Do you think he gets fired if the team is disciplined, the XP is made, and we lose in OT?
If the answer is 'No,' which is what I think, then the lack of discipline and embarrassment are what cost him his job. I dont think the money was there to fire him otherwise.
I didn't want him fired until what went down at the end of the game went down. That was the perfect example of him failing at what was essentially his only job, discipline, because he sure as **** wasnt coordinating the offense or defense. That showed he had learned nothing from two years ago and the fact that he stuck Elijah out there for the onside kick was proof he never would learn **** or discipline the team.
Youre right about the fans and Ben, but I disagree the loss itself is what did him in.
Matt Luke was fired because he is a mediocre coach that lost the Egg Bowl. If he wins that game there is some sort of hope to sell the fanbase. Losing it for the second year in a row after going 5-7 and 4-8 made it impossible to sell next year to an apathetic fanbase. The same would have happened to Moorhead. The pissing celebration gave the admin talking points for cover. He was a fired *** as soon as he lost no matter how he lost. The entire fanbase celebrated that pissing celebration for 2 years. It was not embarrassing until it needed to be embarrassing to fire a ****** coach.