LSU finished the '07 season, 11-2 after the SEC Championship. The 1st 2 loss team to play in the BCSNC. As I said, the cosmos had to be reinvented for the events to take place that backed LSU/Miles into the big game.
Ever thought about exactly how much we'd have to lose to NOT be firing a coach that averaged 10 wins a season? So count 12 games and a bowl game. 9 out of 13 is 69%. In order to insist upon not firing a 10 win coach, we'd have to go 6-6 (yes I did assume a bowl game for a 9-3 season and not a 6-6 season) for the next 6 years to bring LM down to 69%. So it's either break this arbitrary marker or wait through 6 years of 6-6 football. I'll take the former.
Coaches don't think like your average M-F working guy. They do not worry about taking a job and losing it a few years later. They have contingency built into their contracts to ride out unemployment and are confident the next job is around the corner. They all know tenure is short lived in sports. So regardless of what happened to the last guy, it really doesn't have a huge factor on their decision.
