I do have a question. Usually, when a coach is fired after less than two years, itâs because of some specific incident, or because of a truly dismal record. As an example, in 2022, Kent State was 5-7. Kenni Burns took over and they went 1-11 in 2023, and followed that with 0-12 in 2024, so it came as no surprise when he was fired.
Charlotte, was 5-7 in 2021, then 3-9 in 2022. Then, under Poggi, they went 3-9 again, followed by 5-7. Granted, the final two wins were after his dismissal, but it wasnât like Charlotte was totally falling off the deep end, and there clearly were a lot of talented players on the team. Was there some specific reason why the AD and/or fans believed the urgent and immediate action was necessary?
To put it nicely, he was not a âfitâ with the Charlotte mentality! At the University or in the community. AND his record made it easy! CLT wantâs to win!!!
He was an absolutely abysmal coach, who clashed with his bosses, criticized fans publicly. His DC publicly threatened the job of someone on stsff on twitter bc their brother criticized the staff on twitter(sorry, poorly worded on my part). The culture was atrocious. The guy was a clown.
He thought and acted like he was bigger than the program and pissed off too many people in the administration and big doners (and potential doners) to the program
clt says biff had his issues here, but there was never a sign of him being negative towards meat on a rotisserie, served on pita
Bad coach. An ass to donors. Couldnât control staff or players. Terrible disciplinarian. Advocating for taking actions against NC funding rules.
All around a glorified HS coach that believed his own shit and in way over his head.
Talked non sense to land the job and then once the games started it was clear he had no idea what he was doingâŚ
I believe it was over in first game (half time) year 2.
Ok, those answers answer my questions, thanks. None of those things should be a problem with Albin. He will get along with donors, and I donât expect issues with the staff being out of control. He certainly wonât act like heâs bigger than the program, and building a culture, with players that represent the university well off the field as well as on will be a priority. But, i think youâve seen enough already to know the above. Next will come the important part where you find out if he can coach, and can strategize to take advantage of his strengths, and hide his weaknesses, plus if he can motivate the players to be their best.
Iâve met Albin a few times, but the biggest difference between his mentality and Biffs was last basketball season we walked out at the same time , Tim realized he left something in the AD office and turned around to go back in. The guard said he couldnât come back in after leaving. He just laughed politely and said ok and turned around. I said coach tell him you are the football coach and he said no guys just doing his job and itâs not that important.
Biff would have copped an attitude with the guard and made a stink about it with Mike. Tim just walked away. Class act.
All this Biff ânostalgiaâ led me to re-read Bruce Feldmanâs 2022 Athletic piece about Poggiâs role in âsavingâ Jim Harbaughâs job at Michigan. Reminded of the latterâs glowing comments about our former coach, as well as those of Nick Saban.
Man, were they wrong! Sure, you have to take anything Harbaugh says with a grain of salt, but Saban?
A lot of these big coaches like to circle jerk each other in the media. Itâs all fluff. And Poggi was Harbaughs boy so there you are.
Not sure Harbaugh is exactly the best reference anyway.
Man that quote really highlights why it failed. Sometimes you need the king.
Reading thru those early comments, you guys had some really good points on why this hire was not going to work.
Whats interesting is all the speculation on his suppose wealth and what it would bring to us and none of it transpired, did he sell these ideas to Hill?:
great experienced Coordinators because we could use his compensation because he didnt need the money, clearly lower cost guys were brought in and we couldnt even afford to change any out after first year.
Larger stadium expansion, thru his giving or the supposed people he âknewâ
Bringing in Stars in NIL era, with his money, did we bring in 1 star?? Seems the guys brought in that had larger past reputations were just sliding down the ladder of D1 and had no where else to go, not coming for the money. Did we bring in one all conference player?
We brought okie, who was second at UM in sacks, and nhg who had 50 tackles there as a sophomore but his recruiting was clearly declining prior to him getting fired
The crazy thing is not only did he not get some of the doors open he said he could, he got some doors closed and pissed off long time donors that we had to damage control to hold on to.
NHG, Blake and Demetrius Knight to name a few.
Knight was a backup QB from GaT who turned to defense and had a great year
Uhhh, no he wasnt a QB since he was in HS. Also, just signed a 4 year deal with the Bengals after being a second rounder.
Yes, he is excellent but the point is i dont think we paid big dollars, the big dollars never appeared it was a fantasy, or out recruited anyone significant to bring him in.