[CardinalSagehen]

"Troy Taylor lost 17 guys through the portal" said the announcers. And it looks like it.

Not to mention the limitations on getting players through the portal. 

That is the new world. A good friend of mine son is a college basketball coach. Assistant at a D1 school. Turnover is just the way it is. You have no choice you deal with the portal or you die.

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Muir and TT shouldn't be given a pass. The reality of the new world of CFB was obvious when TT was hired two years ago. It's been obvious for over four years now. TT specifically said he could rebuild this team by recruiting, developing, and retaining high school players with a culture of "love" and great coaching (specifically, quarterback whispering and innovative offensive schemes). Muir selected TT for these reasons and they both said the rebuild could be done our special way, without any significant reliance on the portal. Now TT is singing a completely different tune because he doesn't have any other explanations for the team's total lack of progress.

It's slightly early to say (as in, about one month too early), but all signs indicate that they were both wrong in a very damaging way. They sowed false hope, allowing the institution to continue its indecision and inaction on the matter. Bring the matter to a head. Bring in an AD and a coach who are suited to the new world, or bring in another coach to try pursuing TT's original theory, if you must. Or just give up and be transparent about it so we can go do other things with our Saturdays.

Also, I can't think of any other field where the two highest-paid executives, making millions, wouldn't be booted after all of this. They don't need our sympathy - the criticism and the expectation of results come with the territory. These are not the dutiful equipment managers doing their best and living on peanuts.

[CardinalSagehen]

"Troy Taylor lost 17 guys through the portal" said the announcers. And it looks like it.

Not to mention the limitations on getting players through the portal. 

That is the new world. A good friend of mine son is a college basketball coach. Assistant at a D1 school. Turnover is just the way it is. You have no choice you deal with the portal or you die.

+1

Muir and TT shouldn't be given a pass. The reality of the new world of CFB was obvious when TT was hired two years ago. It's been obvious for over four years now. TT specifically said he could rebuild this team by recruiting, developing, and retaining high school players with a culture of "love" and great coaching (specifically, quarterback whispering and innovative offensive schemes). Muir selected TT for these reasons and they both said the rebuild could be done our special way, without any significant reliance on the portal. Now TT is singing a completely different tune because he doesn't have any other explanations for the team's total lack of progress.

It's slightly early to say (as in, about one month too early), but all signs indicate that they were both wrong in a very damaging way. They sowed false hope, allowing the institution to continue its indecision and inaction on the matter. Bring the matter to a head. Bring in an AD and a coach who are suited to the new world, or bring in another coach to try pursuing TT's original theory, if you must. Or just give up and be transparent about it so we can go do other things with our Saturdays.

Also, I can't think of any other field where the two highest-paid executives, making millions, wouldn't be booted after all of this. They don't need our sympathy - the criticism and the expectation of results come with the territory. These are not the dutiful equipment managers doing their best and living on peanuts.