Good post, and welcome to the board.
No one (no one rational) is suggesting that Snyder doesn't deserve to have a great deal of credit for how we got to our lofty heights as a legitimate candidate for membership of a BCS conference. We are solidly the Mississippi State of the Big 12 thanks in large part to his efforts.
However, to suggest that you can't make evaluations or predictions of where we will end up at this particular point in the season doesn't completely jibe with your original point. You cited ISU, A&M, CU, and KU from last year as an example. I'd say that after this next week, since we will have faced half of those teams, that we'll have a pretty good barometer of where we are, no? I mean, you have sub in the Baylor game for the aTm game, but that's merely another week away past KU.
We didn't wait until the end of the season to fire Ron, was that a mistake? I don't believe it was a mistake.
I get that our last two games are @CU and @UNT, so we should be optimistic about that, but after the Baylor game we are going to get foooocking blown out for three weeks in a row....should we judge Bill's team then?
I cited those four games not as bellwethers to compare to this year. Different year different teams. Those were performances I was not expecting to see given the start of the season. The point is, one or two performances don't always translate into a trend. Take the Tech game from 2009. What a freaking disaster. We gave up 587 yards against NU Thursday. Any guesses what we gave up last year to Tech?
http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292832641, try 739.
Comparing when Prince got canned to any official decision to be made on Snyder's employment is a complete non-starter. Barring some type of scandal, Snyder absolutely deserves to finish out any season he is coaching (see my earlier post). He has earned at least that from the University. What kind of goodwill did Prince earn?
I understand a major attraction to online sports boards is all the conjecture stuff. The whole predictions pissing match, where you earn your community brownie points based on how many predictions you got right and can repost or link to later. Maybe this season will tank for us like KU's did last year. Maybe it won't and we get to a bowl. I don't know. We can talk and debate those kinds of things. But for the people calling for Snyder's head:
1. Take a deep breath.
2. Get some perspective.
3. Set clear expectations (like: field a team and play football in 2009; go to bowl in 2010; go to a bowl and finish over .500 in Big 12 in 2011) etc.
3. Gather a body of work (like a full season or two or three) for evidence.
4. Make your case on your evidence--not on your clairvoyance.
So yeah, we should absolutely judge Bill's team. Judge away. But if you're going to call for a coaching change, then make a case on something more than hot air. (Not making that point about your post, but to the general tone on the board the last couple of days).
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