Is this program damaged beyond repair?

[SpeedBull]

As a 2001 graduate, I’ll always remember the juice and excitement that we once had. The “glory days” when everything was possible and the future was ahead of us. But man, it is getting harder and harder to remember those days.

We have fallen so far. It’s beyond disappointing. If USF Football was a publicly traded stock we’d have a chart that looks like JC Penney....on its way to $0.00.

It doesn’t matter where you come from, it matters where you are headed.....where is this program headed?

There have been many terrible things that have happened post Jim Leavitt...we all know what they are, but I think the worst is the rise of UCF.

If there is/was room and enough talent for another top tier foot program in this state (in addition to UF, FSU, UM)...there is only really room for one more. 

USF was that program at one point. It’s now UCF. The gap is wide and it’s becoming wider. They have all the momentum, all the excitement, the national exposure and branding developing. USF has none of this. We have become irrelevant.

I have been watching Bay News 9 this morning to track Hurricane Dorian. The sports flashes come across the screen and.....ZERO mention of the USF game. 

Not only are we completely irrelevant on a national scale. We are irrelevant in our own market. We are so bad even Bay News 9 has forgotten about us.

I’m not saying all this as a hater. I love my Alma Mater...I used to love USF football. I’m still trying to....but man it’s getting harder and harder. We are in REALLY BAD shape. I fear that we’ve fallen so far we that we won’t be able to dig out of the hole we are in.

[Rocky Style]

UCF was in a similar dumpster fire and they were able to turn it around with the right hires.  

[El_Toro_86]

It’s damaged but not beyond repair.  Kelly just needs to hit a home run with the next hire jus like what UCF did with Frost.

[Bulls On Parade]

We can dig out...but it starts with a good head coach hire.

Not a fired loser from a big name school.

[USFRaider]

If ucf can turn it around after a winless season in 2015, then it can be done here as well.  Like the posters above me said, it all starts with a good head coaching hire.  I would love to see who Michael Kelly can bring in.  I have really liked what he has done as an AD so far, and I have faith that he can bring in a great head coach for football.

[NewEnglandBull]

Yes

[puc86]

Just wait until CCS gets his players and staff in here , then we will show them. Everyone knows rebuilding from a ten win season is a 30 year process at least.

[DJBulls]

No...get out of here with that nonsense 

[snarling Bull]

1 hour ago, puc86 said:

Just wait until CCS gets his players and staff in here , then we will show them. Everyone knows rebuilding from a ten win season is a 30 year process at least.

lol

[snarling Bull]

1 hour ago, Bulls On Parade said:

We can dig out...but it starts with a good head coach hire.

Not a fired loser from a big name school.

Hire coach Art Jones