Vandy Selects its 29th Football Coach

[PillsburyDoughboy]

Notre Dame DC Clark Lea hired as Vanderbilt head coach

Vanderbilt has hired Notre Dame defensive coordinator Clark Lea as its new football coach, bringing back a Nashville native and former Commodores fullback to revive the program. Lea will be introduced next week at a news conference. Vanderbilt athletic director Candice Lee thanked Notre Dame's...

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[BamaProud]

I wonder what he thinks about putting girls on the football team as an overtly unnecessary show of diversity when there are plenty of current players capable of playing the position?

 

[wayne]

They fired Derek Mason to hire Derek Mason.

 

[Pic IN the Casa]

Coaching graveyard.

 

[PillsburyDoughboy]

Vandy Would not be in this mess if they would have just written James Franklin a check.

 

[Mescalero]

Vandy Would not be in this mess if they would have just written James Franklin a check.

Believe it or not, there are universities who care more about scholarship and research than football. And spend their money accordingly.

 

[PillsburyDoughboy]

Believe it or not, there are universities who care more about scholarship and research than football. And spend their money accordingly.

Clearly they wanna be a football school too or else why play? . They just don't wanna pay the price.

 

[Mescalero]

Last I looked, the SEC sponsored 14 sports.

There was a time in some of our life times that the faculty of at least some blue blood schools had to vote and approve a football team's
bowl bid.

There's a difference when one is a fan, but not an Alumni.

 

[wayne]

Believe it or not, there are universities who care more about scholarship and research than football. And spend their money accordingly.

Vandy has enough endowment money to hire Saban, build the best facilities and not effect their scholarship and research.

 

[Mescalero]

Any alumni of Alabama would lose their minds if the endowment was spent on Nick Saban's salary or to upgrade football facilities, plus a lot of endowment funds are restricted. These are still institutions of higher learning.

Alternatively, look at it like a business. What is the net profit (loss) of the Vanderbilt football program? What's the net profit of Vanderbilt Medical Center? Which program should get the larger budget allocation?

 

[BMan]

He's got imminent Heisman Trophy winner sarah fuller - probably the best job change he's ever made. If he can redshirt her, the commodes will go undefeated in 2021.

 

[BamaProud]

They should have just promoted Sarah Fuller to head coach, it is just the logical next step in her illustrious football career. I mean did you see they way she kicked those footballs?