And chemistry is not the same thing as sticking by your buds, come hell or high water. Some examples: Saban cycled through quality coaches, some of whom he didn't have great chemistry with, and very few of whom were old friends, yet he consistently won. Mike Young went on record about hiring people he didn't know very well when he first took over VT basketball, but the chemistry developed. Fuente stuck by Corny to disastrous ends. Pry hired his obviously underqualified buddies to be coordinators. The same goes for any field or company. Ideally, you want everyone pulling in the same direction - and nothing can tank morale like a questionable hire or promotion that seems to be based more on the boss's personal friendship than on performance. Look, I'm often frustrated when a fan base prematurely or ill-advisedly (IMO) calls for heads to roll, based primarily on anger and not thinking things through. In general I prefer left-brain decision-making to right-brain decision-making. Hence my concern. And yes, the head coach gets paid big bucks to make these decisions. But that doesn't mean they always get it right, and it doesn't mean fans can't have legitimate concerns. ** Edited by JDods123 at 12/7/2025, 2:52:21 PM