First of all, thank you to Coach Greatwood for 30- years of service as a coach to the University of Oregon. It is appreciated. However, it goes both ways, he had 30-years where(presumably) he never had to worry about looking for another job. That is a level of job security VERY RARE in college football. Ditto for some of the other tenured former coaches as well.

Secondly, while he certainly has far more knowledge of what happened than any fan does, it did not take a genius to see, the team performance was trending downward and far more so than simply needing to fix a few things. If you read the article in the Oregonian(http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2017/01/how_the_oregon_ducks_football.html) I think it safe to say, the issues were pretty "deep" and to that, Greatwood was part of a coaching staff which allowed that culture to evolve after Helfrich took over for Chip Kelly.

It was time for a change. Best of luck to Coach Greatwood at Cal except when they play Oregon!