DuckinTN
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I think it is probably better to think about the jobs in tiers, anyway. USC, Texas, Florida, ND, and Miami are premier jobs. There are a handful of SEC schools, a few of the Big 10, and probably Nebraska and Oregon in a solid grouping below that. OSU, Oklahoma, and FSU are somewhere in between.
It isn't as pretty on paper, but I'm not sure it makes a hell of a lot of difference where you rank within a particular grouping.
FWIW, I don't think Miami is willing to pay the fee to be top tier, but I agree if based on ease of recruiting/ability to build a championship team, etc.
And, Bama is top tier as noted later.
And you're right about the execution, but good concept.
Not to mention, you have to compete with UF and FSU for those recruits.
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Except that's why Tennessee hasn't hired an established head coach in over 40 years. :crazy:
This is worth a thread on its own: the perfect TN head coach. It HAS to be a young gun, especially if outside the family. No established coach will come to Tennessee (sans Majors) even for 20% over his current salary. We will not get Gruden, Stoops, Saban, et al. from their current universities / TV jobs even if Thunder, Hambone, and Curly open the checkbooks to their Depression busting hilt. We couldn't get Calhoun et al this time around for goodness sakes. We couldn't get Muschamp who would rather wait for the Texas job because it is so much easier (and TN could be a reputation buster going against Saban, Meyer, Richt, Spurrier, et al every year).
Of course Texas is much easier right now. Have you taken a look at their record the past few years? Tennessee is in the midst of one of their worst droughts in the history of the program.
Well, get Saban then. Didn't he take over Alabama at a similar nadir?
PS - lousy explanation for Muschamp.