He also stated that he thinks RR needs to go 5-7 next year to keep his job. I think he tries to be a "glass half full" type while those of us on the other side would say he represents the defeatist contingent in out fanbase that believes we should appreciate whatever we can get because "we do not deserve nice things".Puerco wrote:Cordera, I simply don't understand why you think a 7-6 season is acceptable when we go 3-6 in conference and we have one -- ONE! -- win over a respectable opponent. Because that's what happened last year. And this year is a huge, fucking crater of a season compared to last year. So no, it's not just one bad year. It's a whole collection of them with a steep downward trend and no light at the end.
Why is that even remotely acceptable to you? Unless you're an ASU fan?
In my mind... anything less than 7-5 should definitely result in a change... and 8-4 to be safe. That may be a tall order, because this mess was not created in a day and will take time to get out of. To that I would say "It is a mess he is responsible for so it is time to make up for it and over-deliver". If we are going to keep him on long enough to owe him 100% of his "retention bonus" - he better show unequivocally that he is worth it. And we will continue to be divided, but earning a 2nd conf winning record in 6 tries is not too much to ask, IMO.
There is an opportunity cost to keeping him beyond next season. The incremental $4MM (or whatever) that we give him beyond 1Q'18 is $4MM that we will NOT have to offer our next head coach. As I understand, that money is to be used at the AD's discretion.
Committing those funds to retain a coach that may have gone 5-22 or 6-21 in P12 over the previous 3 years (ohfer in '16 and 2-7/3-6 again in '17 for a 5-7 record) would be an unconscionable move from Byrne. Accelerating RR's eligibility for the retention pool was bad enough (completely unwarranted and apparently unappreciated by the beneficiary)... that would be even worse.