re: Gus Malzahn’s track record

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Criticisms are warranted yes but he’s a damn good coach

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Damn good coach? The last 2-3 seasons say otherwise. This was a Championship caliber roster (loaded on both sides of the ball, veteran OL, star kicker, etc, etc) so I'm not sure why 10-wins is being seen as some sort of miracle. So you have 2-3 years wherein we failed expectations (mostly because the offense was terrible, his forte) and one season wherein we met expectations although lost all 3 games in absolutely embarrassing fashion.

He's earned the right to stay here on a minimal extension. To pretend like he is all of a sudden back to being some star coach is absurd. Props for not losing the team after LSU, but he created that problem in the first place and its almost like all you want to pretend like our team wasn't good or something and therefore it requires some sort of great praise for him to finally get a loaded team to win some games.