Lets have a real conversation

Are you asking for yourself?

I would be lying if I didn't think that someone else might do a better job where I am...but would that someone else take this position. A program that has a .250 winning percentage in the last 40 years with only 3 play- off appearances in the last 15 years.

And who is judging the talent level? and looks disorganized?

There are relevant factors that are unknown here:

1) What are the key objective of athletics and the school? Maybe football players are getting better grades, staying out of trouble, and not dropping out. I have known schools where that would outweigh a winning record on the field.

2) Talent is 'around the same level' and they were 'better before you came in'- based on what metric or measurement? Has the talent level of the opponent remained exactly the same? Have there been injuries? Did they win 20 games in the previous 5 years or just 7? Once again was it against the same level of opponent? There is a lot of opinion in this part of the evaluation that we really can't judge.

3)"...it always looks disorganized." But is it? my class looks disorganized from the outside because I have a lot going on it once, but it doesn't mean it is. My team doesn't do a spell out jumping jack or a pre-practice movement routine- to some that may look disorganized.

Your conversation is better left with that coach.

I would have been reevaluating what I was doing as a coach following the first one-win season... I wouldn't be waiting until the fifth one rolled around.

In my first HC gig, we didn't win a game that first year. The program hadn't won a game in five years but we competed with teams that year. I sat back after the end the season and came up with at least a dozen ways I could improve to help the program. We implemented those changes the next year and won 2 games which was obviously a huge improvement. BUT, we were tied with the #2 team in the state after three quarters and ended up getting blown out in the fourth. That sat in the back of my mind all year because I knew we had the talent to hang with the big dogs. So, I sat down at the end of that season and reevaluated the job I was doing keeping in mind that we almost knocked off a dynasty team. I focused on that game and came up with four things that I could implement that would have helped us win it.

But, when I looked at those four things, I had to ask myself "Will making these changes result in more wins next year?" And, I could honestly answer that question with a firm "NO". Bottom line: there were too many negative variables outside of my control that would overshadow any positives I introduced. So, I resigned.