I didn't say much , but it started with the Kentucky game for me. I kept telling myself it was the injuries and youth. Sure , part of it was , but that was out the window with that Kentucky team. I knew who he was. I am really too young to remember watching his dad coach. At that age Tennessee was the only team on Earth that exisited to me. But that was the only thing I knew about him. I was like... We just hired the coach from LA Tech?
We really should have let Kippy coach that 2010 team and find the right coach after the year. I think the job would have been more attractive to people like Gruden if it wasn't a dumpster fire at the time. He was on Mike and Mike the day after Kiffin left and he said great things about Tennessee. He said he was suprised that Kiffin (and he did mention Monte too) would bolt because Tennessee was really a special place. It's a wasn't a stepping stone job and coaches stay there for decades. In other words , you stay until they make you leave. He said it was horrible timing for that football program and they were going to have a difficult time finding a coach because of it. Then they asked him if he was interested. He said "No , I'm not interested right now". What could have been if we just let Kippy do the same thing Dooley did for a year? Might not have been Gruden , but we could have done a lot better than what we got.
And yes , I know he would say the right things on a radio show. I also understand Lane leaving. I just didn't like how he went about it. Ed Calling recruits ect.
