Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
Stands inherited a ready made program. Howland has had to rebuild- there is a difference. Not to mention how much harder it is now vs when Stands coached. There is no more weak SEC West where Stands got to play a divided schedule. He played the best teams in the SEC once. We have played Kentucky home and Away multiple times under Howland.

Howland has us back to Stands level- Bubble team year after year. We have dropped a little this year due to what we lost- but nobody doubts we will be strong next season. Howland is Stands. Better recruiter than Coach.
Ready made program? He took over a program that was coming off two straight seasons of sucking and not have a winning record.