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VERY interesting. Have you seen any responses that offered any possible reasons for who improved and who diminished? Can't see any trends geographical, except that California teams all diminished (though they also offered more sports, I believe).
Yep, alignment of Plowman w/ White w/ coaches...if this doesn't happen as necessary foundation, NIL has little or short term impact. It doesn't look so hard when you get it right, but when you're going down the wrong path for a decade +, it sure seems like a long long road back. I remember saying after Dools, Butch, Pruitt first years, "give them passes, they'll be OK"...after year two still trying to justify orange color glasses fandom, not realizing that we were still in a death spiral, knowing that firing another coach meant resetting the clock again for another 3+ year build, setting up the next unsuccessful coach. Fortunately JH got it right ahead of schedule.Has nothing to do with COVID. Has everything to do with NIL, and how our school because of our brilliant athletic director has navigated the waves of change in college sports.
Yep, thank you, Danny is the difference. IMO, COVID happened but it wouldn't have changed the outcome much at all. Looking forward to his next hire. LV deserve a home run.Yah, the controlling variable for us is not Covid. It's Dan White's arrival.
Also, I just love that the authors picked Orange as the color of the SEC. Bet the Gumps who see it love it, too. Heh.
Go Vols!
And Randy Boyd too. Leadership is always a deciding factor for success. I think we have legitimate, focused, driven, highly respected leadership at every level of our organization now.Yep, alignment of Plowman w/ White w/ coaches...if this doesn't happen as necessary foundation, NIL has little or short term impact. It doesn't look so hard when you get it right, but when you're going down the wrong path for a decade +, it sure seems like a long long road back. I remember saying after Dools, Butch, Pruitt first years, "give them passes, they'll be OK"...after year two still trying to justify orange color glasses fandom, not realizing that we were still in a death spiral, knowing that firing another coach meant resetting the clock again for another 3+ year build. Fortunately JH got it right ahead of schedule.
Tennessee was 6th last year while UGA was 7th and Bama 12th.this isnt a chart to be proud of. Yes, DW has done an excellent job but the chart shows change. It really reaffirms how low we really were. There's no bama or ga. They were good and stayed good. Conversely no vandy - they were bad and stayed bad.
I'm certainly glad you DON'T read my medical charts...this isnt a chart to be proud of. Yes, DW has done an excellent job but the chart shows change. It really reaffirms how low we really were. There's no bama or ga. They were good and stayed good. Conversely no vandy - they were bad and stayed bad.
You mean you DON'T yearn for the days of bugger eating Chancellor Jimmy Cheek...??!!Yep, alignment of Plowman w/ White w/ coaches...if this doesn't happen as necessary foundation, NIL has little or short term impact. It doesn't look so hard when you get it right, but when you're going down the wrong path for a decade +, it sure seems like a long long road back. I remember saying after Dools, Butch, Pruitt first years, "give them passes, they'll be OK"...after year two still trying to justify orange color glasses fandom, not realizing that we were still in a death spiral, knowing that firing another coach meant resetting the clock again for another 3+ year build, setting up the next unsuccessful coach. Fortunately JH got it right ahead of schedule.
The right leadership combined with the right hires in Baseball and Football (Barnes was already here) made all the difference in the world.
There is probably a direct correlation between the schools that were on the ball with NIL and the ones that were not.VERY interesting. Have you seen any responses that offered any possible reasons for who improved and who diminished? Can't see any trends geographical, except that California teams all diminished (though they also offered more sports, I believe).
California was pretty tight with their COVID restrictions, which might have driven talent toward schools in state who lifted restrictions earlier. Or just the general population diaspora from California might be a factor.
I'd like to see the same graph for previous years, to see if there's that much differentiation in an equal span normally.
Otherwise, I'd just say, when COVID churned the milk, Tennessee naturally rose toward the top.