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5-at-10: Coaching search command center 2.0

OK, we’re still holed up, waiting for closure to the strangest coaching search in recent memory. We’ve re-stocked on staples and canned goods – we had to switch from the hot sauce and vienna sausages, which can have sour effects on a stomach if taken in mass; think Blazing Saddles and Mr. Taggart – and are ready for the next round of the coaching craziness.

Remember Friday’s mailbag and from the “Talks too much” studio that has moved inside the coach search command center, let’s be Strong today…

What now Johnny Vols Fans?

OK, on a day when the lure of the UT job and coaching on a prime-time stage in the nation’s best conference, wasn’t enough to lure a successful football coach from a basketball school, what are we to think?

Is this job too tough?