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Originally Posted by RainMaker
The Kennesaw State story is really weird. Started a program 10 years ago and the same coach has led them all the way up to FBS. They fire him in the middle of his first season in FBS but made it seem like he stepped down on his own. Fans seem kind of mad because the coach was popular and not sure what exactly the expectations were for your first year in FBS for a program that has only existed a decade.
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Eh, issue #1 - moving up was a horrible mistake in judgment. Not his fault, but still
issue #2 - this isn't year one, it's year three of the transition. since then, he's gone 5-6, 3-6, 1-8.
issue #3 - they actually haven't been past round two of the FCS playoffs since 2018.
issue #4 - Bohannon is the son of a (somewhat) legendary HS coaching icon. I was around that program (Griffin) for several years right after his dad stepped down/was forced out(depends on who you asked) That was a change that came after 4 mediocre seasons on the heels of only one meaningful run in two decades ... all based on a state title in his 3rd season, 20 years prior. And I watched his dad spend the better part of the next decade sitting in the visitors bleachers, surrounded by former players and fans who poor mouthed virtually everything that took place -- good or bad -- for the next 3-4 HCs. "Toxic" is an understatement.
issue #5 - Bohannon was, essentially, a Paul Johnson disciple. Make of that what you will, in terms of both coaching and personality.
Which brings us to the conclusion that I feel like the university may have reached: the program, under Bohannon, peaked six years ago. In the modern era, that's an extremely long leashed to give anybody. I see no reason to believe he was going to go quietly, not based on his genetics at least.
That this ended poorly doesn't come as the least bit of a surprise to me.