Ralph Friedgen Should Not Have Been Fired

In my opinion, Maryland's move to fire head coach Ralph Friedgen was beyond ridiculous. Let's get a few things straight here. From 1987-2000, Maryland was a combined 55-88 (.385), with two winning seasons and one bowl bid. That's it. In the 14 seasons leading up to the Friedgen-era, the Maryland Terrapins had only 2 winning seasons (14.3%) and 1 bowl bid (7.1%). Under Ralph Friedgen, the 2010 ACC Coach of the Year, the Terps are 74-49 (.602) with 6 winning seasons (60.0%) and 7 bowl berths (70.0%). So, yeah, it makes perfect sense to fire the 3rd winningest coach in school history, the 2010 ACC Coach of the Year and a guy whom improved his club by 6 games from 2009 to 2010 (from 2-10 to 8-4). Yeah, perfect sense indeed. Maryland better hope they have a good coach lined up, or else this move is going to look about as ridiculous as Eli Manning at a press conference without any reporters.