Look at his record against teams with a pulse and road record. Getting to a bowl in this day and age shouldn’t be a metric for coaching ability. I believe the raw talent of the 2016 team made it to the conference champ game IN SPITE of the coaching staff, rather than because of it.
I don’t get the love fest and everyone suddenly feeing all nostalgic about the guy. I guess in the end he did keep his promise made when he was hired: “those who stay will be champions.” Bye Craig.