Not only that but Bradley said he never had this conversation with McQueary. The state of Pennsylvania was never going to investigate any further because it could have discredited McQueary. The state said Schiano was innocent and knew nothing. Why would he lie? He risked jail time and becoming a pariah if he did. Fact is UT fans want a big name coach and Schiano had a losing record, so they ruined him based on hearsay and innuendo without any proof.
I'm not a Vols fan or hater so I'm as unbiased as it gets here. I agree with you to an extent, but I'd agree with you more if the outrage wasn't immediately pointed towards the scandal. They didn't take a day and be like "Oh wait this is convenient let's start a protest because apparently he did this! Yeah! Disgusting!" The scandal was an IMMEDIATE sticking point with a ton of people. I was texting my friend before the deal was even (going to be) finalized but news was starting to break. He's literally the biggest UT fan I know. His first response to it was "If we hire a guy who walked in on a kid being assaulted without doing anything, I'm becoming an MTSU fan. I won't support him."
Hadn't heard that one myself, but it's a large fanbase.
the sandusky saga had nothing to do with it. it was just a smoke screen. vols fans just didn't want a mediocre head coach in charge. vols fans don't realize their program has sucked since they gave fulmer the boot and I'm not so sure they are as attractive a destination as they see themselves.Hadn't heard that one myself, but it's a large fanbase.
I'm kind of ambivalent towards the guy myself. I don't think he's culpable in the Sandusky/Paterno mishegaas, but I can't really tell.
Clay Travis brought it up when it became clear he had the job, someone painted it on the rock, and it caught on like a wildfire in the Knoxville media. It’s not like these are new allegations either Ohio St. which is in the Big 10 with Penn St. said he was innocent. I just don’t like the dragging a human being and his family through the mud because of flimsy evidence and secondary information. Most fans didn’t want him because of his coaching track record and his feud with Peyton Manning. The Penn St. stuff became the convenient excuse.
My friend who said he wouldn't support the program if they hired a guy who (maybe) did what he did at Penn State doesn't even really follow Clay so, yeah, he was part of the movement but it doesn't mean that there weren't people who were against him for those reasons before the actual news became public.
Do most UT fans even view Gruden as a realistic choice anymore? I have a hard time buying that. I think they'd be fine with Kiffin, Brohm, Mullen (oops) and Tee Martin just as much as Gruden where we stand now.
Because we expect a coach who isn't a bag of shit? We just had one dishonest lying coach who the players all hated. We don't need another.
At least you are being honest as to why you don’t want him.
Not only was he a loser in the NFL but basically everyone in the Bucs organization couldn't wait to get rid of him. He may have ratted out Josh Freeman to the NFLPA, was voted least popular coach in the NFL by an anonymous poll of players who were in the league at that time. Notoriously thin skinned with the media. There is a difference in coaching Rutgers and coaching a team with an obsessive fanbase and large media contingent. College coaching is a 24 hour a day job, there are far more obligations to attend to than an NFL coach has.
Sumlin appears to be going to Arizona State (nice). Petrino, ehhh. Pass. Martin's wife is a singer who doesn't want to leave LA but it's clearly possible. Kiffin would be a 450 foot homer to dead center field.
