FWIW Cutcliffe to UT

[Mr. Sensible]

It's true. Does anybody want that job? This is making Auburn's coaching search in 2008 look downright organized.

http://www.ajc.com/sports/uga/duke-s-cutcliffe-turns-275950.html

Duke's Cutcliffe turns down Tennessee

By Staff

For the AJC
9:35 a.m. Friday, January 15, 2010

DURHAM, N.C. — Football coach David Cutcliffe is staying at Duke.

Amid reports that he was a candidate for the opening at Tennessee, Cutcliffe said Friday he would remain with the Blue Devils because "Duke is the place for our family."

Because of his connections to the Southeastern Conference and the Volunteers' program, Cutcliffe was considered one of the obvious choices to replace Lane Kiffin, who left earlier this week for Southern California.

Cutcliffe was on Tennessee's staff from 1982-1998 and from 2006-07.

In a statement issued through the school, Cutcliffe acknowledged his ties to Tennessee but said Duke is where he wants to coach.

He is 9-15 in two seasons at Duke, which won a combined eight games in the five years before he arrived.

[Saniflush]

That's really funny.


Duke's coach snubs TN.

[Mr. Sensible]

Seriously. This is sad.

[Saniflush]

Seriously. This is sad.

Epic was the word i was thinking but that works as well.

[The Prowler]

And the reason why???? Because he is too fuckin' loyal to his assisstants....just like he was at Ole Miss.  UT didn't want all of the coaches that he wanted to bring, mainly because they still had another year left on their contracts and didn't want to pay out that extra money...plus the coaches that they wanted to stay are good coaches.  He gave the UT people until today, to make up their minds if they want him to come with his coaches (the same ones that've been with him since his UT days).  UT dragged their feet, he said fuck off....they countered that with a coach that might be even better...also, Derek wants to keep those coaches, that the UT people wanted...because they're good coaches.  Better than the ones Cutcliffe was wanting to bring over.