re: New Report out of Knoxville, 6:15pm Cutcliffe in Disagreement w/AD

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I don't know what's worse. Having to stoop down to hireing David Cutcliffe or David Cutcliffe making demands to the point he won't be the coach?

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If they want Cutcliffe then Cutcliffe should get to hire his staff. If the AD can make demands on who UT retains, then this relationship would be short lived. As you recall, Cutcliffe's undoing at Ole Miss was his refusal to make coaching changes when Boone insisted. It wasn't so much the record but the "insubordination". Hold you stance Cutcliffe (unless you want the job that you are willing to sacrifice your character)

Hamilton is an idiot and a terrible AD, but I don't disagree with him in this case. He knows that Cutcliff tends to hire good coaches, but is not a good recruiter and doesn't tend to surround himself with any. He is also FAR too loyal to his guys, which is the reason he lost his job at Ole Miss. Hamilton doesn't want Cut going to UT and pulling in the 60th ranked class next year, because they are already too thin as it is. They still have some good recruiters left there at the moment. If you pair Cut with a good recruiting staff, he will probably do pretty well.