Auburn's latest head scratching loss shows the program is declining, writes DanWolken in this week's Misery Index.
But for now, there’s only uncertainty and anger for how Auburn let the program fall this far. That’s why the Tigers are No. 1 in this week’s Misery Index, a weekly measurement of which fan bases are feeling the most angst about the state of their program.It must be exhausting for everyone at Penn State to work with James Franklin. It’s no secret that he’s a chronic complainer, which doesn’t necessarily make him an outlier among big-time coaches.
. That's not easy to do, but maybe some more locker room waterfalls and football-only dorms will fix it. This is awful. And it’s not even the garden variety awful that you sometimes get with Northwestern because it’s a tough job at a highly regarded academic institution. This is next-level bad, the kind of thing that honestly we never thought we’d see from a Pat Fitzgerald program. At various points, Fitz has been a miracle worker. Sometimes, his teams have merely been average.
Are they going to fire a guy in his 17th season who has coached five teams to top-25 finishes? That seems unlikely. More interesting is what Fitzgerald is going to do. Will he stay and reconstitute the program in a way that works going forward? Will he try to move on somewhere else while he still has a pretty good coaching reputation? It’s a fascinating situation to monitor, even though his team is truly unwatchable.
The point is, this had the potential to be one of those standout seasons that Wake Forest fans can recall years later where they watched each game and what happened in them, like going to the Orange Bowl in 2006. Finishing in the top 10 would have made this team the most memorable in the entire modern history of Wake Forest football. But when you lose like that to Louisville, the shine comes off a bit. It’s a good year, a good team and a solid program.
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