Guy is Gone

Well, after a short absense from the blogging world I am back. This week has been quite full of end of the semester fun so I appologize for my delayed reaction to the Brent Guy firing. I assure that it did not take me long to form an opinion, it just took a while to get around to posting that opinion.
The firing of head coach Brent Guy was unfortunate, but necessary. Allow me to explain. If I had things my way I would have liked to keep Coach Guy for the remaining year on his contract. At the end of next year we could re-evaluate his success or lack thereof and decide whether to offer him a contract extension or let him go. This however was not a viable option if the team wished to stay competitive in recruting. In the world of college football one of the most crucial aspects is that of recruiting. If a team fails to recruit good players it will obviously fail on the field. In order to recruit well the recruiter must be able to boast a quality coach at his particular school. If you are trying to convince an incoming player that a coach, not worthy of a contract extension, that may or may not be around when you come to play next year is a quality coach, you will be totally out of luck. All that said, keeping Guy around without giving him and extension was not an option. You either have to extend him or fire him in order to stay competitive in recruiting.
Over Coach Guy's 4 years with the Aggies he averaged a mere two wins a season. Granted, Guy took over a team that was probably in the worst position it had ever been in at Utah State after various failed seasons as independent, and a few in the Sun Belt. The team was basically in utter ruin. Not to mention Guy was faced with the most difficult schedule an Aggie coach has ever had to deal with. However, even with all that being true you have to win games to be succesful in division 1 college football. To offer a contract extension to a guy that averaged 2 wins over four seasons sends a message to your fans and boosters that you are perfectly fine with losing. Not a good thing! You simply cannot send that message as an athletic administration.
With all that mumbo jumbo said I hope to have backed up my point that the firing was unfortunate yet necessary. I believe that no matter who coaches the team next year whether it be Coach Guy, John L. Smith, Mike Shanahan, Joe Shmoe off the street, or even myself, the Aggie football team will have one of its most successful seasons in a long time. I predict they will go even on wins and losses, or maybe, I don't know if I dare say it, have the first winning season in over 10 years and go to a bowl game. Coach Guy was not succesful in the win/loss column which ended in his firing, but I truly believe that he has built what will be a pretty successful team come next season. I feel Guy's pain, but know that he understands as I do that in the cuthroat world of college football winning is everything. When you lose consistently you get canned, it is just that simple. No matter who takes over Aggie Football team next season I certainly wish them the best of luck, and will lend them all the game day yelling support I can muster. I will reveal my picks for the next coach shortly. Until then I simply say, Go State!!!