We don't need to misleadingly include his time in Carolina to try and make the point that he's struggling. Or, if we're gonna, let's also say that Urban Meyer is 12-12 in his last 2 seasons as a head coach.
It's an interesting question, and one who's answer evades us in every way possible. On one hand, no, I would not rather be Colorado if it comes with all of the embarrassment and shame surrounding a cult of personality centered around a self-absorbed grifter. I also don't know that I would take one 9 win season every 10-20 years in exchange for our current results all of the rest of the time ala Kansas, Indiana, etc. That one single decent season is obviously more than we can hope for right now, but is a surefire way for a cycle of ADs and coaches to never get off the carousel at a school like Nebraska. We've seen so many examples of an otherwise lame duck coach having one decent season as a mirage (Brady Hoke at MIchigan, Mel Tucker at Michigan State, Kevin Sumlin at A&M, and we'll wait to see with Cignetti and others).
How do these other programs have quick turnarounds even if they only last for a year and then fall back down to earth? How do they, essentially, maintain the possibility of getting lucky once in a great while, while we are sandwiched with a floor and ceiling two inches apart? I don't know. I don't believe in curses intrinsically, but it seems obvious to me that there is some emergent psychological framework surrounding our football program which transcends the circumstances and variables of any department staff, coaches, and players, and who the f#&% has any idea how to go about even exploring for the answers?
