I'm not sure why this is so hard for people to grasp. Bohl's performance when he had 2 years with Josh was solid. Bohl's performance 7 years (presumably) is mostly mediocre to poor. Thus, it seems Bohl needs a Josh to be competitive in the MWC. Other teams who don't currently have and never had a Josh but still compete don't have this limitation. You might even be able to say Josh made Bohl at WYO and not the other way around.cowboyz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:50 pmSo true, Bohl has only done well here when the player carries him. Similar to Dave Christensen, when he arrived they were selling him as an offensive guru. yet, if you remove the Chase Daniels seasons from his resume, his offenses are below average.ragtimejoe1 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:10 amCredit for JA doesn't matter. Craig Bohl teams with JA were solid. Craig Bohl teams without JA are pretty bad. It really is that simple and data suggests Bohl isn't a great coach unless he has a JA. That's the important part. Who gives a rat's A$$ about credit for JA?307bball wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:30 amYou are probably right...but he did stumble upon him and now we are on the tail end of the modern college football coaching cycle at Wyoming.ragtimejoe1 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 8:57 amOutside of the Josh Allen years, Bohl has not been good. CFB didn't leave him behind, just put him further behind.307bball wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:19 pm At this point, we are a program that loses talent. Bohl didn't create the situation that causes all of the transfer stuff but he is never going to be a beneficiary of it. The game has changed out from under him, simple as that.
As Wicks points out...there is a problem at the admin level that whoever replaces Bohl will most likely be unable to overcome as well. The slow motion disaster of college football for Wyoming and teams like Wyoming bums me out. There is probably some program out there on the outside of the P5 that finds a model to succeed...anybody want to bet me a month's paycheck that it's going to be Wyoming?
If they didn't stumble on Allen, I doubt he'd still be here.
The issue is not whether Bohl deserves credit for the success while JA was under center (he does btw), the issue is whether the HC position is the underlying problem. It's possible that Bohl is no good and it doesn't matter. I'm with Wicks that there are bigger problems in Laramie than the HC. They may even be problems with the structure of college football in which case we are chasing something that is never going to happen.
Of course there are systemic problems but Bohl is not handicapped with resources, pay, or facilities relative to the MWC median. There is no excuse to field this type of O year after year. The systemic issues might account for the inability to win conference championships but can't be used as an excuse to field a totally incompetent offense year after year.
If you can't see the difference in Bohl's programs with and without a Josh, I just don't know what to say. If you think another Josh is in the roster or likely will be on the roster, I just don't know what to say.
It isn't hard. Look at it like evaluating someone's life choices in a 9 year span and 2 of those years they were on drugs. Probably a little different situation in 7 of those years.