bear2be2 said:I couldn't disagree more with your first sentence. I'm not nearly as concerned about a coach's floor as his ceiling. And I'm fine going through a one- or two-year rebuilding process if it means greater reward in the end. If given a choice between a Matt Rhule or a Kliff Kingsbury (at the time of his Tech hire), I'm choosing Rhule all day every day. Time will tell if I'm right, but I'm more than happy to take those odds.Krieg said:
A successful OC that ran the right scheme would've been a much smarter hire with less rebuild time.
As for the team, they weren't bad last year. They went 6-0 and then the coaches and team got trashed by some BoR cowards and they quit.
They also dominated a G5 team that won 10 games last year to end the season.
And as for last year's team, we beat two good teams all year and we got blown out by every other bowl team except West Virginia. We needed a miracle in Ames against bad Iowa State team just to get a 13th game. That was not a good team, and by the end of the regular season, it was a very bad one.
Kliff had virtually no experience, so sure I'd agree there. Lincoln Riley would be a better example of someone that would've been a better hire for the short term and possibly the long term. Someone like that, with more experience than KK.
As for the team, you don't seem to understand what happened last year. They were good, but the situation was so bad it stopped mattering. They were worlds better than what we have today, too. Just look at the FCS and OSU games...