IF this is true it is not a shock - west coast guys going home to a school with huge upside and a glaring need for good D-coaches. Puts Wicox one step closer to the head coach job of a PAC school, and Sirmon one step closer to being a D-coordinator.
Lesson - the grass isn't always greener other places. Grow where you are planted. Going outside of TN and say a 500 mile radius of influence is a mistake to secure both coaches and players unless there are obvious previous connections to UT. Flame on if you will but it does not change the truth. It is a truth that keeps getting repeated over and over through my 50+ years of being a diehard Vol fan.