Yea but there’s not 100 other schools with the same rich traditions we have not are they one of the Top 10 programs of all times in Wins. Some of us actually expect more out of Tennessee than what we are getting. Some of us know where we was at in 1998 when we beat Florida State for the Natty. So expecting us to be in the Top 10 every year is not crazy for some of us.
Or better yet don’t let him go unless you have a replacement. When you let go of a hall of fame coach you better have a better backup plan than hiring a coach that had no experience in college then follow that up with a guy that was a career looser and only won 8 games 1 time as a coach in college and had losing record prior to Tennessee.
Recuiting dominance follows winning it doesn't preceed it. Alabama and Clemson were not tops in recuiting before they started winning. Winning does the recuiting. Alabama will be elite in recuiting until they stop winning or Nick leaves. It will get harder as Nick ages. "Saban is gonna retire while you're at Alabama" will be whispered to all their recuits.
I remember those early years of the SEC championship game in which one team was heavily favored and heavily flagged the first half so the game would be close at halftime, then the refs would flag the other team in the second half. We thought we had them when we hit Davey out of bounds and knocked him out of the game, but we got Mauck which was a totally different style QB. We still almost won, but Stallworth had a cast on his hand and tried to get extra yards on a toss across the middle and of course fumbled. We were going to play for another Natty. We became the first team to lose the SEC while on our way to winning a Natty, thus actually hurting the conference.
