Rick Neuheisel debating Norm Chow's future
After starting out the year with high hopes, the UCLA Bruins (4-6, 2-5 Pac-10) have floundered this season, and their lack of offensive production has been one of the major reasons why.
According to a recent report from ESPNLosAngeles.com, the Bruins head coach Rick Neuheisel stated on Monday 22 November that the future remains uncertain for the team’s offensive coordinator, Norm Chow.
“I’m going to evaluate everything in our program at the end of the finish line. I’m not making any assumptions or assertions as to what I have to decide at the conclusion of the season.”
The Bruins have struggled with their offence all season long, as their total production ranks 111th out of 120 FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) teams. That’s surprising, considering the fact that Chow, who has coached a trio of Heisman Trophy-winning play-callers
over the course of his career, is thought to be one of the most prolific minds in football.
And, although Chow expressed his desire to return to the Bruins’ coaching staff next season, he remains realistic, aware that this year’s poor performance could adversely affect his job security.
“I’m a big guy,” Chow told the website. “I’ve been around this business a long time. I’ve been fired before. It’s part of the deal. Obviously it’s something he’s thinking through. That’s his prerogative as a head coach.”
Still, Neuheisel hesitated to even begin talking about firings with two games left in the Bruins’ regular-season. Should they win their next two match-ups against the Arizona State Sun Devils and the University of Southern California Trojans, UCLA would finish
their regular-season at .500, making them bowl eligible.
“I haven’t ventured down that path. The evaluation period will start as soon as the season is over, but you don’t do that until you get to the finish line. Because to do that is not fair to the enterprise that we all signed on to undertake.”
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