If you were a Greg or Bust, you deserve the same accountability that Hobbs deserves.
You never allowed a true search. You railroaded an extremely important decision by throwing tantrums over a coach who had many faults.
Personally, GS was 3rd or 4th on my list of desirable candidates. Perhaps with a true search we could have still landed on Schiano, but all of you gave him the leverage to basically do whatever he wanted. Negotiations work both ways. Yes, the deal has to work for Greg. But it also has to work for the school and the athletic department. And you all lost sight of that and put the athletic department in an awful bind.
Now Hobbs is to blame by not casting a wider net. Only interviewing Butch Jones before GS was a massive mistake. The guy has won conference titles (in the same conference as GS) and was never going to let his ego and brand become an emergency back-up plan. Butch also wasn't my choice A, but the Schiano or Bust cult has made this job so toxic for anyone who wants it.
Hobbs has absolutely bungled this. I will not fight that point. But a lot of you also did a lot of damage to the university.
You never allowed a true search. You railroaded an extremely important decision by throwing tantrums over a coach who had many faults.
Personally, GS was 3rd or 4th on my list of desirable candidates. Perhaps with a true search we could have still landed on Schiano, but all of you gave him the leverage to basically do whatever he wanted. Negotiations work both ways. Yes, the deal has to work for Greg. But it also has to work for the school and the athletic department. And you all lost sight of that and put the athletic department in an awful bind.
Now Hobbs is to blame by not casting a wider net. Only interviewing Butch Jones before GS was a massive mistake. The guy has won conference titles (in the same conference as GS) and was never going to let his ego and brand become an emergency back-up plan. Butch also wasn't my choice A, but the Schiano or Bust cult has made this job so toxic for anyone who wants it.
Hobbs has absolutely bungled this. I will not fight that point. But a lot of you also did a lot of damage to the university.