so when kiffin left the vols were #14 on rivals and USC #3
when the dust settled
vols ended #9 , USC #1
now lets take stone,hunter,rogers away from the vols class and add ambles and who else? ....it would take a lot more to be #2.
they struck out on 3 or 4 qbs last summer before finally landing one, struck out on every single marquee RB they chased , couldnt get the jucos to commit 100%- their biggest committed prize in the 2010 class was a kicker, their biggest stars from 2009 class are gone or on their way out.....but they are closers? not hardly..i liked the guy too, i still like him, im 36 yrs old and find his humor and attitude to be entertaining, but lets step back and look and black and white results
the truth is had they stayed we could have finished anywhere from 5-10.
go back to jan 11 posts and that was the consensus here. where you get this top 2 class i dunno. recruiting is not black and white. ill agree kiffin can recruit fine at USC but "imo" Dooley can recruit to knoxville far and away better than Kiffin could. at USC you try to get the best players and throw them on on the field vs washington or oregon state. that dont work in the SEC - you need 85 players 365 days a year. i think Dooley can get that out of young men where Kiffins games would fail
as for Orgeron ? on his own merits he failed at Ole Miss unless you consider a top 30 class and 10th in the SEC to be exceptional. MS has a lot of instate talent and great talent in border states but he couldnt get primo classes there. he got two 5 stars to ole miss and a #15 class once . those 2 5 stars ? jerrell powe (who is still learning to read) and Brent Schaeffer who was passed on by the 211 other schools. be real man
Kiffin is a used care salesman like a Mark Cuban or a Dan Synder, its sexy and sucked a lot of us in....Dooley is a tactician like a Jerry Krause or a Theo Epstein.
/rant off
