No matter how this turns out for Dave Doeren, whether he ends up staying at N.C. State or going to Tennessee, no one’s going to be all that happy with him.
If Doeren accepts the improved contract extension the Wolfpack has offered him, he’s still going to have to smooth feathers ruffled by his dalliance with the Volunteers after an 8-4 season that easily could have been a 10-win season.
If he goes to Tennessee, he’s diving headfirst into a burbling cauldron of bile. The toxic mob of fans there has already run off one potential coach and doesn’t appear particularly receptive to Doeren, to put it mildly, and the job ahead there appears difficult.