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<blockquote data-quote="gibb52" data-source="post: 1949279" data-attributes="member: 6471"><p>Mike White was a VG coach but couldn't keep himself from bending the rules and had to go. Mac was an excellent coach here but Texas called. The worst event happened when Mac left as there was a change in Admin happening at the same time so Tepper was elevated and our chance to grab a good coach was wasted. And the whole 30 yrs of where we are now was set in motion. On top of that we had Ron Guenther as AD. Ron Turner was only interested in the IL job as a stepping stone to an NFL HC job, and he only spent enough time on recruiting to put together a good enough team to get him there. After the Sugar Bowl season we had no talent left and Turner had no NFL job either. Zook was a bad hire. In 2008 and 2009 we were 5-7 and 3-9 with far more NFL level talent than we had last year. We ended up with Beckman because Thomas couldn't keep a lid on the search, and because his reputation as a jerk was well known. Josh did what he could with Lovie, in hindsight maybe having an interim for a year while buying time to land a better coach would have been better. Maybe not who knows. BB will get 2024 and 2025 to get his program going, but Josh can't let this thing spiral down over multiple seasons or he will be out the door as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gibb52, post: 1949279, member: 6471"] Mike White was a VG coach but couldn't keep himself from bending the rules and had to go. Mac was an excellent coach here but Texas called. The worst event happened when Mac left as there was a change in Admin happening at the same time so Tepper was elevated and our chance to grab a good coach was wasted. And the whole 30 yrs of where we are now was set in motion. On top of that we had Ron Guenther as AD. Ron Turner was only interested in the IL job as a stepping stone to an NFL HC job, and he only spent enough time on recruiting to put together a good enough team to get him there. After the Sugar Bowl season we had no talent left and Turner had no NFL job either. Zook was a bad hire. In 2008 and 2009 we were 5-7 and 3-9 with far more NFL level talent than we had last year. We ended up with Beckman because Thomas couldn't keep a lid on the search, and because his reputation as a jerk was well known. Josh did what he could with Lovie, in hindsight maybe having an interim for a year while buying time to land a better coach would have been better. Maybe not who knows. BB will get 2024 and 2025 to get his program going, but Josh can't let this thing spiral down over multiple seasons or he will be out the door as well. [/QUOTE]
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