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[QUOTE="KevMonstah, post: 2658860, member: 327"]
Me like this thread, and I'll comment with what I've left in each of the others about P's dismissal ...

The program had gotten stale, with not a whole lot of optimism it was going to get better.  He'd
tried coaching the same way sans McNabb as he did with him, and, well, that's not going to be
a good thing.  I'd also say that P was/is a good caretaker for a program, and you certainly would
not have NCAA infractions/issues with him, but he wasn't going to get you any more excitement.  I'd felt he should've been gone at least one year earlier, and in his final one, yeah,
it was time to go.  They had a team perfectly capable of going 6-6 every year, beating all the
D1-AA and low D1-A teams while losing to every top 40 team.  Which is not what SU should
aspire to be.

That said, winning the BC game should've either bought him the following year, or still get rid
of him right then and there.  At the time, I badly wanted Ty Willingham to be SU's coach.  He
was available.  Post GT-shellacking, he was not.  The timing of the firing was awful, and it got
worse.  So, solid guy, clean program, mediocre coach.  Replaced by someone weaker in all
phases.

But you know what?  Let's let this topic die.

Kev
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