I keep hearing this and it's confusing me.

The argument seems to be two-fold:

1: You have to let them get things corrected and their system installed.

2: No one would want to coach here if we fired a coach after one losing season.

I 100% disagree with both of these statements. Let me explain.

We have a VERY talented team. This is not my opinion rather it is a fact. It can be demonstrated by by on-the-field results from last year, reviews by NFL recruiters/analysts, draft projections, records set, and recruiting rankings. Sure..we have some holes on the team but nothing that is insurmountable.

With that understood we have to look at the "installation" argument. A good coach would take this wealth of talent and adjust their scheme to match the strengths of the team. No one would expect to install their offense in one off-season but...you would also expect a good coach to adapt their philosophy to a teams strength in order to win big. I'm sure Moorheads offense will be better in 3-4 years when he has "his players" in but do we sacrifice the wealth of talent and progress that this program has made for the next 3 years? Why would a coach do that in the first place? No...this argument doesn't work.

No one would coach here if we fired our coach after one year. This is simply not true. Good coaches thrive on competition. They believe they are better than the previous guy and aren't afraid of the challenge. It would be very simple to tell prospective head coaches "we had talent unlike MSU has had in 20 years and the coach just couldn't get it done. It didn't work out." Easy as that. Also, we have 5-6 million to spend on a head coach. Money talks and that kind of money will get people interested with real head coaching success.

I agree with Hadad on Thunder and Lightning this morning: no coach is unfireable after one season. If our AD is serious about winning and we, as a program, are serious about being competitive in the West we are going to have to nut up and pull out the check book.

Now...with all that being said if Moorhead somehow turns this dumpterfire around and we win out or finish 10-2 or 9-3 then we are good but it's beginning to look like a 4-5 win season and that is a tragedy. IF we allow that to continue for another 2-3 years it will be the end of our football program for our lifetimes.