Reality is, the coaching job in Knoxville is not that great of a job. If you don't believe me think about this, if the job was that great you would have coaches lining up to interview for the job. That's not happening.....
You're lacking an appreciation for the big picture.
UT has every reason to be considered a top tier job (money, resources, facilities, stadium, history, etc) except for one thing...administration.
You can picture it like this: Imagine a very attractive, rich, supermodel, athlete, who is recently single from a very unfulfilling relationship. She can't seem to find a date and everyone wonders what is wrong with her.
The reason is because everywhere she goes the paparazzi is there documenting the fact that her manager is a 100lb chimpanzee that jumps on the table, throws feces, swings from the chandeliers while masturbating, and is constantly trying to grab her companion's junk.