The administration has been incredibly patient with a coach who hasn’t produced a winning conference record. This is his 3rd reboot of the offense. Baldwin and Musgrave were his preferred hires, same with Spav. The admin didn’t pick his OC, Wilcox did. Not many schools would allow a coach to go 6 years without a winning conference record…
The administration has been incredibly patient with a coach who hasn’t produced a winning conference record. This is his 3rd reboot of the offense. Baldwin and Musgrave were his preferred hires, same with Spav. The admin didn’t pick his OC, Wilcox did. Not many schools would allow a coach to go 6 years without a winning conference record and only 2 overall winning records and 3 offensive reboots and give them a large and unearned extension.
Actually I’m pretty sure I read he wanted Spav to stay in 2017 when he first got hired but he wanted to go and try being a head coach. Baldwin was not his preferred choice.
I believe that to be true as well but when it was clear that Spav didn’t want to stay, it seemed that Baldwin was his next choice. I actually thought the Baldwin hire was a very good one as he was a successful OC and HC at the FCS level with EWU
"The administration has been incredibly patient with a coach who hasn’t produced a winning conference record."
Herein lies the problem, from admin perspective, winning is not the important thing, rather the admin prizes a politically correct, obedient, and mindful head coach that does not argue or quibble with admin.
Wilcox is a good guy, but that may be part of the problem.
Exactly this. It is a catch 22. Just as much as the “administration” supposedly hinders Wilcox, Wilcox also benefits from it by getting more time to try to win and the benefit of the doubt because he “gets Cal” and says all the right things.
I think he's diplomatically expressed his frustration with the administration a couple of times (at least if you listen to the tone, and not just read the quote), and things have leaked through the media… But yeah it's not like he's badmouthing the idea of high academic standards and instead spins it toward the "OKG" type lines.
Spav was his preferred first hire and he asked him to stay on from 2016 to 2017, but Spav had other ideas. As for the other guys being his "preferred hires," they certainly weren't his #1 picks. He should have ditched Musgrave earlier, though.
I’ll admit, I liked the Baldwin hire. I thought he was going to be great. While Spav might have been 1A, I believe Baldwin was 1B.
I don’t recall any reports of Wilcox really wanting anyone besides Musgrave. Regardless he stuck with Musgrave and Angus far too long.
Furthermore, we have 3 OCs and all them seem to have the same issue, with the only constant being Wilcox. If Dykes doesn’t care about defense, Wilcox certainly doesn’t seem to care about offense.
What exactly is the "same issue" we have here that we had in the past? Did we have this issue last week against UNT or are you catastrophizing one game early in the season?
The administration has been incredibly patient with a coach who hasn’t produced a winning conference record. This is his 3rd reboot of the offense. Baldwin and Musgrave were his preferred hires, same with Spav. The admin didn’t pick his OC, Wilcox did. Not many schools would allow a coach to go 6 years without a winning conference record and only 2 overall winning records and 3 offensive reboots and give them a large and unearned extension.
The level of “patience” the administration has had with Wilcox, a coach with a losing record is pretty much unprecedented in the modern era.
"Patience" or apathy or is it calculated neglect?
Actually I’m pretty sure I read he wanted Spav to stay in 2017 when he first got hired but he wanted to go and try being a head coach. Baldwin was not his preferred choice.
I believe that to be true as well but when it was clear that Spav didn’t want to stay, it seemed that Baldwin was his next choice. I actually thought the Baldwin hire was a very good one as he was a successful OC and HC at the FCS level with EWU
"The administration has been incredibly patient with a coach who hasn’t produced a winning conference record."
Herein lies the problem, from admin perspective, winning is not the important thing, rather the admin prizes a politically correct, obedient, and mindful head coach that does not argue or quibble with admin.
Wilcox is a good guy, but that may be part of the problem.
Exactly this. It is a catch 22. Just as much as the “administration” supposedly hinders Wilcox, Wilcox also benefits from it by getting more time to try to win and the benefit of the doubt because he “gets Cal” and says all the right things.
I think he's diplomatically expressed his frustration with the administration a couple of times (at least if you listen to the tone, and not just read the quote), and things have leaked through the media… But yeah it's not like he's badmouthing the idea of high academic standards and instead spins it toward the "OKG" type lines.
Spav was his preferred first hire and he asked him to stay on from 2016 to 2017, but Spav had other ideas. As for the other guys being his "preferred hires," they certainly weren't his #1 picks. He should have ditched Musgrave earlier, though.
I’ll admit, I liked the Baldwin hire. I thought he was going to be great. While Spav might have been 1A, I believe Baldwin was 1B.
I don’t recall any reports of Wilcox really wanting anyone besides Musgrave. Regardless he stuck with Musgrave and Angus far too long.
Furthermore, we have 3 OCs and all them seem to have the same issue, with the only constant being Wilcox. If Dykes doesn’t care about defense, Wilcox certainly doesn’t seem to care about offense.
What exactly is the "same issue" we have here that we had in the past? Did we have this issue last week against UNT or are you catastrophizing one game early in the season?
True enough.
What little I saw of Hayes, he was not getting much openings to run.