It’s difficult to justify a hard reset as the solution at Oregon State given that it was a hard reset in the form of conference realignment that put the football program in this position.

But if the Beavers were to do it all over, you might assume that Scott Barnes would execute a more complete search for a head coach rather than operate out of fear and hire the nearest, most capable alum.

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