Elite or less than elite?
What is a lower-tier coach? The one at Florida who came from Utah? The one at Oklahoma who was a Defensive Coordinator with no Head Coaching experience prior to OU? Or maybe the one at UGA who was an Offensive Coordinator with no Head Coach experience prior to UGA? Or maybe the one at USC who was a DB coach for the Seahawks and was a failed NFL coach prior top USC? The one at Ohio State who had only coached at the DII level prior to coming to OSU?
How many times will I have to say it? When elite programs make a hire, they do not go take established coaches away from elite programs or get successful NFL head coaches. Why did you expect us to do it?
Of course we’re going to get a coach at a lower-tier job than Tennessee. Thats the way the process works for every elite program in the country when they hire a new HC. Bama had great timing with Saban. He was a proven elite coach at the college level and was ready to get back into college footbal after failing in the NFL at the same time Bama was making a change.
Butch Davis is the only coach(other than possibly Leach) who should be offered 3 million dollars or more. Unless we offer about 6 million, we have ZERO chance at guys like Stoops, Carrol, etc. Again, coaches do not leave elite programs unless its to try the NFL.
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nycvol,
Excellent post. Instead of the Jai approach (over hype the vols only to have spirits crushed by week 3), you have chosen to lower the expectations of a clearly delusional fan base.
P.S. I think Trooper Taylor would be an excellent choice.
Good stuff, but that list is pretty grubby except for a couple or three, particularly Patterson.
1-Trooper Taylor? Your sarcasm does not go undetected.
Should have given Cut the job while he was there….that’s why he returned and then saw the writing on the wall and jumped for the Dukies
Nice blog, Arian.
Trooper Taylor……ha, ha, ha
Excellent post, but I would add this: I don’t think you can say Saban “failed in the NFL.” His first team improved by either 5 or 6 games over the previous year’s record (I can’t remember if Miami was 4-12 or 3-13 before Saban arrived – it was one or the other, and they went 9-7 his first season) which is outstanding improvement. And his 6-10 record in the 2nd year was still better than the team he inherited (and he was about .500 until the ‘Bama story broke). So while he was 15-17 in two years, the team was better under him than before. I don’t think you can call that “failure” especially in a two year tenure. And he was without question better in the NFL than Spurrier.