The PSU stuff doesn't lack credibility. People were jailed using McQuery testimony.
It isn't the only character flaw used as reasoning. Look at past player accounts of him as coach, Josh Freeman files released, ordering the DL to dive at the knees of the OL while they are in the V formation, twice! There are plenty of reasons, without the PSU situation, that his character is questionable at best.
That's not even mentioning his bad to average coaching credentials.
drylo, I'm not sure what you gain by being a contrarian and trying to constantly put down the people in here or the fanbase, but I can't imagine it's a tangible benefit.
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Evidently this is the owner of the Casual Pint here in Knoxville. I believe he should probably look to closing up and leaving town.
Oh and I wanna go on record and apologize to Bass, inVOL, and Ulysees for giving you all grief about not being patient with Currie and saying Blackburn was screwed and deserved this job.
You guys have been around this program way longer than I have and I naively wanted to believe that the people in charge had good reasons for their actions.
Its obvious now that I was wrong and you guys knew better than I did all along.
Too Early is the worst excuse for not pulling the trigger on someone. Its how you get left behind in any industry. You have a good idea or potential employee... you give then a shot.
Responding to a lot of posts all at once here...
The talk about not wanting him regardless of the PSU stuff is exactly the problem here. (And I agree, I didnt want him either.) Danny K is catching heat here (surprise), but I dont know that hes that wrong, truthfully the PSU rumor about Schiano knowing about Sandusky was a convenient reason to torpedo the hire. The PSU stuff lacks credibility, and that plus the fact that people see our fan base as expecting to get Gruden (i.e. sky-high expectations) will make them question why we revolted against the hire.
Especially coming after the Cuonzo petition (which I didnt sign but didnt mind either), we just nuked ourselves, Missouri-style. And now people are clamoring to hire Tee, just like Missouri ran to Barry Odom.
Whoever the next coach is, I am pleading with Vol Nation to be patient. It may be very slow progress getting back to the top, but doing what we are doing (turning on Butch when he was making progress) isnt going to work. There isnt a Saban we can go hire. We are going to have to scratch and claw out of this mess.