This is my 50th anniversary year of being a loyal, committed, insane, Cowboy fan.
Those familiar words above really hurt right now. I’ve heard them now every year for 50 years.
Two observational things I’ll add here about this discussion regarding Gundy:
#1. Colleges with winning traditions fire failing coaches quickly. See OU.
#2. Colleges with less than stellar winning traditions are usually locked and frozen into morbid non-decisive thought about what to do about a current disappointing coach. Afraid to decide they are about whether to stay or go. “Crap or get off the pot” is how we stated it back in the 1970’s.
Leadership is scared to make a decision. Until it’s too late.
OSU is in Category #2.
Those familiar words above really hurt right now. I’ve heard them now every year for 50 years.
Two observational things I’ll add here about this discussion regarding Gundy:
#1. Colleges with winning traditions fire failing coaches quickly. See OU.
#2. Colleges with less than stellar winning traditions are usually locked and frozen into morbid non-decisive thought about what to do about a current disappointing coach. Afraid to decide they are about whether to stay or go. “Crap or get off the pot” is how we stated it back in the 1970’s.
Leadership is scared to make a decision. Until it’s too late.
OSU is in Category #2.
For starters, OU was mired in mediocrity, despite 3 different coaches over a 12 year span. Michigan anyone? Nebraska? Tennessee? A&M? Miami?
This is not to say that #2 has no merit, but there's plenty of evidence that a quick trigger can also result in years of looking for someone who can even replicate what the fired guy regularly accomplished.