ARE YOU SHITTING ME?
Prowler, Prowler, Prowler. I've stayed out of this and watched you flail but my lord man, were you in some kind of asylum with no television, radio, internet, phone, newspaper or anything?
IT WASN'T AS EVIDENT?
Three worst defenses in the history of Auburn football. Pretty evident.
I don't have the resources to look up every season, but I'll go ahead and guess that you're over exaggerating about that, we've had some horrible defenses, worse than the '09 & '10 ones.
So, after the first season (2009) you go ahead and can the DC? Nope. You wait until after the second one to see if the players make the necessary improvements. Well, they made some improvements from the previous season, but they help win you the National Championship. That bought the DC one more year. The third year, the defense is one of the worse in Auburn History...then you fire the DC, WHEN IT BECOMES EVIDENT THAT NO IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
You don't fire someone after the first season, also your first season as HC & you don't fire someone after they helped you win the National Championship. You fire them when it becomes clear that no improvement is being made after you've given them a chance. (I still remember a game last year, 5th or 6th game, when they showed the discussion between Roof and Chizik...reading lips Roof said, â€do you want me to call that playâ€, Chizik said, â€yes it's your job, so do your job.†I told my Dad that Roof is gone after this season.)
Anytime the HC has to step in and do the coordinator's job, then it's a good bet that the coordinator won't be there the next season.