re: Tennessee fans are yall interested in Mullen?

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An interim coach will serve you better.

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Agreed. But again, if he loses 3 more games, we save almost 3 Million dollars in buyout and incentives. From a fan's perspective, who gives a frick, pay him to leave and let's get to a bowl. From a business perspective, I understand the reasoning for keeping him for a couple more weeks.

Now, the pressure may be too much if we lose to Kentucky.

Yea, I think I'll continue and you can continue to think it's 1998 where Tennessee and Nebraska are desirable jobs. Enjoy your next Kiffin or Dooley or Butch, because that is what you are going to hire. It will not be anyone near the caliber of Dan Mullen.

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They hired who would take it. Tennessee is not what you think it is.

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Not even going to try and get into it, it's not worth it.

Just for the heck of it, here is my list of the schools with the best recruiting areas they have a natural advantage in (meaning against schools that do national recruiting, if nothing else):

Georgia
Florida
FSU
Miami
LSU
A&M
Texas
Ohio State
Penn State (probably, still a lot of players from Pennsylvania, and Jersey, plus they recruit DC pretty good too. Not to mention being a presence in ohio)
Southern Cal - (probably, not so sure California is that great. Lot of players, but most of the PAC, the national schools, heck most of the schools West of the Mississippi recruit that place like crazy)

Those are schools that have a built in recruiting advantage over a school like Tennessee. Obviously they are willing to spend the money to recruit nationally, but you need the right guy to pull them in from someone else's backyard.

They could have a crackerjack team with just Tennessee guys, but I don't think it would be national championship caliber every year. Like they want, and like, you know, Bama.

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Your admin has hired the people that would take it

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No, dipshit. Hamilton hired Dooley because Hamilton was an incompetent boob who panicked when Kiffin bolted 2 weeks before signing day, and he didn't have any contingency in place. He disrespected David Cutcliff, who would have taken the job (as unattractive as it was), because he didn't want to buyout his entire staff at Duke. Horrible mistake.

Think of how bad the situation was at that time, NOBODY with any kind of name, in their right mind would have taken the job under those conditions. But still, he could have Cutcliff, OR he could have made Kippy Brown HC on a 1 year deal which would have stabilized the program, and, if he did well, given him a multi year contract.

But Hamilton did NEITHER of those things.

Dooley was a disaster, in every sense of the word. Didn't recruit a single offensive linemen in 2012. So he made a bad situation worse. Hamilton was AD for 2 and half more years, in the meantime plunging the athletic department into over tens of millions in debt.

Hart is hired to clean up Hamilton's mess, which he did, in less than 4 years.

Hart hired Butch because there was only one guy who they were gonna pay $5 Million or more to (that was available), and he pulled out of the deal. Peterson was EVERYONE'S 1st choice, we never had a chance to get him at market value (which wasn't $5 Million in 2012). Again, it was still a mess in 2012. We passed on Strong (probably the smart move, in hindsight) and made a budget hire. Again, this was for stability as much as anything.



Now, the football program is firmly in the black, one of the most profitable athletic departments in the country, and is in an exponentially more stable position than it was 5 years ago.



So again, you don't know shite. Stop being mad on the internet whenever a bigger program shows interest in your coach.

Hey dipshit, David Cutcliffe still is not the same caliber of coach as Dan Mullen. Hey dipshit, the last 3 coaches you have hired are nowhere near the coach that Dan Mullen is. Hey dipshit, to get Dan Mullen you are also going to have to pay way way way over market value because we will match his salary up to 6 or 6.5 million dollars. Hey dipshit, it's not 1998. Hey dipshit, stop getting mad on the internet when someone points out that fact to you. Hey dipshit, our program has had better results than yours for nearly a decade now, in a much tougher division.

Lol, it's ok Lil fella, we're not gonna take away your precious scientologist. Even tho we totally could, if we really wanted to, and deep down, you know it's true.


Also, you can keep pointing out that it's not 1998, but I'll take a football championship that's 19 years old over one that has NEVER happened, in any major sport, EVER. Hell, even your big bro Ole Misdial can claim some pre segregation titles.

You're being mad on the internet, and that's not healthy. Calm down.

They absolutely should be and Moo State should be terrified that he may leave.

Yea, you're not going to take away our coach. You're going to settle for some up and comer in a smaller conference or retread, just like you have the last 3 times. Once that happens you will come on here to tell us why that guy is better than Mullen or be mad as shite that your administration "messed up he hire" all he while ignoring the fact that your job is not what you think it is in the coaching fraternity. Yea, you have a title and we don't. Wish we had one. Has absolutely no bearing on what a prospective coach looks at in the year 2017. The entire college football landscape has changed since you were a top tier job. Maybe you will figure that out once you hire some nobody in 2 months. Maybe you won't.

Tennessee is universally regarded as a top 10/15 job in the country. And an argument can be made that it is a better job now than it was in the 90s due to the explosion of Mid Tenn talent and other factors.

Sorry about your retardation and having to live in the worst state in the union.