TLDR: Fans should push for coaching changes when better options are available—it's how teams improve and avoid mediocrity.

Wrong! Fans shouldn't shy away from calling for coaching changes when it's necessary, especially when there's an opportunity to upgrade.

For example, imagine if you had listened when I first said Tuyaki wasn’t qualified when he was hired. That was nine years ago, and I suggested we should have gone with someone like Jay Hill. Now, just think about how different things could be. Or consider when some of us pointed out after just a couple of games that Funk’s offensive line coaching was subpar, and we called for a change. Again, imagine how much better off we’d be. The list goes on.

There’s only been one coach I advocated to be removed that I admit I was wrong about, and even then, the head coach at the time agreed with me—that was Robert Anae. Anae, during his first stint, was an average to below-average offensive coordinator. He left, returned a better coach, but the point is, he wasn’t retained under Bronco's staff initially for a reason.

I’ve called for other coaches to go when it was clear their time was up—Steve Cleveland, for example. I supported Coach Rose when it was time for him to move on. Imagine if we had kept Coach Reid or Ken Schmidt and never brought in Bronco Mendenhall. If we had followed the advice of those who think any criticism of coaches is out of line, we wouldn't have moved forward. We wouldn’t be where we are today.

Even with Kalani Sitake, while I don’t think he’s the greatest head coach, he was an upgrade from Bronco. And I still believe we can upgrade from Kalani if the right coach is available. Wanting an upgrade when you know there’s a better option doesn’t make you a bad fan—it makes you a fan who wants the team to succeed. That’s how you get a team into the College Football Playoff, how you build a national championship contender. Settling for the status quo keeps you stuck in mediocrity.


TLDR: Fans should push for coaching changes when better options are available—it's how teams improve and avoid mediocrity.