This was not the methodical, exhaustive search that I had hoped for. How many times do we go fast, cheap and low-ball on these hires and end up with a mediocre coach that we could have had at any point and SURPRISE , it blows up in our face in 3-4 painful ( and foreseeable ) years? Vol Football is now a punch line. Pruitt pays guys and has a
16-19 record? If it takes 8 million a year to get James Franklin or similar , then pay it. You will sell enough tickets to make it up. I hope that I am wrong about Heupel , but his record got worse each year after Frost left. This is not a good sign. This hire reeked of desperation , also not positive. When people say gilt-edge coaches wont come here- they really mean that UT wont pay their asking price. Chances are we will be going thru this stupid , depressing ritual again in 3-4 years.
16-19 record? If it takes 8 million a year to get James Franklin or similar , then pay it. You will sell enough tickets to make it up. I hope that I am wrong about Heupel , but his record got worse each year after Frost left. This is not a good sign. This hire reeked of desperation , also not positive. When people say gilt-edge coaches wont come here- they really mean that UT wont pay their asking price. Chances are we will be going thru this stupid , depressing ritual again in 3-4 years.