This year's Penn State game.
I started a thread after last year outlining all the negatives after year one. Firing coaches. Coaches leaving. Mass exodus of players. Some not saying very flattering things about Breland Hurtfins. Recruiting the worst in a decade. First losing season in a decade. Riding a 5 game losing streak, and some of the losses clearly the result of bad corching decisions.
My point to the thread was that IF this same type of stuff was going on in year two, they really needed to be asking if they hired the right guy. As many argued, I wrote off some of it to growing pains....the change in overall culture. Weeding out the slackers who didn't want to put in the work.
Admittedly, at the start of Fall camp, it looked more positive. He was saying all the right things. The players seemed to have his back. But then the season started. Two very lackluster wins against cupcakes, and then Penn State came to town. Overmatched. Undisciplined. Not in the same universe talent-wise. It was a good ole, behind the woodshed ass whoopin'. That's when I was done. I believe it was also about that time that another article came out with high school coaches around the State saying they still had never met the man.
Looking back, yeah, they should have pulled the trigger in February, because this year may have set us back a decade. If whomever we hire doesn't own the portal, next season may look a lot like this one.