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Wyoming picked.....

Itsux2beaewe said:
After last year Sawhead needs to prove he can coach and prove the predictions wrong. We’ll see, but I can see why the Pokes were picked low. I hope they do well. Keeping fingers crossed, but Sawhead has something to prove this year.
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I think you're right. But then again, look at Bohl's first 2 years. Just awful. 4 wins and then 2 wins. And then Josh Allen happens. I think Sawvel gets a 3d year no matter how bad this year goes. Maybe they can him if we get only 1 win and attendance falls off a cliff. Four wins will probably get him an extension.
 
Aren’t they mostly locked-in on Sawful for the next 4 years due to the horrible contract Burman signed him to? I doubt they will part ways unless it goes really, really poorly this season.
 
Bear Claw said:
Aren’t they mostly locked-in on Sawful for the next 4 years due to the horrible contract Burman signed him to? I doubt they will part ways unless it goes really, really poorly this season.
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Sawvel is owed his whole contract whether he coaches or not basically. I believe he would probably have to go winless to be let go after this year.
 
bladerunnr said:
I think you're right. But then again, look at Bohl's first 2 years. Just awful. 4 wins and then 2 wins. And then Josh Allen happens. I think Sawvel gets a 3d year no matter how bad this year goes. Maybe they can him if we get only 1 win and attendance falls off a cliff. Four wins will probably get him an extension.
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Allegedly he was strictly a merit hire to bring continuity and avoid a setback like we've witnessed.

At least that's what Burman said and many on this board.

He isn't afforded the 2 year grace period imo.
 
Let's not forget that Burman explicitly outlined the expectations he had for Sawvel when he announced his hiring. He was clear that the expectation was that Sawvel would take the next step forward with the program.

Instead, Sawvel took a massive step backwards - the exact opposite of what Burman so clearly outlined as his expectation. With that being the case, it's unbelievable that Sawvel was even allowed back this year.

I have absolutely zero faith that Sawvel has the ability to get the ship turned around. I expect this season to be very similar to last year, and I would not be surprised in the least if we open with a loss to Akron on the road. If this is the case...Sawvel absolutely must go. If Burman won't/can't do that, then he must go too.
 
If the season starts off badly, with the guaranteed money Burman and Sawvell have coming over the next three years, i have real concern we will see them go into hiding about midway through the season looking for buyouts. The board of trustees and the President are totally incompetent for signing off on these disastrous contracts.
 
ragtimejoe1 said:
Aren't you glad you advocated for this hire and vilified those that opposed it? Kind of like how the pac would never poach the mwc after Gloria's miraculous dealings 🤣
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Dude you’re so full of shit. There was no advocating for the hire. I said the hire made sense for continuity of a team with a deep defense and we will see how it pans out. What wasn’t disclosed right away was the entirely guaranteed contract. It took the tribune to make a FOIA request many months later to get that information. No one in their right mind could think a fully guaranteed contract to a completely unproven head coach with no other real suitors is justifiable.
 
OrediggerPoke said:
Dude you’re so full of shit. There was no advocating for the hire. I said the hire made sense for continuity of a team with a deep defense and we will see how it pans out. What wasn’t disclosed right away was the entirely guaranteed contract. It took the tribune to make a FOIA request many months later to get that information. No one in their right mind could think a fully guaranteed contract to a completely unproven head coach with no other real suitors is justifiable.
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If there was a voice on this board saying Sawful was a good hire at the time of the announcement...we all missed it, except for ragtime evidently. It's not worth it to me to go back and see who said what and when they said it but your description of what you said tracks with what I recall people saying on this board.
 
OrediggerPoke said:
Dude you’re so full of shit. There was no advocating for the hire. I said the hire made sense for continuity of a team with a deep defense and we will see how it pans out. What wasn’t disclosed right away was the entirely guaranteed contract. It took the tribune to make a FOIA request many months later to get that information. No one in their right mind could think a fully guaranteed contract to a completely unproven head coach with no other real suitors is justifiable.
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You still think it was a merit hire based on continuity? Weird.
I couldn't remember if it was you or the damriver guy with bryowhatever that thought the hire was sawesome.

That's right. You're the one who thought Nick Saban at WYO couldn't be expected to compete with the likes of suds or usu.

For the record, I think ole PBJ outperforms expectations and maybe sneaks into a bowl. All these people who allegedly weren't excited about the hire will proclaim him the sawvior and how right they were.
 
ragtimejoe1 said:
You still think it was a merit hire based on continuity? Weird.
I couldn't remember if it was you or the damriver guy with bryowhatever that thought the hire was sawesome.

That's right. You're the one who thought Nick Saban at WYO couldn't be expected to compete with the likes of suds or usu.

For the record, I think ole PBJ outperforms expectations and maybe sneaks into a bowl. All these people who allegedly weren't excited about the hire will proclaim him the sawvior and how right they were.
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You certainly have done well to maintain your status as the board’s biggest tool and master of things no one ever said. Congrats!?!?
 
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