Should all coaches get a free pass in 2020 because of Covid 19?

[Hoot Bigson]

Should all coaches get a free pass in 2020 because of Covid 19?

Sure. While we're at it can we get a couple more of those stimulus checks mailed my way and a little ppp money to boot.

 

[spyfish007]

If your team gets kneecapped by positive cases or opt-outs, then I think a mulligan is warranted.

If not, you're on a level playing field with everyone else, and a crap performance is simply a crap performance.

I think you are getting warmer.

Look we all have a brain. You can understand if your team gets handicapped by Covid-19 verses coaching deficiencies. This is why there should not be a free pass. If you lose a few star players to injury would you give the coach a free pass? Happens every year and that answer is no free pass.

 

[keenobserver]

Michigan, PSU, and Nebraska all have coaches up until this year that were considered good. I realize Frost has a large rebuild at Nebraska, but he was considered a home run hire 3 years ago. Frost may turn out to be a giant failure for the cornhuskers. Franklin went 11-2 overall in 2019 while Harbaugh finished 9-4 last year. I don’t feel sorry for any of these programs. This has been a very odd year in CFB.

Just my personal thoughts:

With the national recruiting landscape how it is now, I don't ever see Nebraska being a top tier program again, regardless of who the coach is.

I definitely dont feel sorry for Harbaugh because of all his past antics. He's got a great resume, but has grossly underachieved since being at Michigan.

Franklin made a Vandy program relevant and turned a devastated PSU program into national title contenders in a pretty short amount of time. IMO, if anyone deserves the benefit of the doubt during this Covid season, its him.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Barring some kind of scandal of course. I think coaches being fired in an unusual year like this is really unfair.

As long as they're keeping score, coaches should be judged based on the results regardless of covid.

 

[99gator]

I’ll give another reason why I don’t buy COVID as an excuse for Tennessee specifically.

They’re getting worse as the season goes along. Not better, worse.

They were better on September 26 than they are now.

 

[Volbrando]

Yet all teams aren't equal in terms of preparations for the season.

Its hard for anyone to say with a straight face that every college team playing football this year all started on equal footing.

fair enough... but the teams shouldn't be playing worse as the season progresses