Turd Ferguson
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It should be, but I don't have faith in the asshats in charge to make the (well past) necessary moves when/if 2013-14 goes poorly.
I think it's something like Lobo married his daughter-in-law's sister. Whatever it is, Lobo is family.
I'm guessing Grobe and Lobo thought Lobo was a mover and shaker and would have a head job by now. Lobo still may be the coach-in-waiting. I have no idea what his exit plan would be if Grobe were let go. I doubt there are many OC's that have lasted this long with such a poor track record.
So going back, Grobe has 4 years left on his contract. Seems like the options out of the AD are this:
1. Give Grobe an extension after this year or next.
2. Let Grobe go before his contract is up and buy him out.
3. Let him coach to the end of his contract and replace him.
3a. Grobe is on the market and takes another job before the end of his contract.
I think #1 is most likely. I think he'd have to win 4 games this year and next for it not to happen. Even with two 4 win seasons, I doubt #2 happens.
#3 would be tough if Grobe was publicly or privately seeking an extension and didn't get it. I'm not sure who would want to hire a Grobe that couldn't get an extension that isn't a significant step down. Wake to SC was plausible for Odom. I couldn't see Grobe getting a BCS job. A new FBS would be possible.
What's the relation again? I can't ever remember.
I'm pretty sure Grobe's son married Lobo's sister. Sorry if wrong.
I will say this for Grobe. He won an ACC Championship (God Bless Him) and we have been generally competitive. It is hard at a small school to do it (although Stanford usually gets it done). I think though, that unless we push through this recent ceiling of mediocrity, it may be time to change things up.
Stanford is the premier athletics program in the US.
They hired the Big East champion coach in 2005. Walt Harris went 6-17. They fired him and brought in the coach from U of SD who went 9-15 in his first two years. Once he burned through Harris's players and played his own, The team that Jim Harbaugh built went to 3 straight BCS bowl games. It comes down to the people the AD picks.Stanford is the premier athletics program in the US.
Lobo and Ben Grobe's wives are sisters.
First things first. Since few in the Wake community have any faith in Ron Wellman's judgment any more, and since Wellman because of his age and nationally, repeatedly demonstrated poor coaching choices will not be able to make the kind of hires we need, he must be replaced first.