No! I don't think the program is headed in the right direction. Not at all. But the question I was responding to was whether 2017 was a fluke. It was not a fluke. But Frank has failed to capitalize on the momentum. Spurrier did the same thing. The difference is Spurrier had 4 years of high level success and Frank had 2.
I'm not sure why Frank blew up. It may be due to lazy recruiting, poor coaching, poor assistant hires or sheer arrogance. It is likely a combination of factors. Spurrier blew up for many of the same reasons.
In my opinion, it is too late for Frank at SC. We need a change. I am a lukewarm defender, and that only because I felt like this was the wrong time to fire him. (He had Covid twice.)
I'm 90% certain he will be gone after next season. There is a very slim chance he will be here in 2022-2023. For that to happen, he would need to at least make the NIT next season and bring in some high level (Dozier/Thornton type) recruits. The chances of that are almost non-existent.