I know I had a little fun with the "Manny Gets An Extension" headlines. Buts lets be straight up this guy was not gonna be around next year. Mario or not. And the only extensions he was getting was to live another day.
Kiffin was probably a Plan B until Mario became more and more probable. He only faded as Mario became more obvious. Or gettable. Even if both those Coaches were strike outs do you really believe the New AD having spent time running Clemson would have given The New Manny Clown Show more than 24 hours after the Bowl Game to find new work?? Come on man!!!
So why not dump Manny in the Locker Room right after Duke? Tell him to take Greyhound Bus home. The kind of humiliation the Fans were Begging for. Because as you looked for a Coach you always had the leverage of saying we can go another year with our existing Coach. Radovich would have had 3 full weeks to put the radar up before the Bowl. He moves on Manny then he moves on his guy. With the money being invested in the Program you needed Top Leadership. Not a Stooge....
Kiffin was probably a Plan B until Mario became more and more probable. He only faded as Mario became more obvious. Or gettable. Even if both those Coaches were strike outs do you really believe the New AD having spent time running Clemson would have given The New Manny Clown Show more than 24 hours after the Bowl Game to find new work?? Come on man!!!
So why not dump Manny in the Locker Room right after Duke? Tell him to take Greyhound Bus home. The kind of humiliation the Fans were Begging for. Because as you looked for a Coach you always had the leverage of saying we can go another year with our existing Coach. Radovich would have had 3 full weeks to put the radar up before the Bowl. He moves on Manny then he moves on his guy. With the money being invested in the Program you needed Top Leadership. Not a Stooge....
