re: If this hire doesn't work out, is Alleva in trouble?

This will work out, Johnny Jones is a class act.

I am glad Alleva's career is not in the hands of most of the douches commenting in this thread. Truth is most of you don't contribute a single amount worth a damn to the university, and are at most fairweather fans that will jump on any bandwagon if the team is doing well.

Alleva has cleaned up the athletic department, we haven't had a single damning incident, our academics are in line, the department has turned in a profit for all the years he has been here and he has made the kind of hires the school has needed. Most people forget all the asst. coaches and staff are also hired by the AD. If anything the TJ hire was bad, he got in a guy that had zero experience in the region or SEC. Now he has a chance to redeem himself by getting the guy, the powers to be and people with the money bags, want