My thoughts as well, he's trying to buy himself more time.This harkens back to Slappy's Peach Bowl Massacre....
Desperate move by desperate man desperately trying to save his job.
and will fail.
Still never understood them hiring John Donovan. I'd never seen such a collective agreement across CFB media and analysts as the confusion of when Lake chose him to be his OC.When you fire your coordinator mid-season it means that your *** is in trouble too.
The same for Jimmy Lake at UW.
Lake was drowning as UW's head coach from Day 1.Still never understood them hiring John Donovan. I'd never seen such a collective agreement across CFB media and analysts as the confusion of when Lake chose him to be his OC.
It's true, nobody praised the hire at the time.Still never understood them hiring John Donovan. I'd never seen such a collective agreement across CFB media and analysts as the confusion of when Lake chose him to be his OC.
Think the connection was that Lake and his wife and James Franklin's wife are all from from Spokane, Wash.Still never understood them hiring John Donovan. I'd never seen such a collective agreement across CFB media and analysts as the confusion of when Lake chose him to be his OC.
Only difference is DIaz's botched OC got and left him one of the best QBs in America. Other than that you're exactly right.It's true, nobody praise the hire at the time.
I see some similarities between Lake and Diaz: former DC who took over from a retired HC, they both botched the offensive coordinator hire (Donovan and Enos), they both had an historical embarrassing loss (Montana and FIU), they both are in over their heads.
BREAKING NEWS:Hope it buys Mullen another year
Sam Huard could be good though.Only difference is DIaz's botched OC got and left him one of the best QBs in America. Other than that you're exactly right.