ESPN- Grading Coaching changes BU given an A

[Bradleyguy10]

Well you seem to be grading Ford almost solely on how the Les firing was handled? I don't find that a fair assessment, and I believe Ford's grade should be based solely on his hiring only and his coaching potential.

And by the way, back to Les one second since you brought this up Bguy10. I don't think it was fair that Les was fired based on the injury bug he had to endure this year. Sure, his previous 8 season record played a role in the firing, but to fire someone who dealt with more adversity than most other D1 coaches is a bit harsh IMO. I would have definitely given Les one more year to see what he could do with a veteran, injury free team, but I'm also a big Ford fan and am looking forward to see what he can do this year as well. Just my two cents.

Yeah I would agree that you should grade Geno on what he has done and not how Les was fired...but did you read posts previous to mine? I was only grading the whole firing JL situation because someone else brought it up. If you notice I gave Geno himself an A-, but the overall situation for Bradley is what was being graded as average...as in I feel comfortable with Geno taking the reigns even though, as I state in my previous post, that I agree with you that Les was probably fired too soon...I didn't give his firing an F though because well he still, no matter how you look at it, didn't have an impressive conference record. And I have been one to openly admit I think a lot of it was due to injuries as well; I actually completely disagree when people say you can't use injuries as an excuse....if you can't use that a reason for poor performance what can you use? A season is utterly and permanently changed when you lose players like JC, Ruffin, AW, TB, SM, etc....if those aren't legitimate excuses I don't know which are.

 

[Buesch N Chips]

Well you seem to be grading Ford almost solely on how the Les firing was handled? I don't find that a fair assessment, and I believe Ford's grade should be based solely on his hiring only and his coaching potential.

And by the way, back to Les one second since you brought this up Bguy10. I don't think it was fair that Les was fired based on the injury bug he had to endure this year. Sure, his previous 8 season record played a role in the firing, but to fire someone who dealt with more adversity than most other D1 coaches is a bit harsh IMO. I would have definitely given Les one more year to see what he could do with a veteran, injury free team, but I'm also a big Ford fan and am looking forward to see what he can do this year as well. Just my two cents.

In my opinion, if you're going to fire him for the first eight seasons, do it after those eight seasons.