(07-16-2013 04:27 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(07-16-2013 02:11 PM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(07-16-2013 10:09 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  I'm sure that's a big part of it. Louisville hired him and Jurich is behind him 100% in his efforts...

Tennessee had multiple chances to hire Charlie Strong prior to their offer last year. I know he was frustrated as an assistant at Florida, because he had been looking to become a head coach for some time prior to Louisville's offer. The Cards were the ones who gave him the chance to prove himself, and I think he'll remain loyal as long as Louisville continues to treat him squarely...

The Vols coaching search ineptitude is a very sore subject for me. The cynic in me thinks that the hesitance in hiring Strong might has have been attributed to whom he chose to marry. And while Hamiliton couldn't have conceived of such a scheme, there might have been some old boosters which might have been rankled by the idea.

I'm sure that came into play. Old hatreds die hard, even if they are based in stupidity...

You mean "especially" if they are based in stupidity, because wisdom discards that which is irrational while stupid fights for it until death.