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JonGrudensAgent writes:

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Hmmm. Nice guy or not so nice guy? SEC coaching aristocracy or spoiled, self-entitled mama's boy? It doesn't really matter. More jerks and brats have been sucessful in this profession.

What DOES matter is getting it done. I've certainly wanted him to succeed and I do think he's learned some things. Elements of this team are really enjoyable and fun to watch, but all in all the team is woeful. We just can't get it together, we make the same mistakes and poor decisions again and again. We never learn. I can't understand the 12 men on the field thing. What other team has the 12 men problem repeatedly for 3 years without being able to get a handle on it? I can't name one.

Vanderbilt is actually a better football team than Tennessee. I am not saying they beat us - just saying that they execute and we don't.

So...moving past that we are not very good, who is REALISTICALLY available I am sorry Gruden lovers - if this was a realistic option, it would have already happened.

Anyhow, our program needs an electro-magnetic force of nature...and who can we really get that fits that bill?

I think that getting the right coach is timing and luck. All of these programs that hit the skids tend to cycle through coaches until they get it right, sometimes spending more than a decade in the wilderness.

LSU was that way for 20 years, Bama did their time, look at ND and USC - both have done twenty year stints in exile.

I almost think that you keep Dooley, deal with it and grab a proven winner when the opportunity presents itself. If we sign another version of Dooley, or a series of Woody Widenhoffer guys, we just have to pay buyouts and give those guys 3-4 years each. Hell, maybe we'll even get a Petrino or Mike Price along the way.

Probably wrong in my comments. Lord its anemic - we may need change ust to get some spirit and optimism back.

I do like our teams' heart and resilience - seeing them quit last year was one of the saddest things, and I do think the kids have their hearts in the right place and have kept their minds together.

Arkansas is supposedly close to wrapping up Gary Peterson from TCU.

KY is rumored to be looking at Petrino.

You know Auburn is throwing out offers.

Looks like our incompetent UTAD is going to lag behind these other schools in getting on with the business of trying to win games again.

I disagree with the tactic of holding onto Dooley while waiting for a big fish next year.

Go ahead and try to get the best coach available right now because another year under him is just a little more damage to the foundation of this once proud program.

Throw offers at Patterson, Petersen, Gruden and make them say no first.

Then we need to look at raiding our SEC brethren. Mullen, Sumlin, Franklin are all guys that may get swayed with enough money.

If that doesn't work, look at a guy like Charlie Strong at Louisville.

Staying with Dooley is not an option.

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