Nationdom
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I have always thought that most extensions, especially when a program is as troubled as we seem to be, are mostly for recruiting proposes. It is a tool for hoping recruits will think OK the staff is going to be there, I won't have to see new coaches all the time. But I think most youngsters have enough support from those around them to see what's going on. This to me, makes this type of extension, when the ice is beginning to thin beneath a program, wasted effort.
Agree. But when the extension was given we were on a winning streak albeit against questionable competition. I still hope he can turn it around but that looks less likely every week.I have always thought that most extensions, especially when a program is as troubled as we seem to be, are mostly for recruiting proposes. It is a tool for hoping recruits will think OK the staff is going to be there, I won't have to see new coaches all the time. But I think most youngsters have enough support from those around them to see what's going on. This to me, makes this type of extension, when the ice is beginning to thin beneath a program, wasted effort.
Are you saying that it doesn’t happen? Because it does. Coaches, whether good or bad, have to sit in players’ living rooms and convince their families to trust the next 4 years under his leadership. Impossible to do that when the university won’t even buy it.Players who are good enough to get an SEC offer think they are going to the NFL in 3 years. The line that a coach needs 5-6 years on a contract for recruiting purposes is BS to cover up bad decision making.
Are you saying that it doesn’t happen? Because it does. Coaches, whether good or bad, have to sit in players’ living rooms and convince their families to trust the next 4 years under his leadership. Impossible to do that when the university won’t even buy it.
Are you saying that it doesn’t happen? Because it does. Coaches, whether good or bad, have to sit in players’ living rooms and convince their families to trust the next 4 years under his leadership. Impossible to do that when the university won’t even buy it.
I think your two sentences are valid for some situations, but not for all.
I agree with that, just not to your original post, at least not in all cases.Giving 6 years is fine for the initial contract and in situations where performance dictates it.
Giving 6 years to a coach with absolutely no leverage that was 13-12 with a loss to Georgia State is asinine (as well as no offset provisions and nothing resembling buyout reciprocity).
He's in year 3 of a 6 year deal and they've been talking about an extension since the off-season. It's likely already agreed on and just waiting to be announced.Dan Mullen has 3 years left on his deal. He has no issues recruiting.
When they extend Mullen, it will be for performance, not recruiting.
Is that a direct quote or is that hearsay? I would be very happy if Fulmer is on record saying that.CDM just said on 104.5 the zone Nashville that Fulmer and Tennessee understand that giving a coach an extension is just part of the business and so is firing them early and paying the buyout. This is good news.
He's in year 3 of a 6 year deal and they've been talking about an extension since the off-season. It's likely already agreed on and just waiting to be announced.
Keeping a coach signed for 4-5 years beyond the current season is just the way the market works.
Wow! What an amazing strategy....This is the BS that puts us in this continuous 3 year crappy cycle... wash, rinse, repeat hiring of a nobody from jerkwater state university !!!!CDM just said on 104.5 the zone Nashville that Fulmer and Tennessee understand that giving a coach an extension is just part of the business and so is firing them early and paying the buyout. This is good news.