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(11-13-2017 01:29 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(11-13-2017 11:32 AM)eroc Wrote:  

(11-13-2017 11:10 AM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  Tennessee re-hiring Lane Kiffin would be like Arthur Blank and the Atlanta Falcons re-hiring Bobby Petrino.

They ***could*** but they would be showing their absolute desperation and stupidity in doing it. Petrino shafted the Falcons and Kiffin shafted the Vols. Why in the world would either team want to relive that?

<insert video of Kevin Bacon from "Animal House" here... Thank you sir! May I have another?>

i imagine they are done messing with an HC from the "minor leagues." i saw Cutcliffe from Duke getting mentioned. i actually think that's a strong candidate. i can also see Bobby Petrino, Tee Martin (if he's interested) and Chad Morris. i think it's bad business for Matt Campbell to jump ship so quickly. Honestly, he can probably parlay his current success into a bigger payday in Ames. i doubt Scott Frost goes to Tenn. He'll have other options himself once the carousel really kicks in to full gear.

But see... Here's the rub with Kiffin. He IS a coach from the "minor leagues." Seriously. He's currently at FIU...can't get much more bush-league than that. His stops in the "Major leagues" have all been failures: he left Tennessee in the middle of the night after one season, he got fired at the NFL Raiders and USC...both in ignominious fashion. The word at Alabama was that he provoked near physical violence in dealing with Nick Saban. And now some writer thinks that Kiffin ought to be a candidate at Tennessee...because???

I think the other names on that list (minus Gruden) are better options. Fuente at VaTech is especially interesting.

Yeah, my list didn't include Kiffin. i'm not so sure he's done coaching at the high D1 level, but he's going to have to do way more then troll ppl on twitter to get back to that level. i don't know if Chip Kelly would be considered at all but he probably should as well.

EDIT: my list was unrelated to any specific list published in this thread, but an amalgamation of names seen on twitter and the interwebs, fwiw