Biz-you may be surprised at how attached PP is to George. They have been close friends for well over a decade. I don't see Pasqualoni firing DeLeone without a fight, even if he gets a safe landing in a non-football capacity.
Over three decades. It was like 1979 or 1980 that they began coaching together. This was after about a half dozen years going against each other.
We lose several draftable prospects off a pretty terrible team. 5-7 with this creampuff schedule is unaccpetable, even if we did get unlucky this year in some games. There is literally no hope for a successful season next year with the OOC strengthening by leaps and bounds. 7-5 is about the best we can do...another 5-7 season is more likely. I know that this university will look bad for firing Pasqualoni after only 2 years, but we are paying him 1.7 million next year to give vacant stares and waste time-outs 2 minutes into the game. He doesn't have a high buyout either. IMO, a change has to be made. It'll hurt this solid recruiting class, but I feel the positives in firing him outweigh the negatives.
Our only shot at a bowl next year would be with a new coaching staff. The question needs to be what would cause more damage to the program, starting from scratch after three straight losing seasons or firing the head coach after his second year?
At the very least, perhaps we can restructure PP's huge salary and distribute some of his cash to an incoming coordinator? I'd love the OC at San Jose State or Utah State for example. Don Brown could use a raise too.
I don't know the number but I'm pretty sure that we opened the coffers far more than we ever had in the past (in terms of assistannts pay) to bring GDL on board. I would be stunned if we cannot find a suitable replacement for what he would get paid next year if we retain him.