Member when we were going to have a hard time finding a coach b/c of all the SEC openings?

Tennessee has to have the most incompetent AD I've ever seen. It's embarrassing.

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Evey school has different needs for coaches and different things they are looking for

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Yep.

A few of us said as much when all the handwringing over the potential openings started a few weeks ago when Florida came open. Different schools have different strengths and areas of opportunity and different criteria for which they need to make a hire. It’s not like a fantasy football draft auction.

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With A&M shooting for the freakin moon right now and the absolute shite show that is Tennessee right now (probably our closest competition for coaches) we're in the driver's seat if we act swiftly.

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A&M is the girl at the dance who’s a 6 but thinks she’s a 10. They’ll do a full court press on someone like Jimbo or an NFL coach and wind up with Chad Morris or Rich Rod.

Tennessee is an absolute shitshow right now. Rightly or wrongly, they’re going to take a PR hit over this — watch for the “they’ll hate anyone who isn’t Gruden” narrative — and potentially scare quality candidates away with how this went down. It doesn’t help that their talking heads whipped the fan base into a frenzy for the last few months promising that Gruden really was coming this time, for real. Plus, their AD may get fired over this Schiano business, especially now that their state legislature got involved and every politician across the state is tripping all over himself to make the most of his opportunity to grandstand.

State just lost their best coach in program history, who flirted with every job under the sun until he was finally able to land his ticket out of town. Mullen left that program in *much* better shape than it was in when he got there, but they’re not shopping from the same bin as we are.

Where you seeing that?

I think everyone will be disappointed when they find out what bin we are shopping from.

Ches for AD. I’ll run your twitter and keep you outta the tweet headlines.

Take this for what it’s worth, but I don’t think we have spoke with Kiffin.

I’ve been told the only major to reach out to Mike Norvell is Arizona State.

I’ve heard exact oppisite with Kiffin and the competition just hired/kept Luke.

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Florida - hired Mullen

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Haven't seen anything official, but ok. Now Mississippi State is in the market.

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Ole Miss - gave Matt Luke the permanent gig

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Ok, they were never a concern in the first place, with their NCAA trouble.

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Tennessee - absolute dumpster fire drawing media ire

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They've apparently thrown gasoline on a dumpster fire, but could still pull a good coach. It's looking less and less likely, but they're still Tennessee.

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Texas A&M - shooting for the moon (Jimbo)

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Fisher has played a few schools for raises, but ok. If they get it done, that puts Florida State in the market. If not, they are still a threat to take a good coach. Our situation doesn't improve either way.

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Mississippi State - we’re not even shopping in the same store. They’re allegedly looking at Pruitt and Todd Monken (former USM coach, current Bucs OC)

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Pruitt is one we should interview, whether we are serious about him or not.

So, how exactly has our situation improved? By possibly having Mississippi State and Florida State in the market for a coach?

We now have Florida, aTm, Tennessee, Nebraska, UCLA, and Arkansas in the market for a coach, with possible additions of Florida State, Mississippi State, and maybe Meatchicken too.

Bielema had to go, but nothing has improved for us yet.

So, that adds Mississippi State to aTm, Tennessee, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Arizona State which I left out. If Jimbo goes to aTm, that adds Florida. Still not seeing improvement in our situation.