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not even. Vermeil was a proven college coach at UCLA that didn’t luck his arse into a great defensive team like Gruden did in Tampa. That team had been coached by Dungy and were already filthy on defense with one of the all time great defensive coaches in Kiffin being there for years before he arrived in 2002.

He was the Jon Gruden of his time in the sense that he was a successful coach who retired to the booth and then was the hot name that came up every time a job came open.

Geez. Some of you nerds have to have EVERYTHING explained to you.

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Posted by Tiger1988

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Posted on 4/8/18 at 8:57 am to Godfather1

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Geez. Some of you nerds have to have EVERYTHING explained to you.

So you believe being a successful college coach(like I said) wasn’t relevant to a college coaching job or LSU?
Vermiel was a successful college coach ie would have been a great college or pro hire.
Gruden was being shipped at this great coach and it would translate at the college level. Not even the same thing.
He had ZERO desire to recruit. None. He didn’t want to deal with the drama of NCAA and its volumes of shitty rules.

Gruden, as I’ve said before on here, would only go to a job that had the pieces to be great ie great QB or defense.
He isn’t a fool.

For Vermiel at that point in his life, it was all gravy. He had matured, made some serious money and really wasn’t constantly being rumored for college jobs because of how long had passed since he last coached. So no it wasn’t the same. I actually was around (‘72 LSU grad/Alum) and watched all those games and teams then. As a Dallas hater, I loved when Philly or Washington or the Giants beat them.

That job in Philly nearly killed him.

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