Gameweek Arizona State: The Monster.com Bowl

It's a bit early to be talking Arizona State but this week's game is sure to draw some heat. That is from fans of both teams over the performance of their head coach.  ASU fans have wanted to fire coach Dirk Koetter for a couple of years now.  And of course you know of UCLA fans dissatisfaction with coach Karl Dorrell.  Both are coming off pressure relieving wins but one is going to come away with a loss and the lead in "the coach most likely to be fired" race.  Next up, The Monster.com Bowl.

Regardless of who wins, both coaches must climb the wall of insanity that is closing in on them and their programs (that's a bit of humor folks). They share similar records and, strangely, initials (DK & KD).  Koetter has compiled a 61% winning pct. at ASU (62-40) while Dorrell is at 57% (27-20). Koetter has a 20-26 record against the Pac-10 and Dorrell has a 17-14 record.  Koetter and Dorrell share horrible records against ranked teams, Koetter at 2-20 and Dorrell at 3-11. While Koetter does well on the road, 26-10, he does horribly at home 36-30.  Dorrell has done well at home, 19-5, but horribly on the road, 8-15. Of course they also share the ire of fans.  Koetter has a Fire Koetter petition of his own cycling around, with about 260 signatures as of this writing. The Dump Dorrell petition has more signatures, almost 700 in less than two weeks. But Koetter has two sites, here and here, dedicated to his removal whereas Dorrell only has one that is active.  Neither coach is perceived by anyone in the nation as being altogether a force, either in coaching or in recruiting, and both programs have become insigificant on the national stage, and in UCLA's case, in their own city.

Another interesting point for Bruin fans, Koetter has what Dorrell's program will look like in a couple of years - actually 3 more years.  If DG doesn't fire a 5-7, 6-6 or 7-6 KD this year, he won't be able to fire an 9-4 (with bowl game) KD in 2007, nor a 6-6 KD in 2008 - because we will hear the same excuses in 2008 that we are hearing this year, "how can you fire KD when he went 9-4 last year" and "his team is young (in 2008)."  If DG doesn't fire KD this year we will have him for 3 more years AT LEAST!! Saturday will give us a close up look at what our program will be like after a three more mediocre years with KD.  This Saturday's game reminds us all of the need to get rid of a bad coach sooner rather than later. Unless you want 3 more years of KD then you want to spread the petition around, and get the word out. * thanks to a BruinsNation.com poster for the Monster.com Bowl name.

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