Remember back in 2012 when our biggest targets were Charlie Strong and Mike Gundy?

[VolCalls]

Dooley sucked as a person as well. Ask anyone who worked in the AD at the time. He would yell at staff if a wastebasket wasn’t in the right place and basically treated people like dirt and beneath him.

Yep - a complete garbage human being.

 

[VolCalls]

Strong nah, Patterson absolutely though

You’re saying Strong would’ve been just as bad? Baloney. He took Louisville to the Sugar Bowl and thumped Florida, then went 12-1 a year later and deatroyed Miami in the Russell Athletic Bowl. Dooley/Jones/Pruitt could never have done that.

 

[UTK]

You’re saying Strong would’ve been just as bad? Baloney. He took Louisville to the Sugar Bowl and thumped Florida, then went 12-1 a year later and deatroyed Miami in the Russell Athletic Bowl. Dooley/Jones/Pruitt could never have done that.

Wasn’t Strong attrocious at Texas? I can’t remember fully. Back in a pretty wake Big 12 too. I’m not saying he’d been as bad as Pruitt or Dooley but his ceiling here would have been probably what Butchs was 9-4 a couple times

 

[TNJOKER]

Exactly! It was pure Grude-monium back then!!!!

If I'm not mistaken there were people tracking flights, reading too much into interviews, etc..

He was/is a lot like kiffin in the sense of he loves the attention.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Well, I wanted the pirate. Win or lose, it would have been entertaining and fun. R.I.P. coach.

If you’re just looking for a memorable press conference, I got a guy for you…

 

[JMSqb11]

Wasn’t Strong attrocious at Texas? I can’t remember fully. Back in a pretty wake Big 12 too. I’m not saying he’d been as bad as Pruitt or Dooley but his ceiling here would have been probably what Butchs was 9-4 a couple times

Charlie Strong to his defense was never fully embraced at Texas. Half of the booster base fought the hire. Now to their defense, they are Texas and hired a quality coach. Strong would have been a moron to turn down the Texas Job. Anyone would if offered.

But he should have never taken it because he didn’t fit Big 12 ball.

To me, cheaping out on Strong and allowing him to mull it over and going back to Louisville was one of two dumb mistakes that cost Tennessee football greatly in the 2010 decade.

He was one of the very few coaches who had an axe to grind with one of our rivals in Florida. He had some motivation in taking the Tennessee job. When you’re down and you have a candidate who has an ego to beat your opponents, I’ll take that every time. Instead of some “build a program” box coach who uses buzz words.