He was saddled with a d-bag AD but firing the AD was a garbage way to handle business?Well our fan base were complete troglodytes, trolls, and retrads...Cally had our best recruiting classes in a long time, brought in some incredible talent...put our spring game on the NFL network, had proprietary software designed to help our players learn the offense. He was an incredibly hard worker, and was respectful to such an idiotic fan base. Remember we were coming off of forcing out a guy who won nearly 80% of his games, and we still thought we deserved a dynasty. Cally was also saddled with a d-bag AD, or linked you might say. Cally really appreciated the commitment of our fans, especially after the OU game at Arrowhead. He had two 8 win seasons, and then the #3 class in the nation and a #14 ranking before the wheels came off...He obviously missed on his DC but wasn't given a chance to replace him after year 4. The firing of the AD before the end of the season was also a garbage way to handle business, as if the AD was causing the team to lose games. Bringing in T.O was also a very disrespectful move, put a ton of pressure on the team. And obviously T.O didn't leave athletics in a better place. I do not think Cally was so bad after surviving Bo and Riley.
Did you watch the games in 2007? The team completely gave up on the coach. We almost lost to Ball State, got killed by Mizzou, Kansas, Oklahoma State, ect. Callahan had a chance to save his job once TO was hired but had an epic collapse against Texas and gave up 65 points to a 6-6 Colorado team when a win would have got us bowl eligible. Don't blame Cosgrove... he fielded half decent defenses in 2005 and 2006. The team gave up.