Tide officially turning on Dave Aranda's tenure at Baylor

A not-so-small contingent of fans think it shouldn’t stop there, lamenting Baylor athletic director for the current middling state of the football program:

Others seemed to be turned off by a perception that Aranda has lost the locker room and players are no longer fighting for the sixth-year head coach:

However, if it’s one thing for fans to feel that way (it is short for fanatic for a reason). However, a recent article, titled “The Dave Aranda Era Has Run Its Course at Baylor, published in Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, one of the longest-running and well-respected publications in the state, could be tide-turning moment in the legitimacy of the argument to fire Aranda, and may signal the beginning of the end for the former LSU defensive coordinator. 

Article author Mike Craven levies some pretty heavy criticism against Aranda, calling for Baylor to even make the change mid-season in the subheading of the piece, and coming to the conclusion with some evidence-based arguments:

“[Aranda’s] high was the 2021 season when he led the Bears to 12 wins and a Big 12 championship with a roster mostly left over from the Matt Rhule era.. Since that season, the Bears are 21-25 overall, and 14-19 against the Big 12. Three of his five full seasons have finished below .500”

Craven finishes off the article with the  argument of a bleak present and an even bleaker future if the Bears continue along the current trend:

“What is the play if Rhoades & Co. decide to keep Aranda and run it back for Year 7?…How do you get a fan base to buy any hope in the future, especially if everything that’s made the last two seasons are no longer in Waco?...With in-state rivals like Texas Tech, TCU, and now Houston jumping to the from of the Big 12 line, the Bears must at now.”

Heavy criticism, but not any rooted in bias or untruthfulness. Only time will tell if Aranda will get the chance to change the narrative around his tenure to this point.