This actually seems like a good fit for Grobe if he wants to keep coaching. Fairly small school/program, low expectations, in a part of the country he likes, near his new home in Georgia, etc.
The older you get the more you hate young people. Grobe has a decade of coaching in him. He may have lost the fire at Wake but I have no doubt he could pump energy into UAB. Jesus, this board thinks anyone over 40 should be in a nursing home. Well, when you guys reach 50 or 60 let me know if you need a feeding tube.
College football players are young people. Does Grobe hate them?
I think the problem wasn't his age, rather the inverse relationship between his age and his winning percentage
That is fair. Coaches have to win. He won an ACC title. Now it's Clawson's turn. Think that is going to happen?
I don't think anybody is saying Grobe is too old to be a head coach. There are plenty of great coaches in their 60s. I think people are wondering why a 61 year old with a lot of money in the bank would want to pursue a well-paid thankless job.
In a sales job, if you were the top seller in the region 7 years ago, but consistently failed to reach your goals in each subsequent year, would you keep your job?
If you were a surgeon, who performed the most successful surgery in the nation and saved the president's life, but started killing people left and right in botched surgeries for 7 years after, would you keep your job?
If you never get over that 2006 fluke season where everything went right in one season that didn't go right for 70 years before it, you will never see the big picture: a program with no identity, no traction in the conference and no chance to compete year-in and year-out.
You're the one harping on age. The rest are harping on performance.
I think the implication is he is over the hill. But if you want to go by performance, I'd take my ACC title and coach of the year award and march into the UAB office thinking I already have the job. Let's get real here. He did things at Wake nobody, aside from some on this board, ever thought possible. And I get the fact the last years were bad. Let's give the man credit for coming in and making things happen. But let's also be realistic about how we keep that going. The Wake and Duke jobs are about the toughest in D1. Well, there is Rice but let's get real.
This is sad. If he can't get hired at UAB, what does that say about our decision to wait so long to make a change?