re: Were gonna screw around and not hire Sumrall aren't we?

Your attempt at making a point is nonsensical.

You are basically arguing that Tennessee would have been better off had they not pulled the plug on Dooley, Butch Jones, and Pruitt and hoped and prayed that any one of those three would have magically learned to become a good head coach (despite proving that they weren't) and that this would have somehow sped up their process to winning again.

Do you know how we know without a shadow of a doubt that Tennessee was CORRECT in firing all three of those when they did? Simple: none of them went on to head coaching success at any of their subsequent jobs. Derek Dooley never got another chance at being a HC (or didn't want it) and Butch Jones cant even win at Arkansas State.

You can not go back in time and un-hire a bad head coach. All you can do is fire them once they prove that they aren't it (which Freeze has clearly proven by now) and roll the dice with the next guy. The idea that you can give an idiot 4, 5, 6 years of failure and all of a sudden something will click is among the stupidest arguments you can make. The only coaches in recent memory who have turned around consistent failure after 3 straight years are Lea and Drinkwitz, but you will notice that both were very young/inexperienced when they were hired. Lea was a coordinator that had never been a HC, and Drinkwitz had just one season at Appy State. Hugh Freeze is a long-tenured HC with lots of experience - guys like this aren't going to "figure it out" once they have SHOWN YOU that they don't have it.

Finally - the next person who seriously suggests that all we are is an OC or QB away is going to get kicked in the side of the head. None of these changes will override the fact that you have a POOR HEAD COACH. During Freeze's tenure here you have seen: non-sensical clock management, highly undisciplined teams, complete collapses after half-time (ie: complete inability to coach adjustments), and about a dozen other clear fatal flaws which are HEAD COACHING ISSUES. These are NOT fixed regardless of how good your OC or DC is. There have been increasing reports about how LAZY and disorganized our practices are. The practice schedule and intensity are set by whom? The head f*cking coach. Under this head coach we have been blown out by teams clearly inferior in talent to us (a 21-point loss at home to NEW MEXICO STATE) and blown countless leads to teams that we were beating by way of being OUT-COACHED.

Use your freaking brain and think a little bit.