I didn't think he had it in him to be honest. Anyone who says they knew it all along is full of shit or a sycophant but not looking to fight about it.
Mad respect here Jax.
I thought the same way after The Game last year. I was like "fire this fucking guy, we can't have John Cooper 2.0, I lived through that, I'm not living through another".
That was me being really dumb, drunk, pissed, lashing out, wanting to hurt someone when all we would have been doing is hurting ourselves.
I was perversely waiting for the headline on ESPN that Monday that tOSU had canned him.
Replaced him with who I couldn't have even imagined, but boy, that would have been a step-down.
My comments are out there in the public sphere and I'm not proud of them so your point here resonates.
Many of the scalp-hunters from November 2024 are now saying "Oh yeah, I always loved him.....I knew he had it in him", etc. which to me is so cowardly
I'm like; Own it. I /we were wrong.
Comfort yourself if you must in the idea that smart people re-examine their opinions when presented with new information.