I don't believe in the raise/extension thing after one good, or in this case decent turnaround year anymore than I believe in the fire/hotseat thing after one bad year. For all Malzahn did good, he still has some things to learn about playcalling at this level.
This with regard to Malzahn. While he did Corch in the SEC one year, it's fairly obvious that he was strapped by Nutt and his O wasn't even in the same universe as what he ran at Tulsa and runs now. I want to see what he does with a full compliment of players before really evaluating the guy. Right now, my humble opinion is he is not 100% adjusted to Corching consistently at this level. What I mean is, this is the elite conference in America, bar none. Most...not all..but most of the corches in this league are here because they've made their way up through the ranks and they're damn good at what they do. Corch Gus really hasn't shown the ability to manage a game yet in my opinion. He's got his crazy ass, high octane offense that normally produces a lot of fireworks. But when he faces someone who game plans for him, the offense looks lost. No rhyme or reason behind the playcalling.
We just got a 10 yard penalty and it's 2nd and 19 from our own 23? What say we let Kodi run the Mildcat?
3rd and 1? Hey, we haven't gone deep in a while.
The Defense just came off the field after a 12 play..7:15 scoring drive? Hurry guys, hurry the fuck up...get up to the line. Go go go...