As much grief as the barners gave us during the Shula years, I think it is safe to say that at no point in time were things ever as bad under Shula as they are presently under Chizik. Case in point. Mike Shula came in and took over in the month of June, a mere three months before the season began. He started right as the sanctions began to kick in. He won 4 games in his first season. As bad as 2003 was, he still managed two SEC wins in that dismal year. He then went 6-6 the following season after losing his entire starting backfield. Things were better in 2004 than in 2003, but still, it was a pretty dismal season. Yet, he still managed some SEC wins. He had 10 wins in his third season, and I really think that if Prothro and JB Clausner had not gotten hurt, we would, at the very least have been in Atlanta that year. His final year saw a drop off, but again, it never got as bad as it is at *U right now. Shula went 26-23 in four seasons hampered by debilitating probation and non stop key injuries, and yet at no point in time did he go winless in the SEC or get off to a 1-6 start. As a matter of fact, the most games Shula ever lost consecutively was three. I would take our 2003 team at it's lowest point over the 2012 *U team any day. And that's saying something.
