The real issue is our institution isn't interested in football success. It is just holding its breath and crossing its fingers that it gets lucky enough that a new staff wins enough to avoid the spotlight returning to failure. As a result, the AD ignores the flaws and issues that emerge, and hides behind typical bureaucratic support the coach speak. There’s nothing surprising about the bureaucratic speak, but what has been lacking is an AD who actually pushes our HC to make changes and improve the program, before it’s too late and fans are flying banners. Blake James is never going to be that guy. He’s just not a football guy. And again, the institutional mindset isn’t to push for success, but rather to avert its gaze and hope failure doesn’t come too fast. We will never win with that approach. Certainly not when we consistently hire unproven coaches, and even people who have never been a head coach.
