Get out of here with the excuses....

[bmoney214]

USC just fired their DC. So no more excuses from anybody about not being able to fire a coach during the season. If USC can do it, we should be able to do it. Time to grow a pair Sonny!

 

[Bob Sugar]

Alex Grinch for DC?

 

[bmoney214]

Alex Grinch for DC?

Send Joe G to USC for Grinch lol

 

[Sangria Wine]

Send Joe G to USC for Grinch lol

And a position coach to be named later…

 

[Boomhauer]

So USC and Arky have fired their DC/OC and CU has demoted their OC

 

[LisaLT]

USC's DC has been as bad as Gillespie. Sonny should have made this move after the KSU game. Looks weak IMO or like we are ok with mediocrity. I'd say if we get blown out this coming weekend using the same tired looking defensive scheme, and Sonny doesn't fire JG immediately, Donati should step in.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

USC's DC has been as bad as Gillespie. Sonny should have made this move after the KSU game. Looks weak IMO or like we are ok with mediocrity. I'd say if we get blown out this coming weekend using the same tired looking defensive scheme, and Sonny doesn't fire JG immediately, Donati should step in.

ADs who want to be able to hire good head coaches in the future don’t “step in” to fire coordinators. Hold the head coach accountable after the season, sure.

 

[Double D]

Indiana fired their OC a month ago.

USC just fired their DC. So no more excuses from anybody about not being able to fire a coach during the season. If USC can do it, we should be able to do it. Time to grow a pair Sonny!

 

[TxFrog1999]

Indiana fired their OC a month ago.

Trendsetters.

 

[LisaLT]

ADs who want to be able to hire good head coaches in the future don’t “step in” to fire coordinators. Hold the head coach accountable after the season, sure.

"Stepping in" merely implies Donati communicating to Dykes to do the obvious and necessary thing here. He certainly had no issue when it came to Patterson and what needed to be done. In this case, he could very discreetly exert his "influence" over this situation.

 

[Bruce Berry]

"Stepping in" merely implies Donati communicating to Dykes to do the obvious and necessary thing here. He certainly had no issue when it came to Patterson and what needed to be done. In this case, he could very discreetly exert his "influence" over this situation.

It would be ridiculous if he had to.

 

[LisaLT]

It would be ridiculous if he had to.

I do agree with that.

 

[TopFrog]

It is a staff of buddies. Doubt it happens.

 

[BrewingFrog]

It is a staff of buddies. Doubt it happens.

This.

 

[froginmn]

Lincoln Riley is a mean one.

 

[Westsider]

Firing everybody all the time doesn’t always fix stuff.

 

[Planks]

I feel like a lot of times these mid-season coordinator firings are less about actually improving the team and more about appeasing angry fans and boosters.

So unless Dykes believes he already has someone else on staff right now who could do a better job as a coordinator, I don’t see how it actually helps the team this year.

 

[cctcu]

Firing everybody all the time doesn’t always fix stuff.

Hiring the right people does and Sonny obviously hasn't done that, from what we've seen this season.

 

[Limey Frog]

Lincoln Riley is a mean one.

He previously fired Mike Stoops as Oklahoma's OC mid-season, too. Then replaced him with... Alex Grinch.

 

[Wexahu]

I feel like a lot of times these mid-season coordinator firings are less about actually improving the team and more about appeasing angry fans and boosters.

So unless Dykes believes he already has someone else on staff right now who could do a better job as a coordinator, I don’t see how it actually helps the team this year.

Exactly.

All these examples of guys that got fired mid-season, what good is it really doing those programs? And I've seen many times where an "interim" guy comes in, does "better" and then there's a bunch of pressure to go ahead and hire THAT guy as the permanent replacement, and that ends up backfiring.

Wait until the season is over and then do whatever you have to do for next year.