Author’s note: this is an opinion piece and not reporting. It does not necessarily reflect the view of Gator Country or GC’s other writers.
Too many people get caught up in the idea of patience for college football head coaches being solely a matter of the number of years a guy gets. That’s the wrong way to think about it.
The real question is whether a coach can fulfill a program’s realistic goals. For some, that could be making a bowl each year. For others, it might be winning ten games every four to five seasons.