I have stayed away from a lot of this talk, but I am so tired of the butt-hurt "so who do we go after to fire now", and similar comments. You sound like a child in time out. He is gone, it is a done deal. He took a great program and made it mediocre. He had five years which is a lot longer than many basketball and football coaches we had. Many thought he should have been gone last year, and was given another chance. He is a grown ass man and will be fine. Pretty sure he is a millionaire D-1 baseball coach who will get another job. I think we can all admit he is a good coach, but not great. Ask yourself this, with the team we had going into this season, should he have at the very least, went to regionals? Simple yes or no question. If you say no, you are a liar. Sometimes a coach is let go because you just need a change.
Tony Dungy did the impossible, and made winners out of the Buccaneers. Not only that, he made them into an established program. After three straight playoff seasons (4 out of 5 straight years) he was fired. He was not fired because he wasn't a good coach, he wasn't fired because they were not winning, he was fired because ownership did not think he could take them to the next level. Also, because of his calm approach to his teams, ownership thought they needed to go opposite, and bring in more liveliness to the team. Enter Jon Gruden, they win it all the next year. Sure, they completely sold out to win the big one, because the whole program that Dungy built fell apart after the Super Bowl.
So, what happened to poor little Tony, he went to Indy. He and Manning won the Super Bowl, and the rest is history.
Don't mix emotions with business. That is why good gamblers never bet on their own team. It clouds your judgement. I like Chad, dude loves the Gamecocks and gave it all he had. I am not happy he is out of a job, but I am happy he is no longer the coach of the Gamecocks. I wish him well.
Tony Dungy did the impossible, and made winners out of the Buccaneers. Not only that, he made them into an established program. After three straight playoff seasons (4 out of 5 straight years) he was fired. He was not fired because he wasn't a good coach, he wasn't fired because they were not winning, he was fired because ownership did not think he could take them to the next level. Also, because of his calm approach to his teams, ownership thought they needed to go opposite, and bring in more liveliness to the team. Enter Jon Gruden, they win it all the next year. Sure, they completely sold out to win the big one, because the whole program that Dungy built fell apart after the Super Bowl.
So, what happened to poor little Tony, he went to Indy. He and Manning won the Super Bowl, and the rest is history.
Don't mix emotions with business. That is why good gamblers never bet on their own team. It clouds your judgement. I like Chad, dude loves the Gamecocks and gave it all he had. I am not happy he is out of a job, but I am happy he is no longer the coach of the Gamecocks. I wish him well.
