I'm surprised that so many people read this without understanding. He didn't say they had no football concepts, he was talking about team concepts.

While it is true that a head coach has the responsibility for bringing a team together, Porter had some serious obstacles to overcome.

For example, a position coach looking to redeem himself as a head coach, with reason to believe he might be a candidate for interim or head coach if the coach gets fired.

Yes, when some players complain about having to work too hard and one of the staff brown noses those players to build up a power base, that's a problem.

When a position coach subs out key players on key downs, that's a problem

Just a couple of examples, and when the hc isn't allowed to make personnel decisions to get rid of problems like that, it's s disaster.

Porter had his mistakes and shortcomings to be sure. He might have failed anyway. But he never had a chance to establish a team concept because he was undermined, sabotaged.

He was what we call in my line of work an unintentional interim. That is someone who enters a toxic system destined to fail bc the system doesn't know it's toxic. One hopes that at least the failure makes enough of the right people realize what needs to be different the next time.

We needed a better search process, trust a coach to have authority, give him what he needs, and just a healthier system overall (more clarity on decision makers, common vision, communication, etc).

Fuente is more prepared, has a resume that inspires more confidence, but also has a much better chance to turn things around due to better circumstances. He finally did get team concepts installed and that gives me a lot of hope.