It was because of LT
Not wanting to do a coaching search.
Let's see Polk resigned- really just in time because we were only going to get worse, but the year before he resigned we went to Omaha.
Croom didn't leave us in dumpster fire bad shape. Don't get me wrong- we weren't in great shape, but we almost made a bowl with his leftovers and were basically a stupid *** jump pass from going to one that year with one of the toughest schedules in the country. Greg fired him at the right time.
LT waiting a year too long to fire Jackie. Should have been done in 2002. We showed some life at the end of 2001 and we had all winning seasons from 97-2000. LT also brought Polk back which set the program back ten years.
Stansbury had a ton of 20 win seasons before we fired him last year. And now that I have said that- I apologize for opening Pandora's box.