Todd4State
10-12-2017, 01:13 AM
Because why not?
I think we are primed to potentially go on one of if not our best run in football between now and the next few years. Jackie's run during the Joe Lee Dunn era- 1996-2001 was great and arguably our best in modern times. Dan has us in a lot better shape than Jackie did and we appear to be more consistently built for the long term.
SEC West
Ole Miss- Will be a smoking hull and will be lucky to even have a team.
Alabama- How long will Saban be around? He will be in his early 70's by 2023. What are his long term goals? He may have more National Titles than Bear Bryant at that point. By that point in his career his opponents are going to start to use his age against him in recruiting. Does he go back to the NFL to prove that he can succeed there as a coach like Pete Carroll? at any rate, Alabama is going to help us out a lot- which is fair since Croom helped end the Mike Shula era for them. He has run off so many coaches- except for Dan- that it actually helps us out in the long run as well because our fans and administration aren't impulsive by nature.
Auburn- Bipolar program. One year they're a National Championship contender the next they're 3-9. Dan has had some pretty decent success against them especially since 2012.
LSU- O-Bation. They'll be out of it by then, but what are the odds they hire another Saban? Better odds that they hire Gerry DiNardo and Dan doesn't have the LSU mental block that Jackie had and he doesn't have to deal with the fallout from when LSU was National Title contender anymore.
Arkansas- Tough place to win despite having a good history. I think Bielema will be there for another couple of years due to his contract and after that all bets are off. Hopefully they don't hire another Petrino without the baggage.
Texas A&M- Sumlin has actually been their best football hire for all the deserved grief he gets. Could be scary if they actually hire someone that is good.
And then the SEC East
Tennessee- They're sort of like the blue blood version of Arkansas. I'm not sure that they will ever be as good as they want to be because of their recruiting base. And they have a history of making bad coaching decisions.
Florida- They're pretty inconsistent and it just depends on who their coach is. Let's hope Stricklin hire the Rick Ray version of a football coach for them once McElwain leaves.
Georgia- Looks like they are in great shape with Smart for the foreseeable future. I hate that Richt doesn't get to enjoy the spoils of their winning this year.
South Carolina- Similar to us. They can be an 8-10 win team with a good coach and they seem to be more patient with their coaches than other SEC teams.
Kentucky- They have the potential to be an 8-10 win program like us but they more things going against them- their fans support for basketball, Louisville being a very good ACC program, not an elite area for football talent.
Mizzou- Similar to Kentucky but their fans do not put the emphasis on football like other schools and they suffer some from that despite having some success at times. They're a Big 12/Big 10 team in the SEC and it just doesn't feel like they fit in.
Vanderbilt- Most difficult place to win at in the SEC although Franklin and now Mason are showing that it can be done. 8 wins is probably always going to be their ceiling for the most part.
I think we are primed to potentially go on one of if not our best run in football between now and the next few years. Jackie's run during the Joe Lee Dunn era- 1996-2001 was great and arguably our best in modern times. Dan has us in a lot better shape than Jackie did and we appear to be more consistently built for the long term.
SEC West
Ole Miss- Will be a smoking hull and will be lucky to even have a team.
Alabama- How long will Saban be around? He will be in his early 70's by 2023. What are his long term goals? He may have more National Titles than Bear Bryant at that point. By that point in his career his opponents are going to start to use his age against him in recruiting. Does he go back to the NFL to prove that he can succeed there as a coach like Pete Carroll? at any rate, Alabama is going to help us out a lot- which is fair since Croom helped end the Mike Shula era for them. He has run off so many coaches- except for Dan- that it actually helps us out in the long run as well because our fans and administration aren't impulsive by nature.
Auburn- Bipolar program. One year they're a National Championship contender the next they're 3-9. Dan has had some pretty decent success against them especially since 2012.
LSU- O-Bation. They'll be out of it by then, but what are the odds they hire another Saban? Better odds that they hire Gerry DiNardo and Dan doesn't have the LSU mental block that Jackie had and he doesn't have to deal with the fallout from when LSU was National Title contender anymore.
Arkansas- Tough place to win despite having a good history. I think Bielema will be there for another couple of years due to his contract and after that all bets are off. Hopefully they don't hire another Petrino without the baggage.
Texas A&M- Sumlin has actually been their best football hire for all the deserved grief he gets. Could be scary if they actually hire someone that is good.
And then the SEC East
Tennessee- They're sort of like the blue blood version of Arkansas. I'm not sure that they will ever be as good as they want to be because of their recruiting base. And they have a history of making bad coaching decisions.
Florida- They're pretty inconsistent and it just depends on who their coach is. Let's hope Stricklin hire the Rick Ray version of a football coach for them once McElwain leaves.
Georgia- Looks like they are in great shape with Smart for the foreseeable future. I hate that Richt doesn't get to enjoy the spoils of their winning this year.
South Carolina- Similar to us. They can be an 8-10 win team with a good coach and they seem to be more patient with their coaches than other SEC teams.
Kentucky- They have the potential to be an 8-10 win program like us but they more things going against them- their fans support for basketball, Louisville being a very good ACC program, not an elite area for football talent.
Mizzou- Similar to Kentucky but their fans do not put the emphasis on football like other schools and they suffer some from that despite having some success at times. They're a Big 12/Big 10 team in the SEC and it just doesn't feel like they fit in.
Vanderbilt- Most difficult place to win at in the SEC although Franklin and now Mason are showing that it can be done. 8 wins is probably always going to be their ceiling for the most part.