When your favorite team hires a new coach, usually there is a lot of optimism about the new guy. This is going to be the guy who turns us into a winner! Yee-haw! And that optimism is usually not followed by immediate results. After all, there is usually a reason why the last coach got fired (or, if you're James Franklin, why the last coach skipped town before the dirty work started.) Unlike basketball, where a single recruit can be a game-changer for a program and the learning curve between high school and college isn't as steep, it takes time to build a football program, as evidenced by successful rebuilds of the past.
The Anatomy of the Rebuild; or, Why It May Be Premature to Call for Derek Mason's Head in September
