Fans didn't start getting that upset with Bo until after the A&M outburst and the release of the tapes. If he hadn't been an a$$ and kept winning at least 9 per year, he would have never been fired.I think we remember that differently. Bo could have stayed longer AND kept acting like an a$$ if he'd won 11 games/a conference championship/avoided big game meltdowns.
IIRC virtually everyone on this here HuskerBoard found Bo Pelini's consistent 4 loss seasons unsatisfying, and demanded to see some kind of improvement the next season. Most were rooting for Bo to breakthrough, and probably most weren't quite ready to fire him, but let's not pretend 9 - 4 seasons that ended with Nebraska unranked and irrelevant could have gone on forever. We'd happily give Scott Frost three 9 - 4 seasons, but if he was starting his 8th season with Nebraska still stuck the conference's second tier, we'd hear the exact same grumbling.
Making us no different from at least 30 programs who like to think themselves relevant to college football.
That doesn't mean that it is hard to recruit to TN.
Michigan State won the B1G and went to the playoff not long ago. It's great that Ohio State and Michigan hadn't learned how to recruit yet.Georgia has more top 10 finishes.
That is two in the same division as TN.
How can you say this? First of all, TN has had 8 top 10 recruiting classes in the last 17 years. This was under 4 different coaches. TN hasn't had any coaching stability whatsoever for quite a while, yet they were still bringing in top 10 classes. It's ok to admit you are wrong. TN has been easy to recruit to.Miami hasn't been knocking down the top 10 list but a good coach can recruit top 10 classes there more often than you can at TN.
Hard? no. Easy? No. That is my entire point. It isn't the easiest place to recruit to.
I remember back when Fulmer was fired that the talking heads talked about TN Not being the easiest place to recruit to.
The guy that was fired said it wasn't the easiest place to recruit...good to know. If it isn't hard or easy, then what is it? medium?
Michigan State won the B1G and went to the playoff not long ago. It's great that Ohio State and Michigan hadn't learned how to recruit yet.
How can you say this? First of all, TN has had 8 top 10 recruiting classes in the last 17 years. This was under 4 different coaches. TN hasn't had any coaching stability whatsoever for quite a while, yet they were still bringing in top 10 classes. It's ok to admit you are wrong. TN has been easy to recruit to.
Fulmer wasn't a talking head. SMH.
Fans didn't start getting that upset with Bo until after the A&M outburst and the release of the tapes. If he hadn't been an a$$ and kept winning at least 9 per year, he would have never been fired.
You can say that about 127 other D1 teams.I didn't say it was impossible to get a top 10 class. Go back and read what I said. It isn't the EASIEST place to recruit to.