What Kind Of Season Would It Take For Boston College To Fire Frank Spaziani?

Wouldn’t keeping Spaz after a horrendous season be scandal enough?

It certainly depends on who the losses are to, but I think Spaz is in pretty good shape this year. Schedule isn’t too difficult eithre

If Dabo goes 6-6 or worse, he is gone, baby gone.

same for Butchie.

Two of the ratings were off. Beamer is actually a 0.0. Butch Davis is a 3.0. Here are the updated rankings:

0.0 — Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)
0.5 — Jimbo Fisher (Florida State)
1.0 — Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech)
1.5 — Frank Spaziani (Boston College), Al Golden (Miami), Mike London (Virginia), Jim Grobe (Wake Forest)
2.0 — Randy Edsall (Maryland), Tom O’Brien (N.C. State)
2.5 — Dabo Swinney (Clemson), David Cutcliffe (Duke)
3.0 — Butch Davis (North Carolina)

Agree that Edsall is way too high for just starting out. Same for Golden. Both should be 0.5 or 1.0. London too high.

I actually think Cutcliffe is too high. He’s only been at Duke 3 full seasons and improved that program quite a bit. Plus, no one cares. 1.5. At the very least, Dabo and Cutcliffe shouldn’t be on the same line. Dabo should be much higher. Like 3.5-4 territory. Davis should also be higher. 4.0.

Don’t forget that many VT fans fail to realize they are maxed out. I’d say he should be .5

I would love to see you write some posts. Might not agree with them, but you are certainly opinionated.

It’s not like BC was starting a true freshman QB who hadn’t taken a snap in his college career that night or anything …

If BC god forbid goes 2-10 and Spaz isnt canned I wont be yelling for his head…I’ll be screaming for Gene’s.

Sort of. I think GDF has been a blank check to do whatever he wants to with no interference from up above. On one hand that is a good thing, you don’t want your Athletic program being second guessed by the administration every time they hire or fire a coach, or go after a recruit. On the other hand if GDF falls in love with a coach, like he apparently has with Spaz and refuses to do anything about it, there may be no accountability from the school. But then again, there is no proof of that, and I don’t think any of us know what Fr. Leahy thinks about the AD at this point.

You fail to consider that Clemson is its own worse enemy. They will do something stupid.

Also, the new offense is not a plus for Clemson in 2011. It is a complicated offense wholly unlike the former Clemson offense. By all acocunts, their new young QB is not yet up to the task. Maybe in 2012, 13, he’ll get it, but not this year.

Coming into the BC game, Clemson will be coming off three tough, tough games. I expect theywill have lots of injuries (there are a lot of injury prone p*ssies on Clemson) and will be psychologically deflated — all giving BC an edge.

It will be a tough game for BC, but I’d agree with True Colors in that its a toss up game.

Agreed. Not a slam dunk but like 75% for Clem

ACC secondaries with elite talent.

elite talent is that a code word for 4* recruits or ESPn 150s? Me thinks so.

Interesting that your NFL first round QB had his worst game last year against a team without such elite talent. he had 3 picks, negatvie rushing yards and his second lowest QBr of the season.

So, it really is not all about “elite” talent , it is more about schemes (just ask Clemson about what elite talent does for them). BC’s defense had great schemes last year agaisnt FSU and they confused the heck out of Ponder. Likewise, our receivers last year did not have very good routes, route running or overall offensive schemes to be a part of. With our new OC — Bret Favre’s former QB coach — we will have much better overall offensive schemes that might even confuse your hero Greg Reid!

Let’s hope its a cold night in Chestnut Hill when FSU arrives!

First, your overall blog master, Bud Elliot (Billy’s brother), refused to speak to me because he accused me of using “outliers” in an argument – What nerve i have! Presenting an outlier – AN OUTLIER (elliot apparently read Malcom Gladwell’s book )— as statistically significant data on a sports blog (even though there was zero statistically significant data to begin with in that prior argument.. oh never mind). My word. How terribly cheeky I am.

Now, you say, this in substance:

If you don’t argree with me, then there’s really nothing else to talk about here

It must be an FSU thaaang: If you don’t agree with me, I will not listen to you; I will not talk to you. Is that how “y’all” argue down Flo-rid-A?? I know that is how the Clemson Shakin my Johnson blog dudes roll: if you disagree, you are out (and, I am out! banned, gone etc.)

Great players matter, for sure. But having 4 or 5 recruiting stars does not make one “elite talent” . Do not kid your self that just because FSU has touted recruits, it has lots of great players — it has just a few great players. Just ask Clemson or UNC about the recruit-talent-team success disconnect. In fact, as for great players,Since 2002, I think BC has more NFL first round picks than Clemson or UNC, and almost the same as FSU (6 vs 8) . If I am wrong, let me know

Also, part of the battle is recruitning, the other part is coaching. Clemson and for the past decade FSU has waisted more talent than I care to remember. It’s sad when guys draft low, or get picked up later and still end up doing better in the NFL than they did in college. But that’s been the story of our life lately.

BC is not wake. You guys get some talent and you certainly coach them up! But is it enough to perform at a high level? that’s the question.

His specific point was recievers. Matt Ryan consistently had to throw perfect balls against teams like that… and he did. that’s why he’s an NFL QB and first rounder. But its too much to expect that as a regular occurance.

Look at how BC has regressed for 4 or 5 years now…