The Auburn of FCS Football

[RoseyMustGo]

I can not help but point out the similarities between Auburn's quest to return to being a player on the FBS national stage, and our team trying to return to being a player on the FCS stage. Auburn used to be a powerhouse, beating Alabama routinely, and winning a National Championship with Cam Newton.
But they have not been a force on the national stage for many years now, and their boosters and fan base are furious! Their answer has been to bring-in a parade of head coaches to right the ship. But all have failed. And none have lasted more than a few short years before being replaced. Their latest head coast was fired after one season!
And then we have Montana, living in the past on laurels achieved more than a decade ago. Thinking somehow that resurrecting the past will be accomplished by bringing back the past, when the game has evolved so much from those days of old.
Will Auburn's parade of coaches return them to being relevant again? Who knows. But I know that our answer to returning to relevance is not working. Relying on monikers like Return To Dominance is nothing more than a hope and a prayer. And I also know that the Bobcats are now the powerhouse in the state of Montana, and not us. Something to ponder.

 

[uofmman1122]

I can not help but point out the similarities between Auburn's quest to return to being a player on the FBS national stage, and our team trying to return to being a player on the FCS stage. Auburn used to be a powerhouse, beating Alabama routinely, and winning a National Championship with Cam Newton.
But they have not been a force on the national stage for many years now, and their boosters and fan base are furious! Their answer has been to bring-in a parade of head coaches to right the ship. But all have failed. And none have lasted more than a few short years before being replaced. Their latest head coast was fired after one season!
And then we have Montana, living in the past on laurels achieved more than a decade ago. Thinking somehow that resurrecting the past will be accomplished by bringing back the past, when the game has evolved so much from those days of old.
Will Auburn's parade of coaches return them to being relevant again? Who knows. But I know that our answer to returning to relevance is not working. Relying on monikers like Return To Dominance is nothing more than a hope and a prayer. And I also know that the Bobcats are now the powerhouse in the state of Montana, and not us. Something to ponder.

So Auburn is slagging in mediocrity because they keep replacing coaches, but we're doing it because we won't change our head coach?

I'm not seeing how these two situations are related. We don't seem very similar to Auburn at all.

I think Nebraska is a much better comparison for where we were vs. where we are, although we haven't completely fallen off a cliff like they have.

 

[GrizTexas]

I can not help but point out the similarities between Auburn's quest to return to being a player on the FBS national stage, and our team trying to return to being a player on the FCS stage. Auburn used to be a powerhouse, beating Alabama routinely, and winning a National Championship with Cam Newton.
But they have not been a force on the national stage for many years now, and their boosters and fan base are furious! Their answer has been to bring-in a parade of head coaches to right the ship. But all have failed. And none have lasted more than a few short years before being replaced. Their latest head coast was fired after one season!
And then we have Montana, living in the past on laurels achieved more than a decade ago. Thinking somehow that resurrecting the past will be accomplished by bringing back the past, when the game has evolved so much from those days of old.
Will Auburn's parade of coaches return them to being relevant again? Who knows. But I know that our answer to returning to relevance is not working. Relying on monikers like Return To Dominance is nothing more than a hope and a prayer. And I also know that the Bobcats are now the powerhouse in the state of Montana, and not us. Something to ponder.

So Auburn is slagging in mediocrity because they keep replacing coaches, but we're doing it because we won't change our head coach?

I'm not seeing how these two situations are related. We don't seem very similar to Auburn at all.

I think Nebraska is a much better comparison for where we were vs. where we are, although we haven't completely fallen off a cliff like they have.

Both have insufferable, impatient fan bases...

 

[mtgrizrule]

So Auburn is slagging in mediocrity because they keep replacing coaches, but we're doing it because we won't change our head coach?

I'm not seeing how these two situations are related. We don't seem very similar to Auburn at all.

I think Nebraska is a much better comparison for where we were vs. where we are, although we haven't completely fallen off a cliff like they have.

Both have insufferable, impatient fan bases...

I'm a Nebraska fan too. Fortunately for Nebraska, their state isn't split with in state loyalties. However, Nebraska is much more like Montana in every regard, except having an in state rivalry.

 

[kemajic]

I think Nebraska is a much better comparison for where we were vs. where we are, although we haven't completely fallen off a cliff like they have.

Coulda fooled me, yesterday had the feeling of falling off a cliff.

 

[uofmman1122]

I think Nebraska is a much better comparison for where we were vs. where we are, although we haven't completely fallen off a cliff like they have.

Coulda fooled me, yesterday had the feeling of falling off a cliff.

Fair. :lol:

 

[RoseyMustGo]

Yeah, Nebraska is another great comparison to us. And there are others too, like USC and Tennessee. Looks like USC and Tennessee may have found their answers to being relevant again. But the point is, neither of them remained complacent with a head coach who was not getting the job done. No coach was given 5 years. They replaced him until they found the right one. We seem reluctant to do that.
I might add that the Bobcats did not anoint a head coach like we have done with Hauck during their many years of futility.

 

[dirtysoup]

Perhaps a closer comparison would be Northern Iowa. Always ranked high (perhaps based on past success), but not living up to expectations.