Chris Petersen steps down, Lake new HC

I can't think of a more conflicting sequence of events. Never before have I felt such a wild range of emotions. On one hand, this year was unacceptable and this confirms that there was something seriously off with Petersen. On the other hand, he instantly made the program relevant again and despite this year's set back, he still appeared to have all the pieces in place to continue building "something special". I was still on board for a 20 year tenure of Petersen. But I'm excited to see what Lake can do with the program. I'm also terrified to see what he does because this is a huge step-up in responsibilities that he may not be suited to handle. I'm not sure you can ever replicate the program-building that Petersen instituted. At the same time I'm not sure you could get any worse with in-game coaching decisions and a lack of killer instinct. This could be the move that takes us to the next level as almost all of today's hot-shot coaches (Dabo, Day, Riley, Orgeron, etc) seem to have the Jimmy Lake temperament. This could also end in unmitigated disaster as plenty of boisterous head coaches with little coordinating experience have failed spectacularly.

I don't know what the fuck to think.
 
Lake has not been a good enough DC for me to get excited about him being the HC...

This year he looked just bad at times, even with Kwats training wheels still attached.
 
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Lake has not been a good enough DC for me to get excited about him being the HC...

This year he looked just bad at times, even with Kwats training wheels still attached.
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Hard to say how much of that was being given two crippled middle linebackers, and how much of it was poor scheming. Either way 2019 wasn't an A+ DC performance, that's for sure. But he seems to be a lot more suited as a motivator, recruiter, and executive than he is as a coordinator. So give that job back to Kwat, who has proven to be one of the best schemers in the game, and let Jimmy drive the ship.
 
Imagine being so scared of Herm that 2 of the most wanted coaches in recent times resign in fear.
 
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