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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 4121015, member: 40"]
None of which remotely suggests that there is a candidate on staff who can right the ship.

The dysfunction [some of which you describe] is so rampant within the program at this point that a clean break is needed.  And when the time comes to replace JB, that's what will happen.

It is amazing how the fanbase's perception has already begun to shift on this issue.  It went from a large portion expressing "in JB I trust, he always turns things around" to recognition of how badly things have slipped, in 15 games.  And there's no reason to think that things are going to magically turn around next year -- we missed on all of the blue chip recruits we were pursuing, and chances are we'll roll out a similarly unathletic roster next year, minus some of the top scorers from this year's squad.

When the orange blinders are removed, there is no reason to crave continuity at this point -- quite the opposite.

I get it -- it's hard to accept that your baby is ugly, and some posters seem determined to ignore that truth until the bitter end.  JB is an all-time great coach.  His first ~37 years were incredible.  But the last 8 have been a steady decline.  All good things eventually must come to an end, and we're rapidly slouching toward the finish line of the JB era.

We can simultaneously celebrate his accomplishments AND acknowledge that he's hung on too long, and that an infusion of new ideas and outside energy is what it's going to take to snap this program out of the malaise we've been mired in.  Simple as that.
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