Kevin Sumlin [dismissed per sources]

[SmokeyDog1973]

Haven’t heard this guy mentioned much around here he did pretty well at A&M and is a decent recruiter along with being familiar with the SEC. Would he be a good hire and fit for us ? What are y’all’s guys thoughts on him as a coach? And is a guy like him about the best we can do at UT now?

 

[VOL-TIL-I-DIE]

Interesting; curious to see what’s said about this one.

 

[Nouveaux]

Sumlin is the guy I wanted to hire instead of Kiffin. He's not exactly lighting the Pac12 on fire at Arizona though.

 

[EZE]

Sumlin is the guy I wanted to hire instead of Kiffin. He's not exactly lighting the Pac12 on fire at Arizona though.

His star has faded significantly at Arizona.

 

[CPVOL]

He’s an upgrade to Pruitt. But I don’t think he’s the long term program savior we are all hoping for

 

[tnvols72]

Haven’t heard this guy mentioned much around here he did pretty well at A&M and is a decent recruiter along with being familiar with the SEC. Would he be a good hire and fit for us ? What are y’all’s guys thoughts on him as a coach? And is a guy like him about the best we can do at UT now?

There is a reason for that

 

[BruinVol]

Pass


He sucks at arizona

 

[UTK]

Arizona has like loss 13 games in a row under his leadership

 

[SmokeyDog1973]

Not that matters but I had no idea he was nearly 57 I thought he was younger than that.

 

[Boston Vol]

He flamed out at A&M and is soon going to be fired by Arizona. He’s not a very good coach.

 

[SmokeyDog1973]

Arizona has like loss 13 games in a row under his leadership

In his defense though it’s hard for any coach to win there

 

[Johncarter53]

His head coaching record is trending in the wrong direction

 

[rockytop989]

Let’s just hire Donald Trump. If we can’t win games, at least our Athletic Department finances will be booming.

 

[Matt2496]

Hard pass

 

[Boston Vol]

I’ve made my feelings towards Tom Herman known, but if take him in a second over Sumlin.

 

[BigSteve09]

I'd rather not.

 

[VOLnVANDYland]

Let’s just hire Donald Trump. If we can’t win games, at least our Athletic Department finances will be booming.

 

[VolZen]

Johnny Manziel was largely the reason for early success at A&M.

Funny how good to great QB play can make a good to great coach...and well conversely.........

 

[N.ohio vol]

No thanks should of beat Sumlin when we had Butch. Karmara almost beat Sumlin by himself that day.

 

[rdk4121]

Sumlin hasn't shown he can do much without a Manziel type. The PAC 12 isn't even good and he's struggling. I was hoping to get him over Pruitt when we hired him, but he honestly hasn't even done well at Arizona. Tough school to play football, but still.

 

[UTK]

In his defense though it’s hard for any coach to win there

Not 13 in a row hard though. He's just a bad coach, never was a good coach lol

 

[SmokeyDog1973]

It’s reasonable to assume that Sumlin would be better than Dooley, Butch and Pruitt though right? I know that’s not saying much

 

[A.J.]

I don’t think he had any interest in us last coaching search. He did a decent job at A&M, but his team at Arizona has a longer losing streak than us. I’d pass unless we had an opening and were down to a shortlist like we had last go round.

 

[m1al]

He’s an upgrade to Pruitt. But I don’t think he’s the long term program savior we are all hoping for

An "upgrade" over Pruitt is not saying much. Can we aim a bit higher, please?

 

[SmokeyDog1973]

An "upgrade" over Pruitt is not saying much. Can we aim a bit higher, please?

We should aim high we the fans know it we need a big time home run hire this time but does our administration know it ?