Scott Stricklin = Mark Fox in a baseball cap...

WCDawg

Both came to Georgia as young HCs who'd been successful at smaller schools, and both have been huge disappointments.
I admit I thought Stricklin was a very good hire at the time. He looked the part, had the background and he wasn't afraid to talk about his plans to build a championship program.
Cut to 5 years later. The discussion now is he should ''at least flirt with a .500 record'', which while admittedly better than the road kill we've seen so far, it's a loser's goal.

I think if Stricklin doesn't have a winning record by a substantial margin THIS SEASON, he should join Fox and probably McGarity in the unemployment line.

Thoughts ?

donm

@WCDawg said:
Both came to Georgia as young HCs who'd been successful at smaller schools, and both have been huge disappointments.
I admit I thought Stricklin was a very good hire at the time. He looked the part, had the background and he wasn't afraid to talk about his plans to build a championship program.
Cut to 5 years later. The discussion now is he should ''at least flirt with a .500 record'', which while admittedly better than the road kill we've seen so far, it's a loser's goal.

I think if Stricklin doesn't have a winning record by a substantial margin THIS SEASON, he should join Fox and probably McGarity in the unemployment line.

Thoughts ?

Seems like both have "plateaued". They've been around long enough to say they are who their records say they are. If they get another season - either of them - and can't improve, it's time to look elsewhere - if winning is important. Heck, J. Foley, at UF, fired his baseball coach after he'd been to the CWS because he didn't feel that coach had what it took to keep the program at a high enough level. Winning championships, not just winning, was his goal for each of his teams.