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I have had a hard time wrapping my head around an NFL head coach leaving what has always been considered the pinnacle of coaching to coach in college. Looking at this list of salaries, it would be a 2-4.5 million dollar raise, for the names being mentioned, depending on the 8-10 mil price tag tossed around. That makes it a little easier to believe.

 

NFL Head Coach Contracts & Salaries | The Front Office

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I have had a hard time wrapping my head around an NFL head coach leaving what has always been considered the pinnacle of coaching to coach in college. Looking at this list of salaries, it would be a 2-4.5 million dollar raise, for the names being mentioned, depending on the 8-10 mil price tag tossed around. That makes it a little easier to believe.

 

NFL Head Coach Contracts & Salaries | The Front Office

 

Damn, Houston and St. Louis are getting seriously hosed with those 2 contracts.

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Mack passed on Jerry Gray as D/C and that was the mistake that will cost Mack his job in the end.

 

Gray might have left for the NFL regardless but Mack really dicked him around with the offer and terms. Pretty clear he didn't want him. I would hope by now everyone realizes Mack saw Jerry as a threat and that's what motivated him. Not the chance to bring in not only a talented defensive coach but one with some new ideas and one from the league that kids would absolutely find pretty compelling as a recruiting tool.

 

Mack's biggest fear today is not really losing his job as much as someone like Saban comes in and starts to routinely run the table, proving what underperformers we've been to a large degree. That drives him nuts. One of the reasons I think he wants DKR's record is so he has something permanent to hold on to. My opinion of course.

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Gray might have left for the NFL regardless but Mack really $#@!ed him around with the offer and terms. Pretty clear he didn't want him. I would hope by now everyone realizes Mack saw Jerry as a threat and that's what motivated him. Not the chance to bring in not only a talented defensive coach but one with some new ideas and one from the league that kids would absolutely find pretty compelling as a recruiting tool.

 

Mack's biggest fear today is not really losing his job as much as someone like Saban comes in and starts to routinely run the table, proving what underperformers we've been to a large degree. That drives him nuts. One of the reasons I think he wants DKR's record is so he has something permanent to hold on to. My opinion of course.

 

Mack could have matched Tennessee's offer with Jerry as the D/C and Jerry clearly wanted to be back at UT. You are exactly right that Mack feared Jerry as a threat so UT fans get stuck with several more years of mediocrity.

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Not sure where the Tomlin possible candidate has come from, but common sense would tell you he would have zero interest. His last collegiate coaching job was with University of Cincinnati as DB coach, but quickly jumped to join the Tampa Bay staff in 2001. I don't think a HC in the NFL who has reached the mountain top in the NFL and has had no head coaching experience at the collegiate level (or interest in that position) should be considered a realistic candidate.

 

I don't get all the love for Tomlin, usually the guys that criticize Gruden...want Tomlin. Mystification at it's finest

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