hodedofome said:LTBear19 said:cowboycwr said:LTBear19 said:
For all those on here who took jabs at Baylor legend Mike Singletary, I can guarantee you this:
He DEFINITELY would not have been grinning from ear to ear after a total beat down.
And if he were coach, there would be discipline and accountability, if nothing else! Especially on the defensive side of the ball.
In fact, given we are 5-6 and on the verge of missing a bowl altogether, why was he such a horrible option to many on here again?
If given the choice right this minute between Aranda and Singletary, I think a majority of folks on here would go with Singletary, no questions asked.
He has never coached at the college level. He hasn't even coached at all in 5 years.
He hasn't seriously coached in over 10.
His head coaching record in the NFL, high school and minor league football is dismal.
His teams displayed none of what you said above.
With all that said, a good number of folks on here would still take Singletary over Aranda in a heartbeat at this moment, given the state of the program.
Maybe you wouldn't, but I suspect many on here absolutely would.
The funny thing is that folks love to point to his time in the NFL as being indicative of his coaching ability, as if he coached for 20 years - when in actuality, he was only given 1 full year as a head coach at that level (finished 8-8). He was 5-10 in his second full season when he was let go.
Meanwhile, someone like Kyle Shanahan has as many losing seasons as he has winning seasons (in 8 years). And in Shanahan's case, he started his career with 2 consecutive losing campaigns.
Yet, Shanahan was actually given time to turn things around.
Not saying Singletary was going to be the next Vince Lombardi, but I don't think it's fair to use his time in the NFL against him, when he wasn't really given a chance like some of these other retreads we see on tv every Sunday.
But to my original point, he would ABSOLUTELY be able to instill discipline and accountability within the program, which is obviously missing at the moment.
And anyone who has followed him wouldn't even doubt that.
Now whether it would translate to championships with this generation would be a discussion for another day (I'll defer to THEE on that matter). But we definitely would have seen a fire that has been missing for quite some time.
Wasn't trying to make this out as a 'Hire Mike Singletary' pitch.
Was just pointing out that many are frustrated with the current lack of discipline and accountability within the program at the moment - and I was simply stating that someone like Mike Singletary (who many, for some odd reason, thought had no clue about football - despite being a Hall of Famer) would have provided that to the program, at a minimum.
Yes, we know there are plenty of old farts remembering the good ole days of the 80s who would love to have Singletary as coach. Hopefully, none of those farts are making major decisions for Baylor.
I'm one of those "old fart fans" that remembers the one man defensive wrecking crew that Singletary was back in the day and I've always felt he deserves a statue outside the stadium - but I agree he would at best be a big time gamble as a HC, especially now that most people under 50 probably don't even know who he is and was. Too many other options out there that have the coaching success and resume to be seriously considering somebody like Singletary.