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re: Greg Schiano has Rutgers 3-0 - same guy UT ran off for Pruitt

Posted on 9/19/21 at 7:25 pm to
Posted by KellerChrystFan
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Posted on 9/19/21 at 7:25 pm to
You either hire an elite coach or it doesn’t matter. There’s no such thing as hiring a guy to “stabilize the program and roster”. There’s always going to be too much turnover and toxicity around the program when you have to fire someone. That is unless you’re Kentucky and your fan base let’s you rebuild for 10 years.
Posted by MetroAtlantaGatorFan
Member since Jun 2017
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Posted on 9/19/21 at 7:26 pm to
So he won 11 games at Rutgers but couldn't win more than 7-8 at UTK?
Posted by Hargojargo
Member since Nov 2020
296 posts
Posted on 9/19/21 at 7:40 pm to
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You either hire an elite coach or it doesn’t matter.


The days of Tennessee being able to hire an elite coach are a distant memory. Having a coach who can stop making Tennessee a punchline for a minute might be good? Because these days the only people who want the job either don’t know what asparagus is, or derailed Central Florida and ran to the exit before they could get fired.

The fact that you think Butch Jones is on par with Schiano is the most puzzling part though. The only thing Butch Jones did was take over a program built by Dantonio and Brian Kelly. And he disappointed at that even.
Posted by volfan30
Member since Jun 2010
40965 posts
Posted on 9/19/21 at 11:02 pm to
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You either hire an elite coach or it doesn’t matter. There’s no such thing as hiring a guy to “stabilize the program and roster”. There’s always going to be too much turnover and toxicity around the program when you have to fire someone. That is unless you’re Kentucky and your fan base let’s you rebuild for 10 years.



This is correct. If Schano was winning 8-9 games a year like many here are proclaiming he would be a shoe in to do he would be squarely on the hot seat by this year which would be year 4. Butch had back to back 9 win seasons in year 3 and 4 and was heavily on the hot seat going in to year 5 and obviously totally collapsed under the pressure.

The fan base/media is a huge pressure cooker, sometimes unfairly and over the top, and we have already seen how poorly he deals with criticism/outside adversity in Tampa.

He’s in a great spot with no expectation o4 push back and where he can slowly build it up organically.
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