07-15-2012, 07:45 PM
Anderson super-botched the Fridge firing. Yeah, Fridge was mediocre--but he'd just given the school a 9-4 season IIRC. Well, Anderson botched the hiring process twice:
1) He didn't hire the coach-in-waiting, James Franklin, who had an excellent first season (and recruiting season) for Vanderbilt, and gives off some Harbaughian vibes.
2) He almost hired Mike Leach and screwed up.
3) Leaving him with Randy Edsall, whose biography and tribulations at Maryland have Idiotfacian undertones. Mediocre champ of a small-time Big East conference? CHECK. Blown out in big bowl directly preceding move? CHECK. Immediate player dissension and chaos? Well...he accelerated the Idiotface there, but CHECK.
(Still, as far as I know, he hasn't uttered a line as legendary as Idiotface's "No guns in the locker room.")
1) He didn't hire the coach-in-waiting, James Franklin, who had an excellent first season (and recruiting season) for Vanderbilt, and gives off some Harbaughian vibes.
2) He almost hired Mike Leach and screwed up.
3) Leaving him with Randy Edsall, whose biography and tribulations at Maryland have Idiotfacian undertones. Mediocre champ of a small-time Big East conference? CHECK. Blown out in big bowl directly preceding move? CHECK. Immediate player dissension and chaos? Well...he accelerated the Idiotface there, but CHECK.
(Still, as far as I know, he hasn't uttered a line as legendary as Idiotface's "No guns in the locker room.")