The decline of the SEC has everything to do with lack of quality coaches. If you go back 10 years you have Saban, Meyer, Miles, Fulmer, Tuberville, Richt, Spurrier. That's probably the greatest collection of coaches in a conference at one time ever. Now it's Saban and the 13 dwarves, which is ironic considering Saban is about 5 feet tall. Saban has run off everyone, including Urban Meyer. The ACC and B1G have totally upgraded their coaching over the past 3-5 years with some great hires and the fact that Dabo has turned into the ultimate diamond in the rough. People are already talking Dan Mullen, Chip Kelly, etc coming to the Vols after last weekend, but I'm not one of them just yet.