Doesn't surprise me. Remember in an interview earlier this year with NWG he said they didn't even watch film when he was at UW? Lol
Romar threw in the towel a long time ago.
There is a very real thing in coaching that happens when you have your best team and don't get to the mountain top. I've personally seen it happen to a handful of high school coaches and a Pac-12 football coach. Look at it from LoRo's angle. He had Brandon Roy and Nasty Nate and couldn't even get to a regional final.
When you pay people state lottery salary you have to be very watchful of how much they really care. I've been told by more than a few people that Slingblade was a different person after the Ohip State game. Mariota isn't walking through the door again and you're guaranteed to be worth $20+ million win or lose.
You pay these guys pro-type money, it shouldn't be any surprise when pro-type expectations come along with it.
If Pete Carroll missed the playoffs for six years in a row, his ass would be terminated. Period. End of story.
And that's in a business that makes money. College athletic budgets are generally in the red every year.
These long-term sliders are just that, sliders. Romar DNGAF about the program with his $3M+ severance. He's banging Costa Rican waitresses or doing blow off hookers's asses or whatever it is that people that have made millions over the past 15 years do. (yes, I sound poor, I know).