That was just a crutch he used for his own shortcoming to blame T&T. No one asked him to start back to back 5’9” QBs with marginal arms for two years. I’ll beat this horse down beyond oblivion: with Vitt & Evans as starters, we win at least a dozen more games from 2020-2022.
But it was a blessing in disguise he was so obtuse, because it opened the door for Kinne.
Ehhhh.... the fact that we had one great year (playoff run) and about three good years (shared SLC championship, 6-6 & 7-5 years under Fran) in the roughly 20 years that those two ran the school and athl dept says a lot about them. KD and Don are personally invested in this program, which is more than I could ever say for their predecessors.
Twinkie's post above mine mentioning the idea of us hiring Traylor instead of UTSA (edit: and Sly mentioning Willie Fritz as well) shows that our previous administration was more out of touch with the CFB landscape than they would have ever cared to publicly admit. Spav and EW made good candidates on paper, but neither really materialized the potential that the administration felt they had for our program.
Now, I'm not debating that Spav made a lot of poor choices as HFC that he personally should own. His overly conservative play calling and dedication to only playing Hatcher at QB (at least he split playtime for McBride and Vitt) are completely on him. Maybe some time working as OC under a different coach at a different program will allow him some time for growth and experience.
I'm thrilled with Kinne as a hire. He brings a lot more charisma to the program which I feel like we have SORELY needed for the past few decades. His staff all seem to have great synergy with each other and the team is performing very well on the field. I'm also thrilled that they have embraced social media with their #TakeBackTexas campaign. Our alumni base is more fired up than I've seen them... ever... and maybe just maybe this is finally the turning point we have waited for since we moved to FBS.