Instant Poll: If it were your call, would you keep Lebby or fire him?

[schddog72]

Yes he did but imo he also was the primary reason we lost those games!

Just throwing this out there - University of Arizona was an absolute dumpster fire last year; they were horrible. This year they finished 9 - 3 and dough-popped Arizona State Friday night. So, one-year turnarounds ARE possible; our coaching staff is just not getting it done.

[Quaoarsking]

I am 100% against a philosophy of defense first, run the ball, win TOP and all those other tropes. I?m not willing to be the SEC team that wants to see if a service academy coach will change his philosophy.

I am 100% against that philosophy as well, and have 20 years of posting history to prove it. Nonetheless, I think all 3 service academy coaches would be an upgrade over what we currently have.

[KB21]

I am 100% against that philosophy as well, and have 20 years of posting history to prove it. Nonetheless, I think all 3 service academy coaches would be an upgrade over what we currently have.

I see no objective reason why anyone would think this. In one year, Lebby has improved this team in almost every aspect from what he inherited from Arnett. Offensive EPA/play has improved from -0.021 to +0.055. Defensive EPA/play has improved from +0.046 to -0.025.

The team has gone from just hoping to be 2-3 scores behind to actually being competitive with a chance to win some games.

Then you look at his history as a coordinator, which is littered with top 10 offenses both passing and rushing. His history with QBs is impeccable.

I think you are letting emotion be the decision maker here, and emotion is a horrible decision maker.

[Quaoarsking]

Can you link me to those metrics, and include the numbers from 2022 and 2023, since I don't really care about Lebby's improvement from 2024 when he was the head coach?

Also I'd like to see some Mullen era numbers for comparison.

[KB21]

Can you link me to those metrics, and include the numbers from 2022 and 2023, since I don't really care about Lebby's improvement from 2024 when he was the head coach?

Also I'd like to see some Mullen era numbers for comparison.

https://www.cfb-graphs.com/protected/teams

[Quaoarsking]

https://www.cfb-graphs.com/protected/teams

Interesting stuff. Currently diving into it.

[KB21]

Interesting stuff. Currently diving into it.

It shows how good we were offensively under Mike and how insane some in this fanbase was who wanted to fire him.

[KB21]

I think, with KT getting a spring under his belt as the starter and with more progression in the passing aspect of the offense, we will see Lebby have a top 20 EPA/play offense in 2026.

[The Federalist Engineer]

My friend from out of town asked me "who are you hiring to replace Lebby?"