This issue is not the "what if" but "what will" in the modern day of SEC football. If Miles and Richt have taught us anything this year is how crazy only 9 wins in the regular season matter in this conference.

The issue is how long the clock will run on Boom.

EOY 0 = He has not even started and his seat is already warm
EOY 1 = 6-6 and he should still have a job
EOY 2 = 6-6 and his seat will be warm
EOY 3 = 6-6 and his seat will be on fire
EOY 4 = 8-4 and his seat could be just as hot, if not hotter
EOY 5 = 10-2 and he could be looking for a job

The question is not how good a coach he "might" be but how long he will have to cool his seat over time. I am trying to remember any 10 win seasons prior to the 80's yet now the SEC is in a feeding frenzy where even 10 wins a season is not job security.

Boom will need time, but will he get it? Especially when the coaching cycles favors the guys in their 60's who will be depleted in the next generation. I try and imagine if some of the greatest coaches of my youth would even have a job in the modern systems geared more toward a single season than a real multi generational dynasty.

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Posted by Cockopotamus

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Posted on 12/7/15 at 8:37 pm to Cheese Grits

quote:
EOY 0 = He has not even started and his seat is already warm
EOY 1 = 6-6 and he should still have a job
EOY 2 = 6-6 and his seat will be warm
EOY 3 = 6-6 and his seat will be on fire
EOY 4 = 8-4 and his seat could be just as hot, if not hotter
EOY 5 = 10-2 and he could be looking for a job

I don't think thats reasonable at all for MUSChamp at USC and the last two years of that time line are absurd for any program. Kirby Smart would get fired after 3 years of 6-6 but anyone that improves from 6-6 to 8-4 isn't going to get the boot and certainly no one that improves from 6-6 to 8-4 to 10-2 isn't going to be run off.

Lets not forget that Les and Richt had job security issues not because of wins and losses, but because of stagnation and specific losses to rivals that consistently kept them out of the SEC championship game.

Back to MUSChamp, his seat would probably be warm after a 3rd straight year at 6-6 but if there are improvements that are not measurable by wins and losses then it just stays warm even going into year 4.

Frank Martin came into his 4th year without much improvement in wins and losses but you could see that his teams were getting better, he was building a program and just needed time.

This post was edited on 12/7/15 at 8:40 pm

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