Tough Hawkins Critique Critical error, we've had a winning record in 3 of 5 seasons, and it could easily be 4 out of 6. Year one was correcting the nose dive.
Hawkins won with Gould's key recruit, Keelan Doss, who had Jake Maier at QB. Cody and Hawk landed JM. Hawkins also dramatically remade the roster after Gould's exit, and a number of Gould's top recruits came and left. We were minutes from a national championship date.
I like Coach Gould, good man, great RB coach, but he was 12-33 as our HC. 7-26 his last 3 years = .212. 5-19 in league those last 3 years. Two of his wins those last 3 years included D2 Fort Lewis, and NAIA Southern Oregon, which takes his D1 record to 5-24 (.173).
I agree we need to start winning tough / big games.
Regarding Sac State. Coach Taylor will lose 2 senior QBs this year, so next year will be much different.