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Zambo;n292138 said:
Its sort of like saying they did a 360 ...
My wife says this, all the time, and it drives me nuts. One of my pet peeves is how she butchers common phrases like this along with the continuous use of the word "Ginormous:"
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Charlie is on year 2, facing the tremendous job of house cleaning while in the face of rising conference competition as others have noted. I think he gets fired, as I don't believe he's a solid HC (lack of offense), but I firmly believe he is given this year, and likely the next, to show improvement and get HIS players and system in place. By the end of year 3, if they aren't winning 8+ games (and I'm not sure they will by then), his seat will be getting warmer, if not hot. But until then, they have to give him the chance considering the challenge any coach would have faced coming in there.
Butch is on year 3. While the expectation is that your staff, your system and at least half the roster is your players putting it together and showing the improvement needed. I think Butch is in more trouble, in that he's a year further into 'the plan' and isn't showing he can win the close games. I suspect he'll sacrifice the OC at the end of the season and the school will give him one more year to get over the hump. Again, not a solid HC, so I see year 4 being the end for him - unless their AD and fans are willing to do what we did and extend a bad coach too long. In which case year 5 will prove he was a mistake.
BTW I'm not defending Charlie. There's a reason he wasn't hired here. BTW, nice of you to put up a Bielema thread this week, will you put one up next week when Arky shocks Bama?
