Quote Originally Posted by DJD View Post
I haven't seen anything on this but feel your pain. So is he like one of the few coaches on the short list or is he the coach they want??

My pain was years ago....Watching the gators having a stacked coaching staff and then it gets gutted and the program hasn't been the same. Makes me admire the head coaches that stay with a program. I know it's a business but when you get a good one that turns a program or restores it to prominence and they bolt for more money it pisses me off.

I dont have the stats but when I think of longevity in sports these come to mind......FSU football- Bobby Bowden, Indiana Basketball-Bobby knight, Penn State football- Joe P. And there are many others but these guys are tied to these schools.

The worst pain I have seen.....when I moved here ( January 1996) folks loved Pitino. He was gods gift to UK and then he left! As you know the rest is history!

edit--just read the Charloe Strong article and I think he would fit in there very well. The guy is a leader and young men listen when he speaks. He would be a big change from Mack since Mack is how old???
The article mentioned he would/could be a better fit at Florida and that's what I felt when all that took place with Urban leaving. Why didn't Charlie get that job? Oh well that's history.
Charlie is a horrible fit at Texas. He hates the media and social obligations, all he wants to do is coach football and that is not an option at texas. Being the UT football coach is ike being basketball coach at UK times 10!

If this was the Florida job, I expect he would be gone, but UT is definitely not the place for him IMO.

Also Don, you left off a hall-of-fame coach off your list above.....how about Denny Crum, 34 years as head coach of the Louisville Cardinals!