Yes that conference championship was a big deal at the time, and something that neither Montgomery or Graham have ever been able to accomplish.
He’s the only coach in our history to win a conference championship, a bowl game and finish the season nationally ranked in the same year. What many of you define as the minimum of success.
Wow, I wish I had known this earlier, I would have paid more attention to the Wyoming game. How often do you have 2 of the best worst coaches in the game locked in a battle of epic mediocrity?
The guy that hired Monty came to us from Eastern Michigan. What a great track record to put on your resume.
Yeah if we had won that game we would have gone to 4 games under .500, and they would have been 3 games under. As it stands they are 2 under and we are 5 under. If we had a game like Jacksonville State to figure out our best OL, we probably would have won that game, and performed better in our Northern Illinois win. The joys of mediocrity. Bohl advertised for a transfer QB in a preseason message he released. That was funny, and embarrassing for them.
Yeah Gragg came here in March, and they hired him in December 2013. Would have been sadly funny if he had hired them both.
Navy is surely Montgomery's kryptonite.
If Brin still has a slight limp, even at end of game, don't tell me where Monty lives.
1-7 and surrendering 38 points a game on average to an option team? Lord.
I know where he parks if you want to stake out his loaner vehicle.
Sadly all that is nothing but fools gold. Part of how you get to be one of only 4 coaches with 8 years on the job and a losing record is to make it look like you're almooost there, and just sooo close to be over the hump. Year after year. The finish line always just around the next turn, forever.
in the same way that Jenks is somewhere in the middle of Houston and Tulsa.
I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss this team. You know how Monty pulls a season out of a hat with a decent second half performance. You may not want it, I may not want it, but we can't control that Monty might go 2-4, and then 4-2.
Or Bruce Cassidy with the Boston Bruins fired after having a good season last year even after a couple of key players retired/sat out last season. 6 years as Bruins head coach, 6 play off appearances, only 1 playoff exit in the 1st round and even had a Stanley Cup finals appearance. Or Mike Schildt who brought the Cardinals to MLB playoffs 3 out of his 4 seasons. Fired after the 4th season and losing in the NL Wild Card game.
You are talking about pro leagues on all those examples. D1 is a bit of a different deal.
This wouldn't be surprising at all - in fact, it's exactly what I would expect. If you look at his last 3 full seasons, he's 17-17. Overall, he's 40-50. So statistically you'd expect 5-7 or 6-6. "Start 2-4 but show improvement to get to 6-6" is exactly how a .500 coach keeps his job for 8 years. That's the fools gold.
Exactly, 6-6 is not going to fill the stadium , we need to quit making excuses why we can’t be good and start making a plan to be good . We are always going to be at a disadvantage with fans because of OU and OSU, so we need to put a great product on the field, at least 8 - 10 wins on average , with an occasional down year of 5-7 wins . 6-6 is still 50 percent which is a failing grade
Brad and team are really working on making TU games a destination and event. We're a restaurant that's trying to upscale with great ambience and service but with a crappy short order cook slinging IHOP food.
That is about the best analogy I have heard in awhile lol
His losses aren't looking so "fluke" like this year either (especially Cincy and Navy) AND he literally hijacked his own season by letting Brin play injured instead of holding him back for the bowl hunt. So, just maybe that would be enough to kindly show him the door.
Howard Clogzillia Wolowitz says you should never eat gas station sushi!
Just show's that you can win if you have the right Jimmy and Joe's, but then you have to replace them. Therefore, the Dilemma. I am not a fan of nepotism.
