You are basically forfeiting two recruiting cycles. Someone hired next year will start with that normal transition class which always is poor. Might as well do it this year.

You will also have to deal with transition attrition of the current roster

Dave needs to go. The vast majority of us think he has reached his ceiling. I wonder if no BMD is lining up to pay his buyout and the buyout for the new coach?

Baylorbears111 said:

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Our timing is only bad because we didn't do what was necessary two years ago, last year, or this year. Waiting has only made things worse.

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Baylor gonna Baylor

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the BMD's refuse to get involved unless there are MAJOR institutional changes... and those who hold the power to implement those changes happen to hate football. The coup has been completed. So make the best of the extra time you'll have on Saturdays going forward.

This is the real issue. You're already eating a **** sandwich in 2026 and you're now guaranteeing yourself the same in 2027.

The entire saga of Dave Aranda should be an HBR case study on how not to handle big decisions. Dear God…could you imagine what the alternate timeline looks like where Oregon hires Aranda away from us after the 2021 season instead of Dan Lanning and we get Lanning or Cignetti instead?!? Mack would probably still have his job.