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So, here are some coaches, who at one time or another, have had their heads called for on a spit by many or all in Volnation.
Derek Dooley Complete idiot. Wasted three years talking about bamboo and Romel. Complete narcicist. Set the program back an additional three years on top of his wasted ones. Now riding Dez Bryants jock with Cowboys
Jim Chaney Moved to Arkansas with Bielema. Most would say not much success in SEC thus far.
Justin Wilcox Went to Washington. Now at USC. Had opportunities to become a head coach. Pretty successful career.
Charlie Baggett Retired after dealing with Dooley. Considered a WR coach legend when he came. Disrespected by DaRick Rogers and Dooley while here. As I recall, fans were split on his abilities.
Harry Hiestand Went to Notre Dame and is still there. Many were calling for his head on stick when he left. Been successful at Notre Dame.
Eric Russell Left and went to Mike Leachs staff at Wash. State. Most were not sorry to see him go. Many blamed him for declining special teams stats. Was touted as a special teams guru when hired. Many believed he was leaving sinking ship when he bolted. Success as Wash. State has been mixed.
Lance Thompson Left UT and went back to bama when we got Sunseri. Saban nailed us on this one. We got screwed. Another Dooley hiring mistake. Fans were split when he left. Many called him a traitor to go back to bama and thought we were getting the better end of the deal with Sunseri. Hes been a success since returning to bama.
Sal Sunseri fired with Dooley staff. Now linebackers coach at FSU. Complete failure as DC. Pretty good linebackers for bama and fsu though.
Charlie Coiner created a tech company called 1st Down Tech. in Texas. Had an impressive resume before coming to UT. Not really sure what he could have done here. Totally neutered by Dooley.
Jay Graham left UT to become running backs coach at FSU. Loved while he was here. Pretty much scorned since he left. Seen great success at FSU.
Sam Pittman fired with Dooley staff. Went to Arkansas with Chaney. Almost no one wanted him to leave. Seems to be showing successful coaching with developing hog running game.
Phil Fulmer Hasnt held coaching position since UT fired him. Controversial to this day. But, when he was canned by Hamilton, the vast majority of fans wanted it. But everyone agreed that Hamilton badly mishandled the firing. In hindsight, pretty much everyone agrees this firing never should have happened (the way it did) and all but destroyed the program.
John Chavis Went to LSU when Fulmer was fired. Still there. Loved/Hated, depends who you talk to. But, you cant deny his success since going to LSU.
Dave Clawson fired when Kiffin came in. Moved around some. Now head coach at Wake Forest.
Randy Sanders Left UT and went to UK. Now co-OC/QB coach at FSU.
I didn't include Kiffin cuz everyone called for his head after he left, not while he was coach.
My point being, we, as fans, don't have a real good record of evaluating coaches' abilities. We could have a debate about every coach listed. But looking at this list and then realizing we have boneheads out there saying Butch should be on a hotseat almost makes me laugh. As much as I was upset by the playcalling and execution this last game, I guess there may be more there than I (we) know about or understand.
Moral of the story (at least for me): Let's keep in perspective where we've been, where we are, and where we're going.
:hi:
Derek Dooley Complete idiot. Wasted three years talking about bamboo and Romel. Complete narcicist. Set the program back an additional three years on top of his wasted ones. Now riding Dez Bryants jock with Cowboys
Jim Chaney Moved to Arkansas with Bielema. Most would say not much success in SEC thus far.
Justin Wilcox Went to Washington. Now at USC. Had opportunities to become a head coach. Pretty successful career.
Charlie Baggett Retired after dealing with Dooley. Considered a WR coach legend when he came. Disrespected by DaRick Rogers and Dooley while here. As I recall, fans were split on his abilities.
Harry Hiestand Went to Notre Dame and is still there. Many were calling for his head on stick when he left. Been successful at Notre Dame.
Eric Russell Left and went to Mike Leachs staff at Wash. State. Most were not sorry to see him go. Many blamed him for declining special teams stats. Was touted as a special teams guru when hired. Many believed he was leaving sinking ship when he bolted. Success as Wash. State has been mixed.
Lance Thompson Left UT and went back to bama when we got Sunseri. Saban nailed us on this one. We got screwed. Another Dooley hiring mistake. Fans were split when he left. Many called him a traitor to go back to bama and thought we were getting the better end of the deal with Sunseri. Hes been a success since returning to bama.
Sal Sunseri fired with Dooley staff. Now linebackers coach at FSU. Complete failure as DC. Pretty good linebackers for bama and fsu though.
Charlie Coiner created a tech company called 1st Down Tech. in Texas. Had an impressive resume before coming to UT. Not really sure what he could have done here. Totally neutered by Dooley.
Jay Graham left UT to become running backs coach at FSU. Loved while he was here. Pretty much scorned since he left. Seen great success at FSU.
Sam Pittman fired with Dooley staff. Went to Arkansas with Chaney. Almost no one wanted him to leave. Seems to be showing successful coaching with developing hog running game.
Phil Fulmer Hasnt held coaching position since UT fired him. Controversial to this day. But, when he was canned by Hamilton, the vast majority of fans wanted it. But everyone agreed that Hamilton badly mishandled the firing. In hindsight, pretty much everyone agrees this firing never should have happened (the way it did) and all but destroyed the program.
John Chavis Went to LSU when Fulmer was fired. Still there. Loved/Hated, depends who you talk to. But, you cant deny his success since going to LSU.
Dave Clawson fired when Kiffin came in. Moved around some. Now head coach at Wake Forest.
Randy Sanders Left UT and went to UK. Now co-OC/QB coach at FSU.
I didn't include Kiffin cuz everyone called for his head after he left, not while he was coach.
My point being, we, as fans, don't have a real good record of evaluating coaches' abilities. We could have a debate about every coach listed. But looking at this list and then realizing we have boneheads out there saying Butch should be on a hotseat almost makes me laugh. As much as I was upset by the playcalling and execution this last game, I guess there may be more there than I (we) know about or understand.
Moral of the story (at least for me): Let's keep in perspective where we've been, where we are, and where we're going.
:hi:
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