Gruden was simply an administrative failure on our part. I despise Malloy and will never forgive him for squashing that and forcing Willingham on us. Gruden should have coached Notre Dame for a decade.
With Meyer, it was more brutal. Just the timing and the alignment of the stars all coming together to keep that from happening...Florida being willing to fire Zook mid-season, then their Top 6 choices all saying "no," then Meyer quietly starting conversations with Florida with no one knowing it, to the point that our leadership flew to S.L.C. expecting a quick sign and dash. Crushing.