DamThatRiver22
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My point is that when there are 110+ coaches that run a better offense than you, and 120+ of them run different offenses than you...and 75+ of them play far stronger competition than you...you can't just rely on the excuse that "it's tough to compete out there". The problem really isn't that deep. And you can't compare wildly different situations and claim there's any parallels there.
On another note, the Frost hire was not as slam dunk as a few seemed to think. There was a recency bias there combined with the fact that he was a hometown hero coming back to Lincoln, but UCF fans long warned that it might not pan out. Frost's resume actually wasn't that great and there were a number of factors that played into his own "lightning in a bottle" year that he was never going to replicate at Nebraska because he's actually not that great of a head coach.
Interestingly enough, Bohl was certainly a great hire at the time...but the warning signs regarding Vigen and their offenses were there a long time ago too. There's a reason "Fire Vigen, Save Season" on the NDSU board is perhaps the longest-running messageboard thread in CFB history and became a literal meme after he began to fail at Wyoming. Lol. Even though their offenses are capable of succeeding in the FCS and the B1G, it's a dying breed of offense and there's a reason we don't see it much at the FBS level.
As to your larger point...all programs rise and fall, especially as the landscape and the game changes. We understand that. No one expects domination, and no one expects anybody but Nick Saban to maintain such a lengthy run of domination in the modern CFB era.
Wyoming fans wanting one championship after a 29 year drought, or even just a second championship appearance in their entire 23-year MWC history, is not that much to ask. Especially when we've been so close and the problems are pretty dang obvious. Literally one or two more wins a year...e.g., not dropping our typical 1-3 absolute headscratchers per year and not having some of the worst offenses in FBS...would get us there, and it is not too big of a mountain to climb for Wyoming football. And it's painfully obvious that Bohl can't get it done (for very specific reasons), and I refuse to believe it's too much of a gamble to look for someone who is stronger in the specific areas that he is weak.
On another note, the Frost hire was not as slam dunk as a few seemed to think. There was a recency bias there combined with the fact that he was a hometown hero coming back to Lincoln, but UCF fans long warned that it might not pan out. Frost's resume actually wasn't that great and there were a number of factors that played into his own "lightning in a bottle" year that he was never going to replicate at Nebraska because he's actually not that great of a head coach.
Interestingly enough, Bohl was certainly a great hire at the time...but the warning signs regarding Vigen and their offenses were there a long time ago too. There's a reason "Fire Vigen, Save Season" on the NDSU board is perhaps the longest-running messageboard thread in CFB history and became a literal meme after he began to fail at Wyoming. Lol. Even though their offenses are capable of succeeding in the FCS and the B1G, it's a dying breed of offense and there's a reason we don't see it much at the FBS level.
As to your larger point...all programs rise and fall, especially as the landscape and the game changes. We understand that. No one expects domination, and no one expects anybody but Nick Saban to maintain such a lengthy run of domination in the modern CFB era.
Wyoming fans wanting one championship after a 29 year drought, or even just a second championship appearance in their entire 23-year MWC history, is not that much to ask. Especially when we've been so close and the problems are pretty dang obvious. Literally one or two more wins a year...e.g., not dropping our typical 1-3 absolute headscratchers per year and not having some of the worst offenses in FBS...would get us there, and it is not too big of a mountain to climb for Wyoming football. And it's painfully obvious that Bohl can't get it done (for very specific reasons), and I refuse to believe it's too much of a gamble to look for someone who is stronger in the specific areas that he is weak.
