Dorean Under Fire at NC State

It seems that the folks down at NC State might be thinking they made a mistake stealing Coach Dorean from NIU last year right after the MAC Championship game. Things haven't gone well this year for him and the Wolf Pack football team. They lost to a rebuilding Duke Saurday and have yet to win their first ACC game. Many want his head. And, I'm not sorry for him one bit.

I thought he would coach at least one more season at Northern (when they hired him, I knew he wouldn't stay long). He's one of those coaches who preaches loyalty until he sees a chance to get ahead.

At Northern, he inherited a program that was extremely good after three years with Jerry Kill, who also left for a bigger job at Minnesota. And, Kill inherited a great program from Joe Novak, one of those extremely rare college coaches who stays with a program instead of jumping ship every chance he gets.

Northern had two great seasons under Dorean, but those were Kill and Novak's guys. And, Kill already had proven himself turning around Southern Illinois' football team. Then, he comes to Northern and makes it better. NIU was Dorean's very first head coaching job and you need at least three seasons to see their impact.

Sometimes You Bite Off a Bit More Than You Can Chew. --RoadDog