Caldwell passes on Arkansas

**vol_freak** · 12-23-2007, 11:06 PM

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Caldwell passes on Arkansas
Longtime Tennessee assistant football coach Steve Caldwell gave his boss
something of an early Christmas present Sunday. With at least two
coaching vacancies to fill after the Vols face Wisconsin in the Outback
Bowl on Jan. 1, Tennessee's defensive ends coach made sure UT coach
Phillip Fulmer didn't have to add another position to his coaching
search.

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**hatvol96** · 12-23-2007, 11:09 PM

Good. Caldwell and Brooks are probably the two best coaches on that staff.

**GAVol** · 12-23-2007, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by hatvol96

Good. Caldwell and Brooks are probably the two best coaches on that staff.

I agree. Losing either of those guys would bother me more than losing Taylor, Luke or Roper.

mattvols · 12-23-2007, 11:31 PM

What position was he offered?

**vol_freak** · 12-23-2007, 11:34 PM

defensive coordinator.

ukvols · 12-23-2007, 11:41 PM

Maybe he just plain didn't want to work under Petrino.

**vol_freak** · 12-23-2007, 11:43 PM

I guess there is not way to be sure that Petrino will still be there when the season starts.

vol66 · 12-23-2007, 11:45 PM

I wonder if the way Petrino left the Falcons and his inability to stay anywhere for too long played into his decision. Not that I doubt for one second that his family had everything to do with it. Glad he chose to stay, especially since he could've doubled his salary.

**oklavol** · 12-23-2007, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by vol_freak

defensive coordinator.

Surprised me. I didn't think Caldwell had that much respect in the conference. He was also the primary special teams coach at UT a couple of years ago when UT had some bad special teams.

**oklavol** · 12-24-2007, 02:36 AM

A few more interesting notes

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UT has yet to announce raises for its assistant coaches, although Fulmer said that Caldwell will receive an increase.
Still, it won't be as big as the one Caldwell could have received at Arkansas, which paid Reggie Herring $350,000 as its defensive coordinator this season.
Caldwell, regarded as one of UT's best recruiters, earns $150,000.

**oklavol** · 12-24-2007, 02:36 AM

A few more

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Caldwell and Petrino, who resigned as the Atlanta Falcons' head coach earlier this month to take over at Arkansas, coached together at Nevada in 1994.
At Nevada, Caldwell was the co-defensive coordinator and Petrino the offensive coordinator.

sMi.Spite · 12-24-2007, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by vol_freak

defensive coordinator.

So was my information that Orgeron had become the Arky D Coordinator incorrect?

rexvol · 12-24-2007, 06:18 AM

interesting that he turned down a chance to double his salary....if you're going to cite family as the reason not to go, wouldnt family also be a viable reason to take the money? How nice is it to see a man choose stability over cash in this day and age? He would have been a very tough loss in recrutiing as well.

tim · 12-24-2007, 11:34 AM

Caldwell has worked for him before and perhaps did not like the experience.. I think turning down around 200k and a promotion says alot against Petrino or for CPF.

Fine Vol · 12-24-2007, 11:40 AM

class