Please, you rag on program in good times or bad, it’s in your DNA, just own it!
And per saying “he had a bad year in 2013, how did (fill in blank)so many coaches do in 2013? People have pointed out Fitzgerald at NU and Alvarez at Wisc both started slow, may have had less than stellar years where a team they coached regressed or didn’t improve much. Peoe who run programs, of which you are not one, don’t normally look at one selective year, now 8 years ago, as the basis for his hire.
The people criticizing his moving around, how can one say going from TN, to FL to GA is going backwards? Or coaching a 1st team All-American? Or landing 1 5-star (#4 player in US) and 5 4-stars over 2 yrs.
Allen is still the HC and knows the defense cold. Maybe he likes the leadership skills, the shared LEO mentality that probably makes him an effective recruiter, and he saw a coach on the rise that he wants to bring in and yes, HELP him get his next HC job too!
You & your other few IU hater fans love to micromanage and second guess, and maybe it comes from not having an ability to see a bigger picture than what usual suspects think. Tom Allen has his own view and to most, his plans are working pretty well.