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Tennessee could not hire an assistant coach?
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<blockquote data-quote="gdu" data-source="post: 503484" data-attributes="member: 3675"><p>QUOTE(you_can @ Jan 15 2010, 12:02 AM) [snapback]503481[/snapback]</p><p>Vince Young going to Texas wasn't the result of great recruiting by Mack Brown. Joe McKnight going to USC from LSU's back yard while being recruited by 5 closer schools that had competed for or won national championships recently was great recruiting on Hollywood/Seattle Pete's part. Young was born to a poor family in Houston, TX and was a tremendous high school athlete. Texas was the closest school (so he could be close to his family and grandmother) with a good chance of him playing on a big stage, as he did twice in Rose Bowl Stadium. The only other options closer for his family were Houston and TAMU, neither of which gave him the big stage to showcase his talents and get a high draft pick. Let's stop crediting Mack with getting Vince to come to Austin.</p><p></p><p>Good point. All of the poor kids from Texas who wanted a big stage before Mack got there stayed home too. They never went to Miami, FSU, OU, Notre Dame, etc...</p><p></p><p>USC cheated to get McKnight. I've never heard a single allegation of Texas going that to get VY.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gdu, post: 503484, member: 3675"] QUOTE(you_can @ Jan 15 2010, 12:02 AM) [snapback]503481[/snapback] Vince Young going to Texas wasn't the result of great recruiting by Mack Brown. Joe McKnight going to USC from LSU's back yard while being recruited by 5 closer schools that had competed for or won national championships recently was great recruiting on Hollywood/Seattle Pete's part. Young was born to a poor family in Houston, TX and was a tremendous high school athlete. Texas was the closest school (so he could be close to his family and grandmother) with a good chance of him playing on a big stage, as he did twice in Rose Bowl Stadium. The only other options closer for his family were Houston and TAMU, neither of which gave him the big stage to showcase his talents and get a high draft pick. Let's stop crediting Mack with getting Vince to come to Austin. Good point. All of the poor kids from Texas who wanted a big stage before Mack got there stayed home too. They never went to Miami, FSU, OU, Notre Dame, etc... USC cheated to get McKnight. I've never heard a single allegation of Texas going that to get VY. [/QUOTE]
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