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I think it is down to Gruden, Jimbo Fisher (Florida St) and Jim Mora (UCLA) If the Gruden coaching does fall through. Will everyone think Fisher and Mora would be good choices. I like Mora if we do not get Gruden. I like the way he has UCLA playing. He is young and i think he would be a great fit for Tennessee.
 
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I would go ahead and mark Gruden off your list...he is all NFL..either as a sports caster or coach...
 
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rickyyrs said:
I think it is down to Gruden, Jimbo Fisher (Florida St) and Jim Mora (UCLA) If the Gruden coaching does fall through. Will everyone think Fisher and Mora would be good choices. I like Mora if we do not get Gruden. I like the way he has UCLA playing. He is young and i think he would be a great fit for Tennessee.
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I like both and I really like Mazzone
 
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Mora might be the best coach of the 3. I know everyone wants Gruden, and I do too, but Mora is no slouch. He also has NFL head coaching experience and has proved this year he can coach in college as well. Considering he is only making $1.25 mill at ucla right now, he would more than likely come with a much, and I do mean much cheaper price tag.
 
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Prefer to leave Mora to kick KIffin's rear for another year or two...til he's fired. :)
 
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First off, I think UT is a premiere job in college football but I just don't see either Mora or Fisher as the next UT coach.

For Mora, the Pac-12 is an easier conference, he is in the recruiting hotbed of California, he lives in Los Angeles (a beautiful city with great weather and even more beautiful women), USC is going to be down with sanctions and that will provide a vacuum for UCLA to fill, it is his first year there, etc. I love Knoxville and UT but Mora leaving UCLA, especially under these conditions, seems unlikely.

I also understand that Fisher is getting some traction, which is somewhat odd to me. He would be a great hire but it is hard for me to think that he wants out of FSU so badly when he is 10-1 this year, he is in the recruiting hotbed of Florida and, because of the geography, also has easy access to Georgia and South Carolina recruits due to proximity, the ACC is an easier conference, and he is established there.

Don't get me wrong, any of these three candidates would be great but, in my mind, Gruden is the most likely out of the three and I do not think Gruden will be coaching at UT.
 
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If your winning, UCLA is a great gig. SoCal is hard to beat. So I dont see Mora coming here. Jimbo does nothing for me. Neither does Gruden. Guz Malzahn, June Jones, Art Briles, Randy Edsall, Jim Grobe would all be great hires. Dont forget Bob Davie, Pete Lembo, or Terry Bowden either.....How bout Dabo Sweeney?
 
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William Christopher Swinney. MU missed the chance to fire Pinkel and hire him last year, and they are living to regret it w/every game (except for 10 November, which should never, ever be spoken about again). AL alum. Young. Energetic. Stuck in a conference that neither earns, nor receives, any respect. The recipe for a man ready to jump to the big time.
 
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BigVolFan said:
Isn't that the truth, I would love Dan Mullen.....:rock:
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Disagree that SEC experience is that big a deal. Saban, Miles, Meyer, and Richt all came from outside and have had/had a ton of success. IMO, limiting the search to only "SEC" guys is a bad idea
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WebbCobb said:
Disagree that SEC experience is that big a deal. Saban, Miles, Meyer, and Richt all came from outside and have had/had a ton of success. IMO, limiting the search to only "SEC" guys is a bad idea
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Agreed. Bottom line is, if you can coach, you can coach. Don't forget Spurrier. Before going to Florida, the man won an ACC championship at Duke.
 
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If Gruden does not come to pass, my highest priority would be Gary Patterson. I don't care how comfy he is at TCU; make a lucrative enough appeal to his competitive nature and see what happens. The only question, of course, would be how well he could recruit in SEC country. His defensive expertise would be not only a breath of fresh air after this season but a perfect fit with the style of play typically seen in our conference.
 
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