Does anyone think that Tennessee will go after Chavis?

I am not sure Chavis wants to be a head coach...

Everyone says he doesn't want to be head coach. Some have even said he is too old. He is only 56. The reason he isn't head coach is because he hasn't been offered the right job. He has been a DC at 2 schools since 1989. He has been passed up by Tenn twice now but if they offered at this point and the money was right, I seriously doubt he would turn it down to stay with Miles here. There may not be many schools he would want to go be head coach at though. He makes good money and only a certain level of school would even pay more than that. But don't act like he isn't interested at all or feels loyal to LSU. If I was him my mouth would water at the idea of being freed from Miles' offensive handcuffed team.

The grass is always greener. Many Tennessee fans were happy to see him - and "Third and Chavis" - go.

Like many have said - I think Chavis has made up his mind to be an elite D-Coord in lieu of an average Head Coach.

He has said before that he doesn't like the spotlight and does not envy CLM or desire his job. He is the type of guy who works with his players and his schemes privately.

What he actually said this.

See the last 7 or 8 lines of the article in the link.

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I hope he stays. If I were Arkansas, Tennesse, Auburn, or Texas I would have him at the top of the list for an interview.

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Now we have "Third and Miles"
3rd and 3? Get the punt team ready.

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Can't disagree with this, but all is well. Les has yet to open up his secret playbook.

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If I was him my mouth would water at the idea of being freed from Miles' offensive handcuffed team.

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I think they would be fools not to go after him

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With all due respect to Chavis, Tenn. would be foolish to try to right their sinking football ship with a never HC guy headed into his 60ies. imo

Of course, I thought bringing in a guy from La. Tech who had never been successful even in the Sunbelt was more than a little questionable, so who knows.

It is interesting that the guy called out here in 09 by more than just a few as a questionable DC hire by Miles, now is championed as the only thing keeping LSU football afloat...go figure.

If I'm Tenn, I go after a highly successful HC at some level who has made a name as a great recruiter cause Tenn HS football isn't much and they haven't been getting the top HC talent from other states in the south as they were doing 10 yrs ago.

Thank god for Chavis if not for him Les's record would have sucked the last 5 years. If he weren't the defense coach this year we would probably be 4&3. I keep hoping that Lsu will sometimes this season find an offense.