FireOurCoach.com
Al Groh has two, at last count. Chuck Amato has one. So does Larry Coker.
What do they have? Fire-the-coach Web sites.
Groh's list includes GrohsGottaGo.net - which I wrote about earlier this week on my AFP Sports blog - and DontFireAlGroh.com, which actually went up on Oct. 23, 2005, almost a year before GrohsGottaGo.net, for those keeping score at home.
The Oct. 23, 2005, date might be significant to Virginia fans - it was the day following the demoralizing 7-5 loss at North Carolina that had come on the heels (pun intended - ha!) of the Cavs' 26-21 win over Florida State a week earlier.
Not to be outdone, the Amato site - FireChuckAmato.com - has been up for going on two years now. According to NetworkSolutions.com, a Charlotte, N.C., resident named Douglas Spicer registered the domain name on Dec. 13, 2004.
Perhaps not coincidentally, the Pack finished the 2004 season with a 5-6 record.
Another possible coincidence - on Dec. 13, 2004, star running back T.A. McClendon forfeited his remaining college eligibility to declare for the 2005 NFL draft.
CokerMustGo.com - the site devoted to the demise of the University of Miami coach - has been up since Dec. 31, 2005, according to Network Solutions.
Guess what might have happened a day earlier?
I'm waiting ...
Yep, you got it - the 'Canes were waxed by LSU in the Peach Bowl, 40-3.
Incidentally, I scanned the Web for similar sites devoted to Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen, Duke coach Ted Roof and FSU assistant Jeff Bowden - and all I could come up with was an on-line petition to get rid of Bowden.
Which means ... fans, the opportunities are out there
- Chris Graham