There didn't have to be a sacrifice. Even going to a spread running offense would have worked to rehab. The jump straight to RPO was the dumb call. We had a RB room and a line built for run blocking for 2 years we could have ran a Jimbo Fisher special single back under center game with play action West coast passing and won 7 games a year while slowly building to the repo scheme. Scooter wanted it yesterday.
Yes, to repeat others. The team Paul left behind could have been fairly successful running an option from the regular spread like Pater <what's his name> had done before at other schools. But TFG wanted to be all in on "pro attack" from day one, despite the talent base. Just like the Temple fans warned us, btw.
Then there was the "juice box", the forcing players who weren't going to play to "fire people up" (I'll never forgive him for humiliating them like that), the weight lifting during games, the obvious lack of discipline on the field leading to really dumb penalties, the "ATL" stuff, the Waffle House stupidity, and all the other things done during and between games to distract the players from their job. This clownish behavior was what led other coaches to laugh at him, at our program (another thing I'll never forgive him for), and, worst of all, at our players. By the time he left I'd have thrown him an anvil if he were drowning and waited around to be sure he never came back up.
But, like I said earlier, he's gone. He's someone else's problem now
Update: Went to see A Complete Unknown on Sunday. Great movie. The "waited around to be sure he never came back up" is in Masters of War: "And I'll stand on your grave 'til I'm sure you are dead." Nobody like Dylan.
