re: One game season

It’s debatable to call the season a successful season. From the the starting point of last offseason you could argue that it was successful. Gus didn’t lose his job nor the recruiting classes despite the chaos and rumors, and the magic number of 9 was met at the end of the next season. Also from the perspective of those struggling to field a good team, you could argue it was successful. I’m sure Miami or FSU or A&M would’ve taken it in a heartbeat.

However it wasn’t successful if you don’t like that Gus saved his job by doing what was needed, but not a millimeter more. The same things that dogged us last year still dog us today. Maybe if we said “9 wins is not the bar since you are the reason we are starting a TF QB” things would be less complicated in hindsight.