Failure Thy Name Is Croom

Another week and like clockwork another embarrassing loss. Its over folks, the results are in. Croom is a complete failure as a head coach and he has nobody but himself to blame. He is more loyal to his buddy, McCorvey, than he is to the school that took a chance on him and is paying him $1.7 million. He is too stubborn and prideful to admit that his offense is the worst in the country and doesn't have the humility to make the necessary changes. He refuses to admit his mistakes preferring to throw the players under the bus week after week. He would rather lose than admit that he may be wrong.

For all of these reasons I feel no remorse in calling him a failure. If he did his best and just came up short that would be one thing, that didn't happen here. His flaws are easily correctable, hire a innovative offensive coordinator and give him complete control of the offense, but his arrogance won't allow it. This thing isn't getting better until this man gone, I can promise you that. Today this team is only marginally better than it was five years ago, and that is due only to the fact that the players give more effort. No foundation has been laid, no improvements made, and the "right way" has been revealed to be a empty phrase that serves as nothing more than a red herring for his glaring shortcomings as a coach. The offense is far far worse than it was five years ago, players are poorly coached, QBs regress at an alarming rate due to being coached by a RB coach, a man that had never coached a single QB in his decades of experience (McCorvey), playcalling is predictable and never uses misdirection or formation to fool opponents, overall game management would make a 6th grade coach shake his head, and the list goes on and on.

Please put an end to the suffering Greg Byrne. Croom is a monumental failure and a monumental waste of money. Next year will be yet another embarrassment under this man so why wait any longer. I understand that there may be some pressure from certain organizations, but his record speaks for itself: 19-35, 35.1%, 107th, 113th, 103rd, and 113th in total offense which somehow leads to a raise for the offensive coordinator, followed up by 103rd in total offense this year (and dropping). He has won 35.1% of his games and gave a raise to the man in charge of one of the worst offenses in the country four years in a row. The evidence is overwhelming, Croom is out of touch with modern college football and should not be anywhere near a head coaching position.

I'm tired of holding my tongue and I'm tired of being civil. I hope there is a For Sale sign in his front yard and I hope he gets so mad or so discouraged that he resigns. If Croom had so much character he would resign tomorrow AND give back the 1.7 million that he has stolen from this university, because he sure as heck hasn't earned a single penny. My only comfort is that the clock is ticking for you Croom. I know that it is only a matter of time until you are fired and I never have to watch you piss away another game with your shockingly bad coaching.

This is harsh and I don't care. He may, and I emphasize may, be a good man but he isn't paid to be a good man. He is paid to win games, and he is incapable of doing so. I don't know when the day will come Croom but it is coming, and all I have to say is good riddance.