Best time to send Ben packing?

[MNVCGUY]

Johnson should have been canned after the '22-'23 season, when it was clear he was a failure.

Every day since then is just delaying the inevitable while continuing to dig the program deeper and deeper into a hole. The hole becomes more and more difficult to climb out of with each passing day.

Stop the bleeding. Fire him now, and start the process of recovery. Waiting simply makes it more difficult. There is ZERO chance at recovery maintaining the status quo.

Honest question - how is the new coaches job any different if we fire Johnson today vs. at the end of the season?

 

[bga1]

Honest question - how is the new coaches job any different if we fire Johnson today vs. at the end of the season?

Despite fans like myself who probably have wanted him fired on the spot about 5 different times, it is a silly idea to fire him before the end of the year unless he has lost the team or is involved in a scandal. It's low class otherwise, and hurts your ability to get the next coach. Additionally, if the next coach likes any of Ben's recruits, keeping Ben until the end offers a better chance for the next guy to re-recruit the ones he wants while he is still signed.

Coaches look at how the coach they were replaced was treated. Ben is a good human being and deserves to be treated well, despite all of the losing.

 

[MNVCGUY]

Despite fans like myself who probably have wanted him fired on the spot about 5 different times, it is a silly idea to fire him before the end of the year unless he has lost the team or is involved in a scandal. It's low class otherwise, and hurts your ability to get the next coach. Additionally, if the next coach likes any of Ben's recruits, keeping Ben until the end offers a better chance for the next guy to re-recruit the ones he wants while he is still signed.

Coaches look at how the coach they were replaced was treated. Ben is a good human being and deserves to be treated well, despite all of the losing.

I get the frustration and I get why people want him fired or are convinced he will be at the end of the year (I will be shocked if he isn't). But if you don't have a coach on staff that you might want to be the permanent replacement it just doesn't make any sense to fire him until much later in the season or at the end.

Coyle can be talking to agents and making preparations behind the scenes so that he is ready to move quickly when the time comes.

Those that have wanted Johnson fired from day one will almost certainly get their wish baring the team suddenly figuring things out and playing a lot better then they are at the moment. They just have to be a little more patient.....