NO question about his bowl record. My concern is about the plateau. There's no reason to think he can move off of the one he's on. If the team wins convincingly the rest of the way I'll re-evaluate. Before the ASU game I was thinking we finally had evidence of escape from the plateau. Not so.
Here's the "plateau pattern:"
- Offensive woes, serial OC changes. This one may be one he's moved from.
- Bizarre season-changing losses in key games in which we are favored: Colorado 2011; Arizona 2014; UCLA 2015; Oregon 2016; ASU 2018.
- Losing PAC-12 record.
These things happen annually except for 1 winning PAC-12 season. He has a system, "the process," and he's doggedly committed to it. The process works pretty well, but he won't change it, so will we ever get off the plateau? I don't see any reason for hope. Some people are OK with that and I get that. I'm not OK with it. I don't think it's fair to call this a "The sky is falling" attitude. It's more "Here we go again."