What a lot of people don't realize is that college football has changed.. There's Nick Saban sitting at the top of his throne as the best College Football Coach then it's pretty much everyone else. If you want to get technical about it, you can put Meyer, Dabo, & Harbaugh as runner ups.
When people holler that they want to fire Butch and hire someone that can bring this program to new heights, the main question is "whom"? Instead of everyone saying "someone", how about some legitimate names that can take this program further? Most of the coaches who can compete with Saban on a daily basis is pretty much set at their current destinations. Some fans are quick enough to throw Gruden's name out there but what has he done at the college level? What makes you think in your right mind that he could turn this program around his 1st year on the job? Where's the proof that he could be a successful college coach? Is it because of his NFL experience and the fact that he won a SuperBowl with Dungey's players? For some reason, I can never get legitimate answers cause they don't have one for me.
Honestly, if our Administration was to fire Butch, who would we go after? Very slim chance Harbaugh, Meyer, or Dabo will be knocking down our doors to coach here. As I just mentioned a paragraph above, they're the only coaches who can compete with Saban on a daily basis. So do Vol fans want Championships? Ok who are we going to hire to help us reach that goal? Somebody like Briles or Miles who's washed up and their best coaching years are behind them? Until Saban retires, we're going to have a tough time winning an SEC Championship or an National Title no matter who we hire. That's how College Football is now. I'd rather keep Butch now that's brought this program back to a respectable level than to bring in another coach who has a similar coaching track record that will bring us the same results that we already have with Butch. Our program wouldn't be going up, it'd be right back where we started. Another rebuilding year...
Butch isn't perfect and he's done great things for the program that we should gratefully be proud of. Recruiting at a high level, keeping the program out of trouble, hired the necessary coaching changes, winning back to back Bowl Games which a lot of our fans don't care but I remember when we would struggle to even get to a Bowl Game. As big of a sunshine pumper I am, I've been fairly critical of Butch's mistakes and I do think he's on the verge of being on the hot seat if he loses games that he's supposed to win this upcoming season. I'm still keeping a small bit of optism that we'll meet expectations winning 9/10 games this season and winning the SEC East. We got two great QBs in Dormady & JG with a relatively improved OL. Regardless of who wins the starting job, I think we're in good hands with them running our offense. The talent is there but like I said, this is Butch's time to shine and a chance to prove all the critics wrong.
But don't sit there and tell me that we need to hire "someone" that'll bring this program up when you don't even know who the right person is for the job. It's basically just another way to throw shade at Butch when you have no legitimate argument to prove that we'll be in better hands if Butch isn't our coach.
I'm done ranting. Carry on.
