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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 2661464, member: 405"]
Every coach gets fired, just like everyone eventually dies.
On paper, he was a very solid candidate, and in person, he was personable and good looking, to boot.

In his one year as Texas DC, the year we hired him, he took them to the national championship game.
People say, "well, he got fired from Denver" - yes, after six seasons and 2 Super Bowls.
People say, "well, he got fired from the Jets" - yes, after five seasons.  And who doesn't get fired from the Jets?
Before that, he coached at UCLA for eight seasons.
You don't last that long at high profile jobs if you are utterly inept at what you do.

The Robinson years were without question the blow that we have yet to recover from, and I am not a fan of Nancy Cantor or Darryl Gross, for that matter (although Gross did leave behind quite a few accomplishments for all the abuse he takes here), but if it was so freaking obvious that Robinson was a disaster hire before he even started, well, I just don't see it.  It looks like a rational choice at the time to me.
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