The new-coach trajectory of a brief adjustment period followed by team buy-in seems to be the best formula for success. It is close to a fact of life that college football coaches who win a national title do so in their first few years. Since 2000, every title but two has been won by a coach in his second, third or fourth year with his team — or by a coach who has already done so with the same team. The same can be said of the head coaches for most runners-up.
Year 3 might be particularly magical for winning titles, with recent examples including Lloyd Carr at Michigan (1997); Pete Carroll at Southern California (2003); Les Miles at Louisiana State (2007); Nick Saban at Alabama (2009); and Urban Meyer at Ohio State (2014).
Okay, Kirby. You’re on the clock.
Well, three years seems to be the shelf life on reasonable expectations.
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It’s all about year 2. Bob Stoops, Chizik, Corch at UF. All programs with talent rich rosters storied programs.
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The Year 3 national championship game will be in Atlanta.
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Has Kirby named a starting QB for it yet?
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Eason OR Fromm
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Going to a helluva battle from what I have seen. Don’t sleep on Fromm, I just hope we can keep him.
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well done. /hattip
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias
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So Cubb’s gonna get a medical redshirt for last year, and have 2 more years of eligibility?! I see that as 2 championships, not one.
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Well if our standards are gonna be that low, why didn’t we just keep Richt?
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Chubb’s collecting a paycheck after this year. A big one…………
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Given the recruits that come in this year and 2017, it would make complete since that in 2019 we should be world beaters.
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