Status of Coach Willie Martinez

[LWSVOL]

Stop the worry..

He has signed a new contract. Announcement to be made in the coming weeks. Likely waiting on the rest of the staff to finalize deals.

For all of those still wondering about Willie.

 

[volfanhill]

Stop the worry..

He has signed a new contract. Announcement to be made in the coming weeks. Likely waiting on the rest of the staff to finalize deals.

For all of those still wondering about Willie.

The worry is him staying not going. Not speaking for myself.

 

[LWSVOL]

The worry is him staying not going. Not speaking for myself.

then those will just have to continue to worry. I was thinking a lot of people still thought he was gone come first of the month. Was mostly letting them know he has signed.

 

[madbamahater]

I will be a son of a bitch

 

[onevol74]

I will be a son of a bitch

Looks like you flunked out of Sunday School.

 

[DarkVolder]

Of course he’s coming back. Heup won’t fire his buddies

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

A big red flag has just went up regarding Heupel. This is not good. Especially when Bamas DB coach may be on the market soon.

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

Heup won’t fire his buddies. I won’t be shocked when decisions like this cost him his job one day. Martinez has been a massive failure and Heupel refuses to move on from him. Major major red flag

 

[SockeyeVol]

A big red flag has just went up regarding Heupel. This is not good. Especially when Bamas DB coach may be on the market soon.

I believe final decision on all staffing should be run past a 99-member panel of Vol Nation members to approve or reject Heupel's recommendation.

Only requirements are that no panel member can ever have played football before, and all supporting information must be hearsay. Also, we need to debate it for at least 20 pages, even if we all agree from the outset (unlikely, admittedly).

I think this will really help our program.

 

[DarkVolder]

A big red flag has just went up regarding Heupel. This is not good. Especially when Bamas DB coach may be on the market soon.

Yep. I figured he would keep Banks but surely let Wille go this is disappointing and concerning going into next season.

 

[BucksnortVol]

I will be a son of a bitch

OP was no doubt, speaking in the didactic, not literally.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

I believe final decision on all staffing should be run past a 99-member panel of Vol Nation members to approve or reject Heupel's recommendation.

Only requirements are that no panel member can ever have played football before, and all supporting information must be hearsay. Also, we need to debate it for at least 20 pages, even if we all agree from the outset (unlikely, admittedly).

I think this will really help our program.

So in your opinion fans shouldn’t have opinions. Got it. We all have to like every move our head coach makes without question right?

 

[DaddyChad]

Yep. I figured he would keep Banks but surely let Wille go this is disappointing and concerning going into next season.

Not really. Martinez is a great recruiter. All of the staff was given time to get some players in place. Obviously you think we had top tier talent already though.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Yep. I figured he would keep Banks but surely let Wille go this is disappointing and concerning going into next season.

I am sure there will people that say well players love him. Who cares? The guy sucks as a CB coach. I doubt even Vandy would hire him.

 

[Vols1891]

Heup won’t fire his buddies. I won’t be shocked when decisions like this cost him his job one day. Martinez has been a massive failure and Heupel refuses to move on from him. Major major red flag

Heupel seems to have this in common with Vrabel.

 

[Voltopia]

I have no idea if this is good news or bad news but Tennessee's pass defense was in the bottom ten of the FBS rankings in 2021 and 2022. Got better in 2023, but again, who knows if that's a trend or a blip. I hope it's a trend, and that lack of talent is the reason for those first two years of abject failure defending the pass. Guess we'll find out.

 

[AstonRoyal]

Stop the worry..

He has signed a new contract. Announcement to be made in the coming weeks. Likely waiting on the rest of the staff to finalize deals.

For all of those still wondering about Willie.

Mother f…

 

[norrislakevol]

I've never been real impressed with Willie, except for his recruiting ability...he does do pretty well there. Since he's still going to be hanging around I guess, it will be interesting to see what he can do with the better talent that he's going to have this upcoming year. He hasn't had much to work with to be fair. Hopefully this isn't another year of me screaming "Turn around!" at the T.V. as a pass doinks off one of our corners helmets.

 

[swampfoxfan]

I will be a son of a bitch

Your mother will be so proud

 

[Prayivm3rcy]

Have to believe this came down to recruiting.

 

[Deebowbear]

Stop the worry..

He has signed a new contract. Announcement to be made in the coming weeks. Likely waiting on the rest of the staff to finalize deals.

For all of those still wondering about Willie.

Not the news I wanted to hear, means we going to suck a few more years.

 

[Deebowbear]

I am sure there will people that say well players love him. Who cares? The guy sucks as a CB coach. I doubt even Vandy would hire him.

If such a great recruiter why has our backfield look so bad since he’s been here

 

[Deebowbear]

Heup won’t fire his buddies. I won’t be shocked when decisions like this cost him his job one day. Martinez has been a massive failure and Heupel refuses to move on from him. Major major red flag

I’ve said this before

 

[JacketVol]

VN: We need more recruiters on staff.

Also VN: We need to fire one of the best recruiters in staff.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

A big red flag has just went up regarding Heupel. This is not good. Especially when Bamas DB coach may be on the market soon.

You know Bama's DBs were not that good. Their front 7 was good. Yall just say stuff, and it's stupid.