SWC75
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I called into Brent Axe's show today to ask this question:
Dino Babers can't afford to have 4 losing seasons in his first five and the proposed schedule, with just one non-conference game, 10 conference games arguably the 5 most difficult games on the road is a recipe for disaster. I opined that Dino should be given a free pass for this year because of all the changes in the pre-season and season schedule but I wondered if he will be given one by A) the school, B) the the community, C) the media, especially the national media or D) and most importantly , the recruits? Or will the media start listing him as a coach on the hot seat, will recruits read that and look at the record and conclude that he's not going to be successful here so why come where and will the fans or the school begin to turn on Dino..
Brent took the question as if I was asking is Dino SHOULD be given a free pass and listed all the reasons why he should. He didn't discuss the likelihood of the groups listed actually giving him one.
I think the school will want to stick with him as long as possible because we've changed coaches too often in recent years and you can't build anything if you keep changing coaching staffs and cutting off the recruiting pipelines they've established. If think most of the fans will do the same because they understand that and they like Dino. But I think the national press will just see four losing seasons in five years and make Dino being on the hot seat a 'hot take'. And I think recruits, who have already been reluctant to buy into the program, might be looking elsewhere.
What do you think will be the attitude toward what happens on the field this season of
A) the University
B) the community
C) the media and
D) the recruits
Of course if Dino can come up with a winner against this schedule, that would eliminate the problem. But what if this year is just too much of a challenge?
Dino Babers can't afford to have 4 losing seasons in his first five and the proposed schedule, with just one non-conference game, 10 conference games arguably the 5 most difficult games on the road is a recipe for disaster. I opined that Dino should be given a free pass for this year because of all the changes in the pre-season and season schedule but I wondered if he will be given one by A) the school, B) the the community, C) the media, especially the national media or D) and most importantly , the recruits? Or will the media start listing him as a coach on the hot seat, will recruits read that and look at the record and conclude that he's not going to be successful here so why come where and will the fans or the school begin to turn on Dino..
Brent took the question as if I was asking is Dino SHOULD be given a free pass and listed all the reasons why he should. He didn't discuss the likelihood of the groups listed actually giving him one.
I think the school will want to stick with him as long as possible because we've changed coaches too often in recent years and you can't build anything if you keep changing coaching staffs and cutting off the recruiting pipelines they've established. If think most of the fans will do the same because they understand that and they like Dino. But I think the national press will just see four losing seasons in five years and make Dino being on the hot seat a 'hot take'. And I think recruits, who have already been reluctant to buy into the program, might be looking elsewhere.
What do you think will be the attitude toward what happens on the field this season of
A) the University
B) the community
C) the media and
D) the recruits
Of course if Dino can come up with a winner against this schedule, that would eliminate the problem. But what if this year is just too much of a challenge?
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