Anybody notice the growing trend of coaches getting axed in October?
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Also, at least short term, some programs have a higher floor than most.
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Look for a lot of "we had a lot of discussions with coaches across the country and in the end found that we had our guy right here at home. I'm proud to announce your next head coach of Mediocre U is [insert hapless coordinator]"
crowd goes mild
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"The right guy" is not a constant though. There's "he just needs more tim" but there is also firing Harbaugh before he wins his natty on the other side of it. Was he the right guy after the covid year when he took a pay cut?
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For a short time when the program is humming on its own momentum. Eventually, everyone needs the right guy. I remember a decade plus when nobody cared about Alabama.
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I would say Harbaugh is the exception to the overwhelming rule. Typically, if a guy is struggling in year 4 and 5 there's nothing more coming, especially these days during which one doesn't build a program slowly, deliberately and the "right way" over a time.
Most everyone on the planet, probably including Harbaugh himself, were in utter shock at how underwhelming Harbaugh was well into his tenure at Michigan. He made Stanford a program in a fraction of the time, which is was all the more impressive because they are one of two or three P5 programs who have a real academic hurdle for recruits to clear.
I mean, it's fine if people want to keep beating the Harbaugh drum. I myself wouldn't use it as a reason to keep a guy who isn't getting it done. Year 2? Eh, ok. Year 3? Yeah, you gotta start thinking.
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Stallings to me @creepycoug was an example of the good, not great HC, who was good enough based on the program's intangibles.
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Well, after the 92 natty they wound up on probation with the Antonio Langham affair. They averaged over 10 wins a season during his tenure of what, 6 or 7 years? Then you go DuBose, Franchione, Mike Price (lolz) and Mike Shula and they were nowhere for over a decade.
Maybe Stallings was better than we remember. Because the guys that followed couldn't take those intangibles and do even B+ work with it. At least as I recall.
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Day and Lanning were exactly who I was thinking of. Neither one of them would do much at a poverty school like UW. They’re both better than Fisch though.
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Did the Harbaugh "finally getting it going at Michigan" start when the recording other teams and sign stealing?
I can't remember the timeline there.
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Objectively, how can you say (post NIL and Portal) WA is a perennial top 20 program? All time? Absolutely. Last 30 years? Absolutely. What have you done for me lately (outside losing a top 5 coach)? Nothing close to top 20. Sorry, I know that's harsh but, as a fan since '84, we're? shit.
