Here is the REPLY!!!
Dan,
Thanks for your email.* Tell me what I have said negative toward this staff except for the interview thing and this morning about Mitch Browning.*As far as the interview subject, that was directed to UT more than it was Lane Kiffin.* We had gone through the proper channels to get an interview with him about a week after he was hired and made sure UT knew that we were not expecting Coach Kiffin to be in the studio.* We were told on two different occasions that he was not going to do any interviews until the dead period in recruiting and that was fine with me.* When I heard about the Rome interview, I called Tiffany Carpenter at UT to ask if he was doing interviews now and she said that this was an isolated incident and Coach Kiffin wanted to do it.* She then told me that she had no knowledge that we had requested an interview.* I told her we had sent a text message to John Painter twice and he responded with the same answer.* When she asked John about it, he said we had not sent him a message.* I then sent her the response John sent to me and John suddenly remembered.* It was how it was handled more than the result.When you talk about Browning, it's funny that you refer to it as a "hiring".Football programs are only allowed to have 9 "paid" assistants.* But your"hiring" would mean they would have 10.* I just don't think it is right to take a GA position from someone wanting to get experience in the coaching profession and give it to someone that 1) can afford to pay his own graduate school tuition and 2) has many years experience in coaching.During my association with UT I have worked with many GA's in the athletic department and I know most of them could not have afforded the graduate school expenses for two years to continue.* The GA program was set up to allow those students to further their education.* I doubt Browning is doing it to further his education at the age of 53.You and I disagree, obviously, and there are many who disagree with me and there are many who disagree with you.* But I do appreciate you taking the time to send me your comments.* If you have a moment, email me back and let me know your thoughts on the "common UT fan".* Are those the ones that wanted Fulmer fired or the ones that are for UT regardless.Mickey p.s. Thanks for listening this morning!
Thought I would help lofton out since he was on his phone! Mickey is a dork! Think I actually had to work with this loser!