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Would Tennessee job interest Lovie Smith?
<ABBR class=published title=2010-01-14T08:50:27-06:00>January 14, 2010 8:50 AM</ABBR> | 20 Comments
Staff report
In 2008, the Tribune reported that Tennessee reached out to Bears coach Lovie Smith to gauge his interest in becoming the coach at the school where he worked under Phillip Fulmer in 1993 and '94. Smith declined, but now the Volunteers' job is open again with the exit of Lane Kiffin to USC.
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk opines today that both sides should revisit the option.
"Frankly, it might be in everyone's best interests for Smith to pursue the opportunity, unless he has no interest in leading a college program," Florio writes. "The Bears undoubtedly would have cleaned house at Halas Hall but for the buyout obligations to Smith and G.M. Jerry Angelo. With Smith's ability to stick around for 2011 riding on the performance of quarterback Jay Cutler and mounting uncertainty regarding a work stoppage after next season, heading to Knoxville makes plenty of sense, especially if his compensation from the Volunteers would be enhanced by a partial buyout from the Bears."
Would Tennessee job interest Lovie Smith?
<ABBR class=published title=2010-01-14T08:50:27-06:00>January 14, 2010 8:50 AM</ABBR> | 20 Comments
In 2008, the Tribune reported that Tennessee reached out to Bears coach Lovie Smith to gauge his interest in becoming the coach at the school where he worked under Phillip Fulmer in 1993 and '94. Smith declined, but now the Volunteers' job is open again with the exit of Lane Kiffin to USC.
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk opines today that both sides should revisit the option.
"Frankly, it might be in everyone's best interests for Smith to pursue the opportunity, unless he has no interest in leading a college program," Florio writes. "The Bears undoubtedly would have cleaned house at Halas Hall but for the buyout obligations to Smith and G.M. Jerry Angelo. With Smith's ability to stick around for 2011 riding on the performance of quarterback Jay Cutler and mounting uncertainty regarding a work stoppage after next season, heading to Knoxville makes plenty of sense, especially if his compensation from the Volunteers would be enhanced by a partial buyout from the Bears."
