He tried to take shortcuts in hiring / backfilling vacancies and recruiting, and as a result the program has fallen flat on its face. How to right the ship and fix this handoff before a total regime change becomes necessary.
1) Hire AD
2) GOL reassumes full time duties as head football coach
3) Rehire Taaffe on partial season contract while Key's replacement at OC is identified for 2016. Marc Daniels will get by just fine without Charlie in the booth.
4) Key demoted mid-season to assistant head coach, special teams coach. Key tasked with identifying and hiring top recruiting staff (David Kelly level) with GOL contacts / assistance.
5) GOL stay on another year as head football coach and fix the problem.
GOL has about a week to make sweeping changes and get things moving in the right direction before his succession plan becomes unsalvageable and we have to start from scratch.
1) Hire AD
2) GOL reassumes full time duties as head football coach
3) Rehire Taaffe on partial season contract while Key's replacement at OC is identified for 2016. Marc Daniels will get by just fine without Charlie in the booth.
4) Key demoted mid-season to assistant head coach, special teams coach. Key tasked with identifying and hiring top recruiting staff (David Kelly level) with GOL contacts / assistance.
5) GOL stay on another year as head football coach and fix the problem.
GOL has about a week to make sweeping changes and get things moving in the right direction before his succession plan becomes unsalvageable and we have to start from scratch.
