I am still a Jim Grobe fan and will forever appreciate what he did here. He's a top notch person and represented Wake Forest as well as anyone could ask. However, I don't think there is any debate that he let things go his last few years. Sub par recruiting, his reluctance to replace poor performing assistants, and his general attitude of being a figure head instead of a hands on head coach, all led to the downturn we saw with the program. Now, I don't think it's all this fault, I think there's probably a lot of truth to lack of support from the AD when it came to things needed for the program other than the shiny new video board. However, it was time for a change and however Clawson's career plays out here, we should be thankful we were able to get such a good young coaching candidate. I think because of the success Grobe had, it raised the profile of the program enough, that a coach like Dave Clawson would look at it as a great opportunity. It still doesn't change the fact that whether it was because he was tired, discouraged, or whatever, Jim Grobe was no longer doing the job we need our head coach to do and it was time to move on.
