By Red Herring
There are several college coaches on the hot seat right now. Bobby Bowden and Charlie Weis are the first to come to mind. But what does it take for a coach to go from embattled leader to unemployed millionaire? I have developed one simple litmus test for determining whether or not any college program should retain their head coach. Simply put, if your rivals want you to keep your coach then you absolutely, positively must fire that man. A case study might be enlightening, we need only to look to Phillip Fulmer, or Phat Phil as he was lovingly called by his former players (oh please let this be true). At the end of his time at Rocky Top every single one of Tennessee’s rivals wanted only one thing, for Tennessee to retain the services of Mr. Fulmer. Why? Because he couldn’t beat anyone, no one was worried about facing Tennessee. Simply put, he sucked so hard at every aspect of the game that people who hated Tennessee wanted him to remain there for the next 20 years.
So here is Red Herring’s rule of thumb, if your rivals want your coach to stay you must immediately fire that coach. I don’t care if he has been there for 10 years. I don’t care if he has won a national championship. I don’t care if he is a few hours away from curing cancer and developing a diet soda that actually tastes good. You must fire him immediately and then hire, Charlie Strong.
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