I could be okay with it, if and only if we struck completely out and it just seems like it's too early to say if we have. Maybe hes already gotten several no's. I don't know.
There's no need to rush this. Take some more time and take more money to 3 or 4 really really good candidates. I'd rather see us pay some ridiculous amount (8-10 mil) to get someone like Patterson or Petersen than to pay the next coach 4-5 mil a year. I mean, if we were willing to pay Gundy 7, surely we'd go to 8-10 range to get someone better than him.
I’m hoping that Phil saw how bad a look it was for Currie to zero in on a single candidate. Surely he at least interviews several coaches.
You would hope. We've gotten used to how it was run under Currie and we automatically jump to conclusions when the first name is brought up. Hopefully what Basilio was saying is true and he's got other candidates in mind as well.
This is where I am too. Fans made our statement and now we just have to hope that Fulmer pulls through... We're going to get who we get now.
Been down this Petersen road a bunch but he always stays on West Coast. What's his motivation to leave?
The quetion with Miles concerns where he is in the coaching cycle of life. His body of work is solid, but is he getting better, has he peaked and holding, or is he on the decline? If he is a good coach who peaked and is on the decline, that is what was supposed to be what was being addressed when Fulmer was fired. . Could it be he would have been a good hire in 2010, but not so much in 2017. The answer to that question largely depends on one’s expectations for this program. Is it to compete or to compete for championships? Or is the latter too lofty an expectation for Tennessee now? For me it is not.
Miles is a great hire, so good that no one was looking at him and he was begging John Currie for a look. Lol.
pac NW people are odd, as Tn people are, but its a different odd. Don't know how to explain it. Just like Wilcox came and tried it and wanted to get back. Just don't think those coaches want to leave that area of the country. jmo
I'd like to see what 10 mil a year and the control he wants would do...people change their mind all the time.
I’m not here in support of Les Miles but the argument that he could not beat Alabama goes for any coach in the last 11 years in the SEC to be considered the coach at Tennessee. In fact Miles has more victories against Alabama than any coach with 3. To put things in perspective how dominate Alabama is the last 11 years: Arkansas: 0-11 Tennessee: 0-11 Kentucky: 0-4 Missouri 0-2 Vanderbilt: 0-3 Mississippi State: 1-10 Florida: 1-6 Texas A&M: 1-5 Georgia: 1-3 South Carolina: 1-1 Ole Miss: 2-9 LSU: 3-9 (7 in regular season) Auburn: 4-7 87-14 overall in the SEC
So, because "nobody else is beating Saban" we should just accept that and hire a guy who has only lost two less times than everybody else?? I'll be really disappointed if all the events of the past week are only good enough to end up with Les Miles...
Hope this is the case. Less was flush with athletes all over the field (like us in 90s). I think we can do better. I would be ecstatic with him or Patterson.
Don't waste your time arguing with the sheep regarding Miles. Anyone with a pulse knows this would not end well.
Not saying that. There were some happy with Mullen and/or Sumlin to to come here. They were atrocious against Saban.
