First, before you label me a nega/pumper/whatever you kids come up with these days...if anyone's ever been bored enough to read anything I've posted, I'm not a huge Butch fan. I was vocal in my disappointment with the last 3 hires. Anywho....
Look at some coaching search history.... Fulmer was an internal hire. Majors came home. So in the last 40 years or so, our true national searches have yielded Bill Battle, Lane Kiffin, Derek Dooley and Butch Jones. This is not an "OMG, keep Butch" statement. It's a random thought about how hard this process is and why you need a good AD and some luck.
Bama got lucky with Saban. That's all there is to it.... a combination of timing and desperation on both their parts. Look at what they hired between Stallings and Saban, it was laughable.
Recent searches at UF have yielded Mac (jury is still out), Muschamp, and Ron Zook.
UGA rolled the dice on a coordinator that just lost to Ga Tech and Vandy ( ouch, yes I know)
LSU fired their winningest coach ever to promote a position coach. He may do great, but, as with Dooley, I'm very leery of guys without coordinator experience.
Now look at Texas. 2 different ways to spin Herman. A hot young coach with an exciting offense that beat some high profile teams. Or, a guy with 2 years head coaching experience in the All America Conference with losses to Navy, Memphis and SMU (all double digit underdogs)
Saban and Meyer don't grow on trees. I really don't want to see us cut Butch loose for a gamble on some MAC coach that's had one good year against a bunch of Sun Belt teams.
Now, let's say in some fantasy you get a call from Urban's agent saying he really misses the SEC...you go to Butch's house and help him pack.
Am I in love with Butch and his bumbling pretend-zone-read offense? Of course not, but I'm nervous about what we'd do to replace him.
Look at some coaching search history.... Fulmer was an internal hire. Majors came home. So in the last 40 years or so, our true national searches have yielded Bill Battle, Lane Kiffin, Derek Dooley and Butch Jones. This is not an "OMG, keep Butch" statement. It's a random thought about how hard this process is and why you need a good AD and some luck.
Bama got lucky with Saban. That's all there is to it.... a combination of timing and desperation on both their parts. Look at what they hired between Stallings and Saban, it was laughable.
Recent searches at UF have yielded Mac (jury is still out), Muschamp, and Ron Zook.
UGA rolled the dice on a coordinator that just lost to Ga Tech and Vandy ( ouch, yes I know)
LSU fired their winningest coach ever to promote a position coach. He may do great, but, as with Dooley, I'm very leery of guys without coordinator experience.
Now look at Texas. 2 different ways to spin Herman. A hot young coach with an exciting offense that beat some high profile teams. Or, a guy with 2 years head coaching experience in the All America Conference with losses to Navy, Memphis and SMU (all double digit underdogs)
Saban and Meyer don't grow on trees. I really don't want to see us cut Butch loose for a gamble on some MAC coach that's had one good year against a bunch of Sun Belt teams.
Now, let's say in some fantasy you get a call from Urban's agent saying he really misses the SEC...you go to Butch's house and help him pack.
Am I in love with Butch and his bumbling pretend-zone-read offense? Of course not, but I'm nervous about what we'd do to replace him.
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