Has an otherwise successful HC ever presided over the demise of a program to this degree?

[cowboyinexile]

I think he lost the team when he decided to run off Knowles. His ego thought he could put pee wee Herman as a coordinator and still succeed

You really think he ran off the DC who got a huge raise to go to a different school?

 

[jobob85]

You really think he ran off the DC who got a huge raise to go to a different school?

A different school that was a National Championship contender to boot.

 

[Okiemike31]

You really think he ran off the DC who got a huge raise to go to a different school?

Couldn’t it be possible that Knowles was going to leave no matter what school offered?

 

[cowboyinexile]

Couldn’t it be possible that Knowles was going to leave no matter what school offered?

If I were to guess he would have been ok staying but the Ohio State money was too much to turn down.

Assuming he gave us a chance to get closer and we realized that any counter on our part would just create a bidding war then no one really did anything wrong there. No one is calling him a snake like underworld so Im guessing it was somewhat fair on all sides.