Hired within a few days of each other in 2017. One panned as a terrible hire and a restructuring plan that would never work. The other heralded as the best hire of the year with top recruits flocking to play for him.
22 months in it’s a different story.
Edwards took over a team that hadn’t had much success. Recruiting rankings were pedestrian and the program had a history of the middle of the Pac12 pack. This year they’ve played hard each week and are ranked 17th in the country.
Frost’s team is coming off a week in which the effort and execution has been questioned by almost every CFB analyst. The hot shot frosh QB has noticeably regressed. They struggled with a NW team without an offense and sputtered against that Sun Belt power, South Alabama.
I wouldn’t take Edwards over Frost even considering the 10 million contract guarantee vs Frost’s 35 million. And shouldn’t young athletes identify and play hard for a 44 yr old coach over a 65 year old?
But what has happened the last 22 months? Lots of theories floating around but nothing sticks. And is it going to continue like this? Because no one predicted this in 2017.
22 months in it’s a different story.
Edwards took over a team that hadn’t had much success. Recruiting rankings were pedestrian and the program had a history of the middle of the Pac12 pack. This year they’ve played hard each week and are ranked 17th in the country.
Frost’s team is coming off a week in which the effort and execution has been questioned by almost every CFB analyst. The hot shot frosh QB has noticeably regressed. They struggled with a NW team without an offense and sputtered against that Sun Belt power, South Alabama.
I wouldn’t take Edwards over Frost even considering the 10 million contract guarantee vs Frost’s 35 million. And shouldn’t young athletes identify and play hard for a 44 yr old coach over a 65 year old?
But what has happened the last 22 months? Lots of theories floating around but nothing sticks. And is it going to continue like this? Because no one predicted this in 2017.