Easterneagle6565
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I played for EWU from 2014-2019, back when the program was consistently the best in the FCS, I can tell you without a doubt the issue with our program is coaching. When Coach Baldwin left and Best got promoted you could feel the decline coming almost immediately. Best recruited me and I worked closely with him until he became the head coach, and him becoming the head coach was the worst move our program has ever made. Everything from off-season conditioning, game week practices, spring ball, and even the weight room got soft. Best is a textbook narcissist and this program cannot right the ship until he is gone. We have always played under the mantra of “do more with less” in terms of our facilities and athletic department, we no longer have this luxury. We missed our window to improve our athletic department, and without a winning culture, the question has to be asked of why go to EWU as a HS recruit? Our pitch used to be come to Cheney to compete for a National Championship, Big Sky championship was almost an expectation. Without having this winning culture and expectation of playing championship level football, why would you ever come to Cheney? The talent level and recruiting has not taken a significant dip, the issue is getting the guys to play as a team and believing in the system, that belief started to immediately leave when Best took over, and when I graduated after reaching the FCS title game as a senior, we knew the writing was on the wall of a program in decline, we could feel it from the moment Best took the helm. Once Baldwin’s recruits graduated and the culture he created was gone, we were destined to become a mid Big Sky team. It is sad, but this program closer to being dissolved entirely than it is to reclaiming the glory of championship level Football. We need a fresh start, before it is too late to ride the momentum of the last 15 years of success. Fire Aaron Best, that is the only way to get the ball rolling in the right direction.
