TNHopeful505
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See, here's what people don't realize. EVERYONE is a risk. All a risk means is that there is less than 100% certainty it will work out. And there is absolutely no one that I would say is a "sure thing" this cycle.
Freeze has not impressed me. Chadwell doesn't have the SEC experience I'd like a coach to have. Campbell isn't coming here. Napier apparently wants a ton of control that I'm not sure the new AD would give him. Tony Elliott has only been a coordinator, just like Pruitt.
There's just no one that is a "sure thing," so anyone we take is going to have some risk.
So, things that lessen that risk? SEC experience. Head coaching experience. Solid recruiting with southern ties. No history with the NCAA. A winner and developer of talent. Oh, and the guy should actually want to be here.
All of those things are hard to hard to find in one person. If you say Kiffin, then you run into history with the NCAA. Same with Freeze and Chadwell. Bill Clark at UAB has done a great job, but again, no SEC head coaching experience, or even coordinator experience.
I'm just not sure which direction UT goes, but I am sure of 2 things:
1) A portion of the fan base won't like it.
2) There's going to be some level of risk involved. Outside of Saban or Meyer, there are no sure things, and they ain't coming here.
Freeze has not impressed me. Chadwell doesn't have the SEC experience I'd like a coach to have. Campbell isn't coming here. Napier apparently wants a ton of control that I'm not sure the new AD would give him. Tony Elliott has only been a coordinator, just like Pruitt.
There's just no one that is a "sure thing," so anyone we take is going to have some risk.
So, things that lessen that risk? SEC experience. Head coaching experience. Solid recruiting with southern ties. No history with the NCAA. A winner and developer of talent. Oh, and the guy should actually want to be here.
All of those things are hard to hard to find in one person. If you say Kiffin, then you run into history with the NCAA. Same with Freeze and Chadwell. Bill Clark at UAB has done a great job, but again, no SEC head coaching experience, or even coordinator experience.
I'm just not sure which direction UT goes, but I am sure of 2 things:
1) A portion of the fan base won't like it.
2) There's going to be some level of risk involved. Outside of Saban or Meyer, there are no sure things, and they ain't coming here.