!) to see assistant coaches entertain and even accept offers from other programs. This leads to a set back in recruiting as we lose kids these coaches are tight with. Do we hire an experienced head coach? Where do we find one so much much better than the one which whom we are dissatisfied? do we hire another 'cant miss' OC and wait for hime to settle into the HC position? Do we listen to the idiots of the World and consider the likes of Doc Holiday or, even worse, consider RR, again (have not see him playing for a number of Championships and winning his conference !!!). So, is the knee jerk reaction really better for the program than what we have? Can we lay aside petty arguments and consider the facts and options rationally before a decision is made. Hopefully Lyons is man enough to adequately perform his managerial job and not be over run by outside influences or people with clout (that's means money but little more as relates to the program). we are just beginning to get the large Big XII payouts that we have been counting on. Money means improved opportunities for the staff and program. Let's not blow it because we are less than pleased with a few olay calls or a performance that is not to our liking.
Agree with you here Disciples....although I honestly wonder how much the presence of Karl would affect that record? Another W or 2? Maybe...Okie St a close loss becomes a close win? I only mention it because we know of his leadership ability on field, and he was having a heck of a start to his senior year....Gibby's got his work cut out for next year too...we lose a lot of important D men...hoping he can keep coaching em up! LGM...
Had Dana not been given a golden parachute, and been fired after the 2013 debacle, we may have a legit D1A qb on the roster...
Myth? Hardly. The 'numbers' come from quoted statistics over many years and a whole lot of coaching changes. W keep hearing about a coach 'getting HIS type of player' into the program before one can judge his performance---THREE YEARS is most often quoted. So, if you are surprised by my reference to an anticipated three years hiatus then you must either have trouble reading or hearing information and processing it or you have been under a rock for far too long.
Care to provide examples where you have "...seen these turnarounds with your own eyes..."? I am not interested in the random outlier but a substantial number of teams that showed a true turnaround. Having one or two decent years using the former staff's players, playbook, etc constitutes an 'outlier'. Give me teams that were mired in a losing tradition that really turned around the program in a year or two. Then look for programs that have begun to ascend after a disastrous former regime, gets terminated and the new group experiences a fall back to the former hard times (especially as relates to recruiting). We are no longer recruiting to and playing teams from the Big East (or AAC). We are in a 'big boy' league with teams that have very established programs, lots more money to spend then we, and back door recruiting advantages. Building toward competitiveness dos not occur quickly (for Dana or any coach brought in to replace him). Were he to be replaced, we can, at least, note that the new regime has a whole lot more talent (throughout the roster) than Dana inherited. Dana took the few outstanding players he received and built a winner with them. Unfortunately, those farther down the depth chart were of far less quality and the building process had to take over. Meanwhile, the competition level increased dramatically from that for which the roster was recruited to play.
