Tennessee just fired their defensive coordinator. This is after a bowl game where they held us to 6 points and a season where their opponents averaged 20 points per game. He was not doing a bad job. This started me thinking... why fire a DC after a pretty good season?
Logically it seems that they will have a better shot at getting a better new hire (it seems that they feel they have a shot at Bob Shoop from PSU) while they are on the upswing than if they were on the downswing. The job would overall be more appealing and the head coach would have more pull with the AD to negotiate a better salary on behalf of the new hire.
I am not trying to fool anyone. It is obvious that I am speaking obliquely of our situation with Coach McCall. Please know that I am not criticizing Coach McCall nor calling for his ouster. It is Fitz' job to determine his staff. The thing that interested me enough to post this is that a 10 win season has generally been given as a reason to keep the status quo. I personally had never thought before that it just might be a reason to act on a decision that a head coach had in the back of his mind anyway.
Logically it seems that they will have a better shot at getting a better new hire (it seems that they feel they have a shot at Bob Shoop from PSU) while they are on the upswing than if they were on the downswing. The job would overall be more appealing and the head coach would have more pull with the AD to negotiate a better salary on behalf of the new hire.
I am not trying to fool anyone. It is obvious that I am speaking obliquely of our situation with Coach McCall. Please know that I am not criticizing Coach McCall nor calling for his ouster. It is Fitz' job to determine his staff. The thing that interested me enough to post this is that a 10 win season has generally been given as a reason to keep the status quo. I personally had never thought before that it just might be a reason to act on a decision that a head coach had in the back of his mind anyway.
