[NU Sports] I see an 8th Bowl spot slipping away...

[CHerron604 at aol.com]

I hate more than anything to be negative, especially this late in the  
season.  But it seems we are burdened constantly with coaches that can't  coach, 
can't recruit, can't coordinate.  This probably has alot to do with  terrible 
attendance at Dyche Stadium - it is not real enjoyable to watch as late  10-point 
leads evaporate in a flash, or as silly mistakes lead to penalties that  are 
unwarrented in game #11, or as a team gets into the red zone, and can't  
fathom how to punch it in to the endzone (this was also a BIG problem in the  Duke 
game).  Fans of other football programs don't seem to have to deal  with all 
this coaching incompetence, and we should expect and demand  better.
 
We as a University would never build our Chemistry faculty, or the Cardiac  
Surgery staff at Northwestern Memorial in the same way we put together our  
coaching staffs, but we should - look for the best people out there (outstanding  
skills and integrity), and bring them in.  RW's passing was tragic, but if  
the head of the Philosophy Department passed, we would not tolerate two years 
of  departmental malaise.
 
PS - Could we hope that anybody on Central St. maybe has given Mike Dunbar  a 
call ?  He was great as our OC, then he made 2 bad decisions - going to  Cal 
(allegedly to be closer to his family), then separating from Cal - to come  to 
hopeless/hapless Minnesota ?  I know he wants to be a head coach, but  
staying on the Gopher's sinking ship probably isn't going to help that  hope.  Come 
back here, where you have had success.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85



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