Clark Lea to Vanderbilt

[Boston Vol]

 

[VOL_Lyfe]

Conventional choice. Vandy should have pushed the envelope more

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

Absolutely fantastic hire. Whether or not he succeeds at Vanderbilt is pretty hard to predict given the obvious difficulty associated with the job, but this is a serious young hire (with more pedigree than Franklin had, in some ways, when arriving in Nashville) who could be at the school for a long time given frequent 4-6 win seasons.

 

[JBVolunteer]

Definitely, the guy I figured they would go with given his history at Vandy but yawn what a boring hire given the options they had!

I’m sure all 3 people in their fanbase are thrilled about their new coach.

 

[UTwild82]

They should have went hard after Will Healy IMO. That dude could have brought in some talent and changed things.

Maybe he gets the job in 4 year when Lea is fired. Probably not, though. He'll be on to bigger and better things.

 

[give_him 6]

Fire a Head Coach who was formerly a DC and hire a Head Coach who was formerly a DC, in a league that is trending (admittedly by lord Saban himself) where the offense is now winning games. Typical underwhelming Vandy hire.

 

[miket4god]

They should have went hard after Will Healy IMO. That dude could have brought in some talent and changed things.

Maybe he gets the job in 4 year when Lea is fired. Probably not, though. He'll be on to bigger and better things.

Second part of your post is correct, in 4 years Will Healy will already have a much better job than Vanderbilt.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

For their standards, this isn’t a bad hire.

Definitely could have done a lot worse.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

For their standards, this isn’t a bad hire.

Definitely could have done a lot worse.

Pretty much what I think. I don't know if he'll be as good as Franklin was due to the East being stronger but he might do better than Mason.

 

[Jeepkuntry]

Mason was a DC. TBH he never should have left Stanford. When he hit campus the talent was graduating and Franklin knew when to jump ship. Candy is a place where people go to commit career suicide.

 

[CAVPUT]

For their standards, this isn’t a bad hire.

Definitely could have done a lot worse.

Not really. Butch has already taken the ASU job and Pruitt is still on our payroll. Pretty sure Dools is set in the NFL.

 

[JonGrudensAgent]

Solid hire.

Gonna be interesting to see what he does with their offense.

Their QB has some potential IMO.

 

[BeardedVol]

He likely won't do any better than Mason at Vanderbilt.

 

[Volfan1000]

Not a bad hire for Vanderbilt.

 

[The Ron Mexico]

I hope he sucks as a head coach. It’s nothing personal. I’ve never met the man. But I never want Vanderbilt to be good.

 

[TJVol95]

Vandy not going the NAACP route this time?

 

[The Ron Mexico]

Vandy not going the NAACP route this time?

I didn’t realize Derek Mason was involved in the NAACP. Is that true?

 

[TJVol95]

I didn’t realize Derek Mason was involved in the NAACP. Is that true?

Can’t check the box this time

 

[GreveHaller]

only vanderbilt can fire a defensive minding coach then have the AD say she wants an offensive minded coach to keep up with the league just to hire a defensive coordinator.

vandy being vandy

 

[feathersax]

Vandie=coaching graveyard. Rest in pieces, commode-doors.

 

[Zues1]

I thought that might hire the first female HC.

 

[GreveHaller]

I thought that might hire the first female HC.

or the first openly gay paraplegic HC

 

[butchna]

Conventional choice. Vandy should have pushed the envelope more

Would have been available anytime. Think they had a UT circa 2017 search?

 

[butchna]

or the first openly gay paraplegic HC

Closeted Stephen Hawking type would have been even cooler.

 

[DiderotsGhost]

Nice payday for him.

Also Nashville > South Bend.

People ask why would anyone coach at Vandy? The answer is pretty simple: $15 million over 5 years, then you get your buyout, probably in the range of $5 - 12 million. You go back to being a DC afterwards, but in the meantime, you made a lot more money and got to live in a pretty nice, up and coming city. It's a sweet gig. It's like being a backup QB in the NFL; no fame and little glory, but the money is good.