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97 was the 5-6 year. I thought it flew after that. Either way, people expected failure and swore we were done for good. They were proven wrong.

With Coker, a lot of that was because of the Barry Alvarez buzz. The problem with new coaches is that it often takes time before any success is seen and there are more busts than successes. That naturally leads to predictions of failure which often turn out to be correct.

I think the point is that expecting failure is a problem in and of itself. How many championship seasons did we expect to win it all? Now, what about the year or two before that? 1984 - disaster, won it all in 87, should've won 86. 1999 - banners had recently flown. Another 9-4 season, we're...

Those are great examples of how the whole system has to work. That 84 team had great players, but the coaching staff didn't work well together despite past success. Coker had a team that had been coached up and didn't need new coaches to set the tone, but as they left, things went downhill...

Only among the delusional. Most just want to see us be competitive, wherever that leads.

Julio Frenk has not done a **** thing except keep a seat warm. I'll say it was nice having him through the pandemic, but that was the only contribution he made. It's past time to find a high quality replacement.