Well, you've totally contradicted yourself. Either everyone has money and it's not a factor, or programs with deeper pockets can write bigger checks, and probably get who they want.
Interested to see how you try to pivot out of this one.
No. Nobody is calling for CBJ to be fired this year.
No. Nobody is calling for CBJ to be fired this year.
I agree. Last year we should have beaten Florida and Arkansas. OU, even though we had them beat and should have won, at least they were a good team and made the playoff. We had no business losing to florida. But, it's not like we were huge favorites in those games and had we just lost straight up it would have been different. The endings of the games and the way they played out is what made them so bad. Butch really on has one bad loss, and that is SC this year.
If I can explain it like I'm talking to a 6 year old maybe it will help.
It's not 1999 and TN has more cash to spend than the rest of the NCAA.
Therefore, when you go looking for a coach, your competition has money (not just the elite programs) and many times can offer a better overall job. Therefore, if you try to outspend them to make up for your job not being as good, you can't do it because they have money too and are just as willing to spend it.
To add to that, coaching moves are made so quickly that even the better programs who have great situations and money to spend end up taking a risk by hiring someone without a lot of proven success as a head coach. And they overpay to do so because that's what the market dictates. Tennessee isn't going to lure away an elite coach simply by flashing the money.
It's not just a matter of Tennessee being willing to spend the money to get a coach.
Money isn't the factor you think that it is for all of the reasons I listed above.
The issue is, UT had the opportunity to make it to the SEC championship for the first time in a decade and they came out flat against USCe. They've come out flat all year.
The difference between Butch and the mentioned coaches, is those coaches have bad losses, but most of them have GREAT wins. Where's Butch's GREAT wins?
I'll support the guy this next year as much as I always have, but the frustration with him is easy to understand.
Maybe not in specific words. But Looking at their words and context it sure seems like it
If I was out here running down my wife and criticizing her every mistake and flaw, that sure sends a different message than saying all that and then simply saying "oh but I don't want her to leave. I fully support and stand by my wife!"
I'm at least at an eight year old level, thanks, but if anyone on this forum holds on to their opinions to get the last word in like a 6 year old, it's you my friend. Which I am allowing you to do. Agree to disagree, like WriterVol said. Money talks. If the money isn't right, nothing else will be.
I was gonna say this. So thank you.
The only really bad loss he's had in his 4 years here where we were expected to win easily was this year's SC game.
Has he lost some that we should have won after getting big leads? Sure. But only one bad loss in 4 years isn't bad.
Contradictory.
Add "in your opinion" and the post is fine. It may not be at all accurate to many people that know the game well including CFB analysts from the media that offer a different perspective of his cumulative bad losses. Some might say to agree with your position is to have selective amnesia.
