One of the most telling things about Vanderbilt Athletic Director Malcolm Turner’s decision to retain head football coach Derek Mason for the 2020 season was the reaction from other fan bases in the SEC, perhaps exemplified by this tweet from Roll Bama Roll:
That is as full-throated a defense of a program as you will see.
Turner seems to be on board with Mason’s tough truths and know-thyself approach: Vandy isn’t a yearly bowl team and likely won’t be; take the bad years with the good ones. https://t.co/iAedu6CEFC— Roll ‘Bama Roll (@rollbamaroll) November 19, 2019And from the outsider’s perspective, it’s true.