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Sorry but Coach Strong has a better job right now. Go ahead rip in to me but you guys know Louisville job is better than Tennessee job at this moment. Louisville is gonna be loaded next year and that is why Charlie could not walk away. We have best Quaterback in country in Teddy Bridgewater. Before you guys rip in to me I love Tennessee football and hate for you guys where program is all because dick head Lane Kiffin screwed you guys over. Good luck on search and pulling for you guys to find away to get Gruden.

You can't seriously compare UL to UT in football. Charlie as probably scared he could not succeed in the big boy league. Its much easier in acc and big east than here. This shows me he doesn't have what it takes to coach in this league. In the end, probably good that he stayed there. Good luck over in the irrelevant acc.

A irrelevant acc is better than a has been team without a coach. Dont be bitter friends.

No bitterness here, but this conversation is just pointless.

You guys have a good coach. Enjoy him while he's there.

Just because Strong didn't choose Tennessee doesn't mean he lied about wanting to coach in the SEC. He was my #1 choice from the beginning of the search. My thoughts on him didn't change just because he chose to stay where he is and honor his word. He's got a good situation at Louisville. When things are good at home, it takes a lot to make a change.

Not saying UofL is better than UT historically. You guys are a great program. Saying at this moment we are. I said I feel for you guys and you would not be in this mess if not for Lane. Guys like Lane Kiffin and John Calimari should be suspended from coaching for f'ing programs up and then bolting.

Lots of hurt feelings tonight and I think some bruised pride, but don't lose faith yet. I would be proud to have Fulmer as our leader, but I'm not sure he should shoulder this burden. Asking CPF back would definitely right a wrong from a few years ago, but isn't a long term solution. The one thing I do know, is that we can't rush to a decision or else we'll end up with Dooley 2.0. I wish I knew who we should go after, but I am at a loss. I think I'm gonna just sit back and watch the show for a while. Every time I think I know something, I learn that I don't.

How'd ya like it when your coach told you he wants ya to be more like that Big Blue Nation down the road?

Here is where I could agree with some of your points: UL may be thought to be a better job, I would say easier. In the ACC, yet another BB Conf, the competition to get to get 6 wins and to a BCS Bowl is much easier than in the SEC. When you look at it from that standpoint you may say it is a better job.

Teddy B, the best QB in the nation, by whose measure other than UL fans?

I would rather have Strong than Jones. You guys have a great coach and a great school. Still you are wrong. UT can and could offer him more money than Louisville- offered Gruden more than Saban. It would have been stupid for us to offer Strong that much money. I'm not sure what you mean by "nicer" stadium. If you mean "newer," its my understanding that one of our alum has offered to build one off campus. However, we like our tradition rich stadium that sits on campus, just like most of the teams that were relevant before Howard Schellenberger was born. I've been to Louisville, great city, but not sure why you think Louisville is a better family city to grow up in. I like your AD, but as disappointed as I am with the search, I don't think ours did a bad job. I doubt UL would even get Gruden, Gundy, or Fisher to even address a rumor they were interested, much less actually talk to your AD or big money people about the job. So UT got turned down by Stoops, Gruden, Gundy, Fisher, and Strong and ended up with the Big East coach of the Year, a guy who's beaten your 4.1 mil coach 2 out of the last three years. Strong stayed, IMO, because if Hart did anything wrong, he strung Strong along, and Strong has pride and Louisville ain't Cinci and you guys offered to pay him like an SEC coach and gave him security. Good for you and him. He deserved it for all the years folks denied him jobs for ignorant reasons. I wish he was here and prior to being slow played, so did he. Tennessee football will be fine. It's history of relevancy pre-dates 1985.

Why does it matter that he gets paid more to play Duke/WF than SEC schools? Why is it a joke? SEC fans are ate up with the dumba$$. Last time I checked Louisville can still win their conference and play in a BCS game or BCSNC game just like every other major conference. And guess what??? They can possibly win those games too! Not sure I have ever seen anything like it, the fan bases that beat the"SEC drum" the loudest, always come from the bottom feeders of the SEC. Go figure.