twentythreeOh4 said:kemajic said:Scott Frost at UCF, from winless to unbeaten in two years. A guy with no head coaching experience.
Getting a 7-4 team back to the top should not be as hard. I'm not buying the claims we will go down before we go back up. There are obvious fixes to most of the problems the previous coach could not see.
This is worthless example that doesn’t prove anything. College football is littered with examples of coaches that seemingly turned around programs in their first year or two only to fail in down the road.
Gene Chizik had Auburn doing great in his 2nd year, (14-0), but by year 4 couldn’t win a game in conference and was fired.
Brady Hoke started hot with the bichigan winning 11 games, but by year 4 had a losing season and fans couldn't wait to get rid of him
Jim Mora looked like a genius when he had back to back 10 win seasons in years 2 and 3, but faded after that was just fired.
So initial success doesn’t mean a coach has turned a program around.
It seems to be more difficult to sustain programs in the modern age. I'm not sure a Bear Bryant, Ara Parseghian, Joe Paterno, etc could do so either in this day and age. The win for me now mentality has really changed the coaching game in college. Various factors, the rise of ESPN and cable television, the huge amounts of money being made, and even Social networking, have all attributed.