(10-03-2017 01:51 PM)Muskrat Wrote: What I meant to point out was that Crum was 54 AND his teams' records had been down his last four years at Carolina (.512) compared to his career prior to his last four (52 more wins than losses in 10 years). That should have been a red flag that he may be going downhill. His record at Kent State would indicate that that was the case.
I think the coach to look at is MARTIN ... why ... because he finally found the right blend/kind of talent to make his gameplan work ... and while it took I think seven years ... I think had Kent stuck with him the team would be more consistently competitive.
Would Kent have won with Martin like they did in 2012 ... doubt it. But would the foundation be pretty solid right now ... I think so.
As for Crum ... his blueprint was sound. That staff he put together was pretty impressive, and without doing a hard check would believe at least half of them are still coaching making pretty good dough ... a couple are/were in the NFL.
He redshirt his entire first freshman class ... and the year he was fired I believe the team won its last two or three games.
Then the Cordelli disaster followed and really, the program has not been much good since.
Now to the present ...
The offense is ( ... fill in the blank ....) and no doubt about it. The talent level overall is average, but MAC competitive. What helps programs make the jump is stability.
The easy choice is to fire the coach (and yes, the record indicates that's the choice). But the tougher choice is to (1) show some allegiance and stay the course a bit longer (2) make some moves the coach probably won't -- exit OC and (3) make it clear the coach is being judged on his MAC performances.
While not much has been said of it ... on some level throughout all of Kent's coaching regimes, not just Haynes ... the university has scheduled for failure, not success ... even in 2012, if the previous Rutgers coach had not bolted, doubtful Kent wins that game against a T25 team.
In summation, the easiest thing to do is to be Kent State (let's fire the coach and start all over) ...
The tougher thing is to try and figure out another way