It will be a huge letdown. Before the bowl game I was hoping for a change at DC and maybe a position coach or two thinking that would do the trick. After the embarassment against Louisville it became clear to me that Al Golden is in over his head and that a change in leadership is needed.
I mention this because a week ago I never seriously thought Golden would consider leaving. Now after having observed the developments of the last 36 hours and in reading the reactions, input and overall tone of my fellow Canes on this board it is as obvious as the nose on my face that Golden needs to take the PSU job and leave.
It's been almost surreal to witness the complete 180 we the fans have done in terms of our confidence in the future under Golden's leadership. It's as though at the same time most of us finally realized what we probably knew deep down but were so adverse to admit. That behind the cool catchphrases, 8 pillars, and countless times he had us convinced that "he gets it", there was nothing there.
We all finally realized that he couldn't organize his way to being a good coach. We all finally figured out that his obsession to over organizing was his way of trying to compensate for the fact that he has despite his experience, absolutely no feel for the game of football. No ability to see and grasp the game like good/great coaches do.
And as is usually the case with people like this they tend to substitute feel for game with blind obedience to a dogmatic set of rules. This manifested itself in his rigid fixation with his bland outdated scheme, his constant referencing of "the process", and his valuing stability over performance and a culture of dogma over a culture of winning.
What is obvious to me now is that we are just starting to figure out what the players have known for some time now. That he is not the man to lead us back to where we want to be.
In my opinion we are past the point of no return. He has lost his team and it is obvious he has lost the support of the fanbase. This program is at a crucial and strange juncture. At this point Golden has the program on the right trajectory but he lacks the ability to to take it any further. It is imperative we move on to a coach who does possess that ability before the law of diminishing returns kicks in.
