By: SevierVol

SevierVol — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:18:05 +0000

Of Strong or Gundy, I think Strong would be the better choice for UT considering his defensive background and his name being more recognizable in the Florida area. Gundy offers more from the offensive side but in the SEC, defense wins championships. I just hope we don’t fool around waiting on Gundy to make a decision and have him leave us standing at the altar while Strong gets PO’d by appearing to be the fall-back choice. I remember us losing Kevin Stallings as basketball coach in this fashion when we decided we might have a chance at Tim Floyd. Stallings has had a successful carreer at Vandy while Floyd got USC on probation and we had to endure the Jerry Green and Buzz Peterson eras before we finally hired a decent coach. I believe Gundy is just using this as a way to fortify his status at OSU and make a few dollars in the process.

By: Thern

Thern — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:00:15 +0000

In following coaching searches, I like to go to the local newspapers of a school where a potential hire is located. This AM in the Courier Journal, despite all the noise about Strong possibly leaving, I had to search just to find anything about Louisville football. I guess there could be an advantage of coaching anonymously in a school with an overriding basketball culture, but I can’t imagine he gets all the resources that he needs there (aside from income), and he probably just has to work like hell just to generate a buzz in the community around his program. I am for the Strong hire. I have concerns about a coach like Gundy who seems anxious to leave his alma mater. I realize there is some friction with the AD, but geez, it sounds like a good situation there.

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