[terry]

C.al stuck with Tedford so much longer than any other school would allow, so things were so bad that Tedford's incompetence carried over into the new coach's first year.  Usually you see the coach who goes 1-11 get fired, but the rot was so deep in 2013 that the whole program had to be razed and started from scratch essentially.

I think maybe there's some revisionist thinking among C.al fans about how bad Tedford supposedly was.

Tedford's year by year record:

2002    7-5  (not eligible for bowl game due to NCAA penalties)
2003    8-6  Insight Bowl
2004  10-2  Holiday Bowl
2005    8-4  Las Vegas Bowl
2006  10-3  Holiday Bowl
2007    7-6  Armed Forces Bowl
2008    9-4  Emerald Bowl
2009    8-5  Poinsettia Bowl
2010    5-7
2011    7-6  Holiday Bowl
2012    3-9
Total  82-57 (.590)

Tedford had a winning record in 9 of his 11 seasons. Tedford was C.al's most successful coach since Pappy Waldorf in the 1940s and 1950s, by far.

I don't see much basis for the idea that C.al stuck with Tedford's "incompetence" far longer than any other school would have. Tedford had a winning record just one season before he was fired. Yes, his last season was pretty bad. But that was his first really bad season. Tedford never came close to the multi-year Teevens/Harris level of futility. It seems to me that Tedford's "incompetence" probably has been exaggerated in hindsight because it's convenient to blame the last administration.

[terry]

C.al stuck with Tedford so much longer than any other school would allow, so things were so bad that Tedford's incompetence carried over into the new coach's first year.  Usually you see the coach who goes 1-11 get fired, but the rot was so deep in 2013 that the whole program had to be razed and started from scratch essentially.

I think maybe there's some revisionist thinking among C.al fans about how bad Tedford supposedly was.

Tedford's year by year record:

2002    7-5  (not eligible for bowl game due to NCAA penalties)
2003    8-6  Insight Bowl
2004  10-2  Holiday Bowl
2005    8-4  Las Vegas Bowl
2006  10-3  Holiday Bowl
2007    7-6  Armed Forces Bowl
2008    9-4  Emerald Bowl
2009    8-5  Poinsettia Bowl
2010    5-7
2011    7-6  Holiday Bowl
2012    3-9
Total  82-57 (.590)

Tedford had a winning record in 9 of his 11 seasons. Tedford was C.al's most successful coach since Pappy Waldorf in the 1940s and 1950s, by far.

I don't see much basis for the idea that C.al stuck with Tedford's "incompetence" far longer than any other school would have. Tedford had a winning record just one season before he was fired. Yes, his last season was pretty bad. But that was his first really bad season. Tedford never came close to the multi-year Teevens/Harris level of futility. It seems to me that Tedford's "incompetence" probably has been exaggerated in hindsight because it's convenient to blame the last administration.