Honestly, how can Strollo and Tressel justify keeping Wolford after these final 3 games? YSU is making the NDSU QB look like the QB from Baylor. On top of that, Indy State is losing 27-12 in 4th qtr at WIU.
This is the 5th season for Wolford. He got pretty much everything he wanted. Pay close to or double that of Heacock. Higher pay for assistants. WATTS..upgrades to everything behind the scenes that needed upgraded. The guy came in talking brash from Day #1. Trashing Heacock from Day 1. Trashing the players still in program who were recruited by Heacock. That included players such as Kurt Hess, Jelani Barassa and Jamaine Cook. He made blanket statements about the ENTIRE ROSTER that he inherited.
Wolford constantly bashes players in the media. Get's mad at people for not going to games, then blames fans for making too much noise when YSU is on defense. Blames media for things that are not fault of media. Every year, attendance decreases. Attendance, actual in the stadium, is back to where it was the first few years under Tressel. Back when an FCS program was in it's infancy and being built.
If Wolford is the man he talks himself up to be, he will resign after this game. Wolford will have no problem finding an assistant coaching position at an FBS school. Between contacts he has himself, and those of Tressel, he will land at an FBS school as a position coach at worst. It's been 5 years. This is just not working. Cannot be much fun for anyone involved, including Wolford himself. So, why continue the misery and think things will be different "next year".
Who knows, maybe 5-10 years from now, Wolf can give being an HC a shot at a different school? He would not be the first person to have mediocre results in first time as HC, get fired/resign, go back to being an assistant, and then eventually get hired someplace else as HC. I do not know Wolford as a person. Only know what I see of him as HC. And, I truly believe the best thing for all involved is for Wolford to move on to another school. There might even be lower tier FCS schools that would hire Wolford as HC. And, again, at worst, he gets hired as a position coach at an FBS school in a "Power 5" Conference.
