Ah yes, I just love disingenuous arguments. Let’s take a look at Erickson’s record 1999 7-5, 2000 11-1, 2001 5-6, and 2002 8-5. Wow that averages out to 8 wins and 4 losses a season. Mike Riley’s overall record averages out to 7 wins and 5 losses.
But mostly, you and BleedRed78 missed the point, you claimed he made it worse and BleedRed78 claimed he just gave them what they were used to experiencing. So take a look again and you will see they only won 97 games in the 32 seasons prior to Mike Riley and Mike won 93 in his 14 seasons. That is not worse that is a vast improvement over what Oregon St. fans were used to experiencing.