AF_Howie_2180
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I get it we are all expecting and hopefully demanding better out of what we got this year from the players, coaches, and everything around Gopher Football; but before we look to kick PJ to the curb I feel like we should at least give him a couple more seasons to see where things go. Sure this year's 5-7 matches the "Zero" year record but minus the Covid year of 2020's (3-4) record when's the last time we had a coach go 11-2, 9-4, and 9-4? Throwing out 2020 this is only the 2nd time in his tenure that he has had a losing record for the season, which has the negative effect of us expecting continued greatness at those kind of levels. There was chatter to start the year that this season could be a bit of a let down from those numbers and well sadly it lived up to that but let's look at some of the more recent tenures of our other coaches and what they had before being let go....
Glen Mason was here for 10 seasons before his departure after the infamous Insight Bowl Loss. Which besides PJ is the longest of any coach since Murry Warmath's 18 seasons back in the late 50s to 70s. The majority of Masons tenure was mostly a couple games over .500 with a sprinkling of a 10 win and 8 win season in there.
Brewster's almost 4 season tenure was mostly all negative with regard to building anything positive he did have one winning season at 7-6 but that was the end of it.
The Kill/Clay's 6 season tenure produced a 9-4 season and a couple 8-5 but we know how that ended.
So putting everything into perspective I know it's going to be hard but let's keep a positive mindset that while this year was a set back, better things are coming, brighter days are ahead. Heck even the Timberwolves might finally have turned a corner. With this coming change to everything that has been B1G next year maybe this was another "Zero" year before the new look B1G starts. If we fire off another 2-3 less than .500 seasons in this new look B1G then the drum beat for change can fire up and at that point PJ will be at the 10 year mark similar to Mason's tenure and we can go from there.
Glen Mason was here for 10 seasons before his departure after the infamous Insight Bowl Loss. Which besides PJ is the longest of any coach since Murry Warmath's 18 seasons back in the late 50s to 70s. The majority of Masons tenure was mostly a couple games over .500 with a sprinkling of a 10 win and 8 win season in there.
Brewster's almost 4 season tenure was mostly all negative with regard to building anything positive he did have one winning season at 7-6 but that was the end of it.
The Kill/Clay's 6 season tenure produced a 9-4 season and a couple 8-5 but we know how that ended.
So putting everything into perspective I know it's going to be hard but let's keep a positive mindset that while this year was a set back, better things are coming, brighter days are ahead. Heck even the Timberwolves might finally have turned a corner. With this coming change to everything that has been B1G next year maybe this was another "Zero" year before the new look B1G starts. If we fire off another 2-3 less than .500 seasons in this new look B1G then the drum beat for change can fire up and at that point PJ will be at the 10 year mark similar to Mason's tenure and we can go from there.