So you really believe Fulmer did not at least try to get us someone with head coaching experience who has had some success at the P5 level? Really?
it was reported he was all in on Doren from NCSU and was helping currie with that process. i think he was supportive of Brohm, iirc? i think once Currie went rogue, fulmer was out of the loop, so i have no idea about what he thought about gundy or the pirate. i dont think he ever circled back around to any of those guys......
but i do know that his main 3 candidates were Mel Tucker, Jeremy Pruitt and kevin steele. now, did he talk to other P5 Head coaches while he was at the coaches conf? i'd be shocked if he didn't. i don't know that we ever got a "list" of folks he "spoke" with. i would imagine that had any of those conversations gotten past the warm fuzzy stage, we would have seen a leak or two.
when it came down to it, he had his list down to 3.
3 guys that wanted the job, and 3 guys that fulmer was comfortable with, and he hired who he thought was the best choice. i would be that if you got fulmer in a dark room and he was able to whisper in your ear, he'd tell you that none of those 3 candidates were his 1st choice either........
but everything that happened prior to that was part of the reason that we got to that point....and it just can't be ignored....
the revisionist history here is laughable. 1) no, pruitt was not THE first choice. 2) we weren't going to get who we wanted....from the jump......anyway.
imagine the conversations we'd be having if Currie was still here, and we hired Schiano and he went 5-7?
i'd argue we'd likely be further behind the 8 ball than we are right now simply because we'd have serious questions about the overall leadership of the athletic department and administration in general.
if you want a silver lining with all of this mess..........we ripped it off like a band aid 18 months ago, and it's in the rearview. and we've moved forward, with more stable leadership and a roster that's at least started to be rebuilt............the other good news here is that despite whatever misgivings one may have about pruitt, they're not sticking him off an island and leaving him w/out resources. he's getting everything he's asked for and everything he needs to be successful here from a resource standpoint.
everything else with football is TBD. but either you think the direction is better today than it was 2 years ago or you don't. and if you don't, i honestly can't think of a reason why..lol.
and that still doesn't guarantee that we'll get the results we all want. but personally, i feel better about our chances today than i ever did at any point in the past 8 years..........jmo....we'll know more at the end of 2021.