Even with the recent changes, college football isn't the NFL. The NFL exists ONLY as entertainment. It has to turn a profit to exist. I can't remember how many but a fairly small fraction of College programs operate in the black.Somehow the NFL has managed to exist even with media covering entire practices.
This isn’t about Heupel, it’s about college coaches in general.
Every Power Conference football program operates in the black. Most FBS football programs do.Even with the recent changes, college football isn't the NFL. The NFL exists ONLY as entertainment. It has to turn a profit to exist. I can't remember how many but a fairly small fraction of College programs operate in the black.
It isn't about Heupel or coaches in general. It is about fans who believe they are entitled to have every itch scratched RIGHT NOW. You and I will find out who the starter is in about 2 weeks. That's plenty soon enough.
Yep. You're one of "those". Congrats. Want to know and entitled to know are two different things. You've self identified.Every Power Conference football program operates in the black. Most FBS football programs do.
Also the quickest way to invalidate any argument you ever want to make about Tennessee athletics is to start pointing fingers at fans and label them as “entitled” for wanting to know what’s going on with the team or wanting the team to be good. The second fans no longer want to know who the starting quarterback is for their favorite team is the second the sport dies, and all the coaches can find out how they like selling insurance or coaching middle school gym class for a living instead of becoming multimillionaires as a result of the “entitlement” of fans.
I would bet you thought Dooley, Butch, and Pruitt’s only problem was “entitled” fans.Yep. You're one of "those". Congrats. Want to know and entitled to know are two different things. You've self identified.
As of 2019 which is the latest I could find without more effort than I wanted to put in... 25% of CFB programs are profitable. A lower % of athletic depts operate in the black. UT is definitely one of them.
I would announce it now, unless the team already knows, if they already know I wouldn't announce until right before the game, or when you are required if any requirementsThe team likely knows who is performing the best. The best reason to announce earlier is if waiting will split your team between two guys that are close enough in performance to develop their own clique inside the team.
The expectation is that performance not drop off between #1 and #2. That's especially true at this juncture.
If I were in his shoes, I would tell the team when it was necessary to start tailoring the O and gameplan around one guy or the other. I would not announce it publicly until gameday if I could keep it quiet.
