VOLnMiami
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Was thinking same thing...been there, done that. I think every now and then a young guy who hasn't been a HC steps in from coordinator to major program and has success. More than likely, the most successful ones are the one's who are already at the university for familiarity/lack of staff turnover. I just see the difference w/ JH having been a successful HC compared to Pruitt who just had no clue how to run a program...these schools don't have time for training wheels.Not good when you have to hire a "Google coach." Us Tennessee fans know that all too well.
Not difficult for your defense to look great with the athletes Georgia has. Huge risk as a HC hire.
I'm not sure Fulmer holds a point of reference to accurately judge that.I must admit, I had high hopes when Fulmer hired Pruitt. His career numbers as a DC was impressive and at the time, I thought Fulmer was serious about getting Tennessee back to relevance. In hindsight, the debacle that was the Pruitt tenure, seems to have been a backdoor attempt to reclaim the head coach position after Pruitt failed. He surely had to have known after speaking to him that he lacked the intelligence to be successful. JMO.
Was thinking the same thing. Clemson has some cracks forming in their foundation. USCjr is down a bit. We should really ramp up recruiting in that state. If we can fast track our NIL efforts, we might just make a serious move in recruiting THIS YEAR. Frankly, I'd given up on 22 thinking it was a throw away class. Now I'm seeing things differently with all these coaching moves. It creates some uncertainty. If we're opportunistic, we might have a chance to really speed up our trek back to challenging in the east. Just need one or two big recruits to jump on board to provide a spark.If it's Venables, then Clemson will fall back down to Earth for a while.
Perfect time to undo all the momentum they've stolen since poaching Tajh Boyd.