Where would Tennessee be right now if they had hired Mike Leach?

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We’d be doing the same thing as MS State fans and fans of every school he’s been at. Wondering how we could be so inconsistent. Seems like good SEC coordinators didn’t take long to figure out how to defense the air raid. LSU’s problem is they have Bo Pellini. Nuff said.
 
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Bwaaahahah I actually just pictured all of you losing your d@mn minds on here because of the pirate allowing JG to air it out 70 times per game!😂
GBO!!
 
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VolArmy74 said:
Because college ADs at big programs make "safe" choices and then they pay buyouts every 4 years on average and by safe I don't mean on the field play, I mean safe in the press conference. Leach is in his 19th season, he's coached to date only 2 NFL first round draft picks and has won 140 games in his career at traditional graveyard schools. He's never been fired from a job for any on the field issue and it turns out what got him out at Texas Tech was Craig James and his son fabricating a story. I wanted Leach badly because of his coaching tree and what he could have set us up for in the future. The biggest failing of Fulmer was having a bare coaching tree. It's nearly unprecedented to coach as long as Fulmer did and not even accidently have someone on your staff or from your team who becomes a good head coach. With where our search was in 2018, Leach was a walk-off grand slam hire. So of course we blew it. Leach has the best season in school history at both schools where he's coached.

To start 2019 Athlon ranked Leach the 13th best coach in college football, 73 spots ahead of the guy we hired.

In the 2020 Pruitt moved up to 29 spots to 25th in the Sporting News ranking and they made the caveat that their ranking might be too high for him. He was still well behind Leach who ranked 17th. Leach was 9th in the Saturday Down South top 25, Pruitt unranked. 247 Pruitt came in at 49, Leach at 28. But I'm sure everyone will say none of the people doing the rankings know what they are talking about etc.
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Like I said previously, I wasn't against him being hired, and I think he's a sold coach.

But the rest of what you posted as to why he has been at the places he has been as long as he has been only to go to Starkville, doesnt add up to a press conference. Somebody else may buy that, but it aint me.
 
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Lilcarl731 said:
We’d be seeing some touchdowns I’m kinda down with those every once in awhile
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TD's for which team??? JG cant complete a 5 yard out route let alone full on Air Raid. Idc who the coach is, throwing the ball 50 times a game with JG is a guaranteed loss. He would avg 4 ints a game. JG has everything u want in a Qb if u want to run the ball or throw a 50/50 ball unfortunately u have to throw some passes that actually move the chains in the game of football.
 
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UT would be in the top 15 and probably top 10 every year with Leach. He is a ball coach plain and simple. Look at his coaching tree. Nuff said. I would have loved to see what he could have done with UT's talent.
 
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golfballs said:
Who knows. We’re in year 3 of Pruitt and don’t seem to be that much better than year 1 of Leach. Our common opponent beat us by more, and that was a home game for us vs a road game for them. Leach might not be a great coach, but at this point I don’t think you can rank Pruitt over him.
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Pruitt should not be mentioned in the same conversation as Leach at this point. Pruitt has achieved nothing. Year 3 is no better than year 1. No player development whatsoever.
 
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Very fun to watch imo. The only worry I had about Leach was recruiting but my gut says with the resources he would have had here that wouldn't have been a issue. We'd be competing for the East right now if we'd hired Leach. The man is one of if not the greatest offensive mind in the game.
 
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OrangeVolMan said:
If you want to have an honest discussion. A lot of those are on the offense not the defense. Not just the pics but also not moving the ball so defense spends entire game on the field.
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I'm referring to the first 4 SEC games Pruitt coached, not this year, since everyone is judging Leach on his first four SEc games at MSU.
 
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