When Maryland chose to hire Michael Locksley as football coach last December, there were a few folks, mostly outside of this area, who politely disagreed.
Some did so because they believed Matt Canada had done enough as interim coach during a tumultuous situation last season to warrant getting a shot at the job full time. Others remembered Locksley's disastrous tenure as coach at New Mexico and felt as though it was an albatross that should prevent him from ever becoming a college head coach again.
But the rest of us knew the truth. The rest of us knew this was the ONLY hire Maryland could make. In the aftermath of a catastrophic 2018, the school was fortunate Locksley, a face-saving hire, was even still willing to take the job. An abundance of former players, local high school coaches and just about anyone who actually knew a damn thing about Maryland football came out of the woodwork to campaign for his hire. They knew that with all due respect to Canada, he couldn't possibly have the impact in recruiting or understand the intricacies of the job the way Locksley could.
