What's crazy is I think Derek Mason is actually a good coach. He just has major hurdles at Vandy with recruiting and staff hires.
THIS all day. Can you imagine him or his protege, Shaw, coaching an SEC public school team??? IMO they'd give Saban a run for his money straight up. Hell if CJP doesn't do it, give Mason a shot at the big time in orange. Not ready to throw in the towel on CJP yet, but we need a plan B on the horizon IMO.
One of the biggest differences in Vandy and Tennessee is Vandy doesn't have a bunch of know it all fans trying to make all the decisions for the Administration and /or the football/athletic programs. Vandy doesn't the have stupid sports media trying to criticize every move made by Athletic Department. Don't people remember all the fuss made when Tennessee hired Rick Barns as our basketball coach. Too many patients trying to run the asylum.The biggest difference i see is no pressure on VU coaches. Win 6 and your going to keep your job. Mason has had all the pressure free time in the world to develop and
Very selectively pick his star lacking talent. Coaching and playing at vandy is fun.
Tennessee is exactly reversed. Sad
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I'd rather Mason-vest stay because I am worried Vandy may hire another Franklin!I can’t even get mad anymore because I actually like Mason. He went from barely being able to form a sentence in front of the cameras to full fledged head coach now. Not to mention he wears that awesome vest on the sidelines. Hopefully he moves on to Colorado and Vandy hires another Bobby Johnson that we can actually beat.
After Miles was canned at LSU. There were small rumors that Shaw was of interest to a few donors of LSU. I think Shaw would kill it at LSU and would get to keep Aranda. David Shaw is the one dude I would kill to have at Tennessee. I would also love to see him in the SEC in general.
Having the whistle blown on academic fraud leaves a mark. What LBM uncovered is fact, substantiated to a much greater degree than anything lodged against Schiano. Conveniently forgotten by the Vickies as they rally around fat boy. Is that scandal reverberating to this day? Feels like it never went away.We have major hurdles with our administration as well. That is why we have dropped over the decade to the skeleton program we have become.
Damn!Having the whistle blown on academic fraud leaves a mark. What LBM uncovered is fact, substantiated to a much greater degree than anything lodged against Schiano. Conveniently forgotten by the Vickies as they rally around fat boy. Is that scandal reverberating to this day? Feels like it never went away.