Ms.Celina would you PLEASE correct Finebaum on the Manning coaching speculation. In an interview not long ago they asked him about coaching at Tennessee, he said he didn't want to be head coach, but he would consider coaching Qb's.Thanks.
For the purposes of documentation, that comment occurred in the course of an interview with Dan Patrick (9/3/2015). For those of you interested in listening to it, here is the link:
Peyton Manning talks about future, possibility of being QB coach at Tennessee - DanPatrick.com.
There was a lot of joking in that interview, so it's difficult to know just how seriously one should take Peyton's remarks in that context. (Listen, for example, to the segment where Peyton enumerates all of the NFL quarterbacks that he would defeat in a 40-yard dash.) When asked about coaching at Tennessee, the transcribed answer provided by Peyton is as follows:
Quarterbacks coach I would do at Tennessee. Head coach absolutely not. For whatever reason people in Tennessee like me right now. You become head coaching job and cut it in half. Why are you throwing on fourth-and-1? Why did you punt there when you should have gone for it? Its like being in politics. Quarterback coach you can stay under the radar. You get your quarterbacks throwing a lot of completions, you probably could stay in good favor. Maybe if they call, thatd be something." See also
Peyton Manning says he'd consider coaching QBs at Tennessee | NFL | Sporting News.
Of this we can be certain, however. Peyton truly loves the University of Tennessee and its football program. By his own admission, he fully supports Butch Jones and, contrary to some of the contributors to this forum, KNOWS that our program is headed in the right direction. Peyton probably would never say it, but he undoubtedly realizes that he could be a tremendous asset to the long-term success of his alma mater's football program.
He says in this interview, "I enjoy teaching football and that's kind of what I feel I do at our football camp. I enjoy talking about football and teaching things I've learned as a quarterback through the years." Consequently, nobody in the country would have more fundamentally sound or better prepared quarterbacks than Tennessee. Because of this, nobody would enjoy greater success recruiting quarterbacks than Tennessee. Every high-school quarterback with serious NFL aspirations, particularly pro-style ones, would be pounding on Tennessee's door. How well Peyton could demonstrate read-option plays would be another story, however.
