Jones is competing against a lot more schools then Fulmer ever had to, think thats why so saw such a decline in his later years.
At the same time, Butch has been a pretty lucky in that some of these highly ranked kids are legacy. (Berry's, McKenzie, Bates, Kelly, etc) and TN talent is better...
Marshall will not be here
Smart will not be here
Howland will not be here
Miller (Dayton) will not be here
UT would be lucky to get Pitino from Minn.
But lets be realistic - $1.8M a year and running a coach out of town gets you the Martin's of the world.
Good thing these guys didn't start in today's game
600 club
M. Krzyzewski 111-106 (.512) First 8 years
D. Smith 66 - 47 (.584) First 5 years
J. Calhoun 94 - 82 (.534) First 7 Years
E. Sutton 82 - 50 (.621) 5 Years with Creighton
And many more you could look up and please don't argue...
So I guess coach Cal is getting fired because his guys, who on paper were more talented then UT, laid an egg on Tuesday. Its sad, but you have a situation where you just don't care about playing anymore especially if you are not in the NCAA. That's why these small schools do really well in the...
Believe this was stated earlier, but he was being recruited by Cincy before Butch got here, so it isn't like he came in and established a relationship in a couple of days. That said not sure of his other options but I would take a down UT in the SEC over a good Big East team any day. (Well not...
Amazing how anyone can be ranked from #22 RB to #65 RB. Just goes to show you how much the rating systems suck. Plus this guy seems to have huge red flags with injury problems
I wouldn't come back for a $100K less either and I bleed Orange. If you are going to make an offer wouldn't you at least match what the guy is already making?