In Reply to: Re: Would Gruden be a splash hire posted by barrya on September 20, 2024 at 12:33:08
the answer to our troubles is to give DF more time. First of all, he was brought in for CONTINUITY of a (purportedly) successful program, not to start over with a whole new system and set of guys. If the mission was a tear-down, why would we hire DF to begin with?
You can't show a little more at home in the Big 10 opener against another program with a new coach? You don't have anything to say at Media Day? You can't win 5 f'n games your first year and show a little something to build on?
Where did you get the idea that DF has "enthusiasm"? The guy has none whatsoever. Saying "I'm excited" does not make one actually excited. At his post-practice Q and A's he looks like a POW on the firing line.
Foster is done, over. Not because he lost two games, but because he lacks any of the skills needed to be a successful head coach. EB's system is too complicated? Didn't DF have some idea what EB wanted to do before he hired him?
We've been hearing the same ridiculous "a coach needs X years to install his system and players" for decades, and we always wait too long to fire the coach. We should fold this f'n hand as fast as we can. Pay the man and move on.
Gruden? F off. We need to listen to Happy for once and hire a sitting head coach away from some place, even if it's FCS. Seriously, how can people watch the same movie over and over and hope for a different ending every time? Give the coach more time, complain he doesn't get enough support, fire some assistants, hope for a "big name", "splash" hire.
Just hire a current head coach who many people believe is a good head coach. We have not done that once in the post-TD era. Just try it, once.