Stating three teams Tennessee plays play a different style of football is hardly a Florida "slurp-fest." You were pointing toward me for no reason. Guess some troll got you whimpering from the politics thread again today. Try to easy up on that stuff. You won't be icky to people all the time and will feel better.
Agree. Going forward we definitely need any contract extension and pay raises to be performance based and probably not decided until going into the last year of a current contract, maybe before the last year if performances at been exceptional and warrants it. I certainly would not extend a contract for more than 2-3 years. aTm and Kentucky have bitten themselves hard with fruitless 10 year deals, a lesson every AD should take note of.
True, but to be fair Heupel’s had to scramble to put together a recruiting class when he first got here. The kids that are true freshmen now I think are very talented (some are getting good playing time and contributing) as is this current recruiting class. I’ll change my tune if we get into 2025/2026 still suffering blow out losses to our rivals. Next year probably will be tough for us, but maybe these young guys really step up.
So Heupel gets no credit? LOL. For the record, Tennessee's losses were heavy among starters, but they only had 4 offensive players drafted in 2023. Hendon Hooker had been benched at Virginia Tech. Jalin Hyatt was just a 3 star WR coming out of high school. He did not have an offer from South Carolina (his home state school.) Last year's team was not loaded with NFL talent.
