[NU Sports] Fitz' future

[Michael Vance]

At 11/28/2005 09:44 PM, John A. DeGroat wrote:
>one has to wonder why he hasn't brought in a new defense coordinator given 
>the current one's track record and dthat of the defense.

Though we've debated it before, the consensus for how long to give a new 
head coach to show results seems to be five years.  Give him time to get 
all of his own recruits playing and his own system firmly entrenched, 
etc.  But how long do you give a coordinator?  Depending on how different 
the systems are, it could take four or five years.

I remember the first time the idea of a smaller, faster defense really hit 
me was watching the 1991 and 1992 Washington teams beat Iowa and then 
dominate Michigan in the Rose Bowl.  This wasn't just similar guys running 
a different scheme.  It was obvious that Washington had a different type of 
athlete on their defense than Michigan and Iowa had on theirs.

Colby has been on the job for three years, I believe.  So I'm willing to 
give him at least one more year, and if there's significant improvement 
then I'd definitely give him another.

-Michael