Earnest T. Bass
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Last year Brian Kelly’s 9th season at Notre Dame produced 7 regular season wins. The vocal minority was howling for him to be fired. The Notre Dame administration would have none of that. This year Brian Kelly has led the Irish to an undefeated season and will now be ranked as the number 3 playoff team, behind Alabama and Clemson. The very same people who wanted Kelly’s head on a platter last year now hail him as a genius coach.
Dabo Swinney took over the Clemson Tigers during the 2008 season with 7 games remaining and won 4 of those game while losing 3. In his 2nd year, he led the Tigers to a 9 and 4 regular season. But, in his 3rd year, his record was 6 wins and 7 losses. During his first 4 years, he lost 3 of 4 bowl games. The usual suspects were screaming that Swinney be fired immediately and listed a mountain of reasons why he is such a terrible coach. Yet, today, Swinney is considered a God-like figure in Tiger land.
Last year Mark Richt led the Canes to 10 wins, the Champion of the Coastal Division for the first time since Miami joined the ACC, a Major Bowl berth and at one point late in the season was in the top 4 playoff contenders. All of that after almost 15 years of the Canes being a college football punch line. During those nearly 15 years the Canes went through 3 head coaches that when all combined left the football program teetering on the edge of the abyss. The Shapiro nightmare further crushed an already on life support program, with several years of non-stop bashing by the media, coaches/recruiters and most all college football fans that were in unison calling for the program to be administered the death penalty. Moreover, Coach Richt accomplished all of that with a Quarterback that many on this message board claim to be the worst in Canes history and an offensive line that may also be the worst in Canes history.
Now, I realize these facts will only infuriate the mob, and they will attempt to grind down said facts while dueling with each other as to who can cook up the best insult to describe me. Yet hopefully, none of that is going to change Coach Richt’s status as if he were fired any time soon history will show that act to be the most destructive blow the Miami Football Program has ever been dealt.
Barry Jackson’s current article is mature, insightful, factual and pulls no punches. You don’t read hysteria or the (screaming) ‘We are all going to die’ storyline that is so common on football message boards across America.
Okay! Let see if we can’t set a downvote, dumb, disagree, angry record…I’m going to be rooting for you!!
Dabo Swinney took over the Clemson Tigers during the 2008 season with 7 games remaining and won 4 of those game while losing 3. In his 2nd year, he led the Tigers to a 9 and 4 regular season. But, in his 3rd year, his record was 6 wins and 7 losses. During his first 4 years, he lost 3 of 4 bowl games. The usual suspects were screaming that Swinney be fired immediately and listed a mountain of reasons why he is such a terrible coach. Yet, today, Swinney is considered a God-like figure in Tiger land.
Last year Mark Richt led the Canes to 10 wins, the Champion of the Coastal Division for the first time since Miami joined the ACC, a Major Bowl berth and at one point late in the season was in the top 4 playoff contenders. All of that after almost 15 years of the Canes being a college football punch line. During those nearly 15 years the Canes went through 3 head coaches that when all combined left the football program teetering on the edge of the abyss. The Shapiro nightmare further crushed an already on life support program, with several years of non-stop bashing by the media, coaches/recruiters and most all college football fans that were in unison calling for the program to be administered the death penalty. Moreover, Coach Richt accomplished all of that with a Quarterback that many on this message board claim to be the worst in Canes history and an offensive line that may also be the worst in Canes history.
Now, I realize these facts will only infuriate the mob, and they will attempt to grind down said facts while dueling with each other as to who can cook up the best insult to describe me. Yet hopefully, none of that is going to change Coach Richt’s status as if he were fired any time soon history will show that act to be the most destructive blow the Miami Football Program has ever been dealt.
Barry Jackson’s current article is mature, insightful, factual and pulls no punches. You don’t read hysteria or the (screaming) ‘We are all going to die’ storyline that is so common on football message boards across America.
Okay! Let see if we can’t set a downvote, dumb, disagree, angry record…I’m going to be rooting for you!!
