and there is reason to think that he is on Foley's short list, will Oklahoma State want Fedora? Fedora was a succesful OC in Stillwater, which means he will be respected there and already know the Big 12 teams and personalities..
If I were Bubba Cunningham, and Ok St were to come after Fedora, I would fight tooth and nail to keep him only if he has agreed to shake up his staff on D. A large number of coaches have failed at a school becuase they have been mule-headed about keeping assistants - they would rather go down ith the ship than make changes. I don't know if that applies to Fedora, but I am certain that unless Fedora makes D staff changes that the best regular season he can produce at UNC is 9-3, and that wtih a favorable schedule. And I am confident that with the same D staff we have had that most years willl be like the last 2" we will feel lucky if finish 7-5.
There are a lot of people around UNC, including UNC athletics, who think 7-5 every year is nearly great and all we should hope for. I assume Bubba is not amoing them. So does Bubba strong arm Fedora into revamping the D staff?
Obviously that would backfire if Bubba could not hire a quality coach should Fedora head for the beauty of Stillwater (anyone who has been there will get the joke). But there is too much history of coaches failing when refusing to make staff changes even when they are obvious - and our D is the worst in school history, the worst among P5 schools. Our D is epically bad.
UNC football can't afford to be held hostage to Fedora's sense of loyalty to Disch and Koenning and West, nor, if this is the reason, to Fedora's refusal to acknowledge a mistake in hiring.
If I were Bubba Cunningham, and Ok St were to come after Fedora, I would fight tooth and nail to keep him only if he has agreed to shake up his staff on D. A large number of coaches have failed at a school becuase they have been mule-headed about keeping assistants - they would rather go down ith the ship than make changes. I don't know if that applies to Fedora, but I am certain that unless Fedora makes D staff changes that the best regular season he can produce at UNC is 9-3, and that wtih a favorable schedule. And I am confident that with the same D staff we have had that most years willl be like the last 2" we will feel lucky if finish 7-5.
There are a lot of people around UNC, including UNC athletics, who think 7-5 every year is nearly great and all we should hope for. I assume Bubba is not amoing them. So does Bubba strong arm Fedora into revamping the D staff?
Obviously that would backfire if Bubba could not hire a quality coach should Fedora head for the beauty of Stillwater (anyone who has been there will get the joke). But there is too much history of coaches failing when refusing to make staff changes even when they are obvious - and our D is the worst in school history, the worst among P5 schools. Our D is epically bad.
UNC football can't afford to be held hostage to Fedora's sense of loyalty to Disch and Koenning and West, nor, if this is the reason, to Fedora's refusal to acknowledge a mistake in hiring.
