I'm super conflicted about this. The program is very clearly NOT living up to expectations in 3 out of the last 4 years. But the only reason for that is because GP is the one who led us to so much success and created all these expectations in the first place. He's become a victim of his own success to a certain degree, but this program is pretty clearly in a bad place right now.
I wish it was as easy as just firing this coach or that coach or even all the coaches but I don't know. Firing coaches is often just something that's done to appease fans but that doesn't necessarily mean it's the wrong thing to do either. I know many on here think that they know exactly what needs to happen and that it is very easy and straight forward but that's probably not reality. The entire athletic program is in an extremely difficult spot right now with what to do going forward.
The whole reason we're even in the Big 12 right now is because of Patterson's football program, but now we're in a position where basketball and baseball are having to pick up the slack from the struggling football program.
So I have gone back and forth on this for a second year now. But, when we see the play calls on offense that just rip momentum away, ignore typical situational football in the redzone where space becomes limited and leaves tds off the board, it become hard for me to not think that an OC change, as well as a rcvrs coach change is needed.
But then, I look at assistants who have been moved around just to keep them on staff, and who makes the coaching staff decisions, and the hard reality that it ultimately falls on GP comes to the front. That and, it is crazy that with the money we have, we don't bring in a lot of big time assistants. Granted, my guess is Sonny hired the rcvrs coaches and the offensive scheme did not look this out of sorts until it was all on Sonny.
But yeah, what happens if we don't see different? well, won't know until we do. as you said, we have other sports that support us. I just think if we brought in a good and known OC, we would see a difference,
But would Patterson let that OC coach the way they want to?