Mike DeBord it is .. Azzani to move on. (unconfirmed)

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The Athletic Dept @ UT has made some of the most questionable hires ever, when it comes to Football....it just seems to never end.....
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tgardnervol4life said:
This is from another poster on TOS


Read this from another poster:

1- For the last five years this board has opined the lack of forethought that lead us to hire Derek Dooley instead of David Cutcliffe (as Wes has reported a few times, Cut turned us down because we wanted to micromanage his staff and because power players wanted a "sexier" hire, but we could have gotten him.) Instead, we got what we all wanted- a connection to the Saban tree. Then we got it again with Sal. You can add the Lane Train to the sexy hire pile. Also, Dave Clawson over better pro-style OCs because fans and boosters wanted a "west coast" offense and running QB like Florida

2. Debord is the David Cutcliffe of the Midwest. Maybe we should learn from our past. How much is he like Cut? He was the OC at Michigan from 97-99. He was undefeated and won a national championship in his first year and won two Big Ten titles during that run before he decided to parlay it into a head coaching job at CMU. (Sound familiar.) In 1997 he was the national assistant coach of the year.

3- The he comes back to Michigan (he was succeeded at CMU by Kelly and then Jones). He was on staff there but not the OC because Carr wouldn't shuffle the deck and move the OC who had replaced him. As a position coach he won another Big 10 title. Then in 06 he returns to the OC position and his first team makes it to the Rose Bowl. After Carr retires he looks just like David Cutcliffe after Phil to the Michigan faithful and so they go with the "sexy hire" instead, Rich Rod. You can find Michigan blogs that opine the fact that they hired Rich Rod instead of Debord.

4- QBs he groomed as an OC at Michigan- Tom Brady, Drew Henson, Brian Griese, and Chad Henne. All had great college careers. Every QB who started a game for him at Michigan played in the NFL. He also has a huge role in the career of Scott Lefler (now OC at V Tech). Scot Loefler was his QB coach at Michigan, then goes with him to CMU, then back to Michigan. When Debord (and Carr) leave Michigan he goes to Florida as QB coach for Meyer, then to the NFL when Urby "retires".

5- When Carr retires Debord goes to the pros. He works under Mike Holmgren (a legendary offensive coach) at Seattle, then Lovie Smith (a very good coach who has a successful track record) at Chicago. Mike Martz who was the OC for the Bears (who knows a thing or two about offense) and coaches on a team that goes to the NFC championship. He stays there until Smith gets canned in early 2013, but past the coaching hiring cycle. Overall he has coached tight ends or the o-line in 5 NFL seasons.

6- The only real problem anyone has with him is the fact that he took two seasons off- but did he really? Here are some other coaches who have taken seasons off- David Cutcliffe, Bill Snyder, Urban Meyer. He is 58, not 85. That means he is younger than Spurrier, Saban, Pinkel, and Les Miles. Roughly the same age as Miles and Richt. He isn't a dinosaur. Also, I'm not convinced he's just been hanging out at intramurals at UM. This job looks more like a way to add a football coach without counting him. Note that he was the interim in charge of the team after Hoke was dismissed (that doesn't sound like a guy who isn't involved in the program) and then he was involved in the hire of Harbaugh- that turned out OK.

All of this to say- I have no idea why we are all so upset about the possibility of adding a coach who won a Natty as an OC to this staff, has coached every position on the offensive side of the ball, and helped groom Tom Brady. What does the guy at TCU, who has never called plays in a college game or the guy who won a lot of games at freaking Marshall, got that that's better than them?

This is not a "we need a recruiter" hire. We have recruiters. We need someone who is a winner, who brings stability, and who knows offense. The fact that he has that national championship ring and all those NFL contacts doesn't hurt either. I have no idea if Butch will hire him, but if our opinions about the coaches we have wanted on the message boards over the years are any measure of success (Muschamp, Strong, Sal, to name a few), then by gosh we should be thrilled that this guy is not someone any of us want. He's just a boring dude who has won a TON of HUGE games as an OC at a program very comparable to ours including a national title.
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It's sad that rationality like that has to be imported to VN. Strong post.
 
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Weezer said:
This is not an arguement about the hire, but you are overcrediting him as the "developer" of the QBs you named. They had a QB coach that worked with them on fundamentals. They had a QB coach that studied their mechanics and made tweaks when necessary. They had a QB coach that taught them reads and progressions. DeBord is an OL guy, not a QB guy.
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Gheez, this crap is getting ridiculous....Do you know exactly what Debord did or did not do with the QBs at Michigan as an OC.

You are assuming this and you really don't know, so quit making statements unless you were there.
 
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GLDunlap said:
How is that possible when DeBord has never coached QB"s. When DeBord was the OC he was either OC/OL or OC/TE coach. Stan Parrish and Scott Loeffler were his QB coaches first and second time around.

Like I've said before if it's DeBord there will be more changes. We will be without a QB coach and with 3 news QB's we will have to have one.
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Not entirely true. He did serve as a QB coach at a small college at some point in the '80's I believe, but he is not a QB guru. His specialty is the OL.
 
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Sudden Impact said:
Gheez, this crap is getting ridiculous....Do you know exactly what Debord did or did not do with the QBs at Michigan as an OC.

You are assuming this and you really don't know, so quit making statements unless you were there.
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I guess that's why Loefler and Tom Brady keep in contact to this day. Kind of like how Peyton stays in contact with Cut.
 
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"The only real problem anyone has with him is the fact that he took two seasons off- but did he really? Here are some other coaches who have taken seasons off- David Cutcliffe, Bill Snyder, Urban Meyer. He is 58, not 85. That means he is younger than Spurrier, Saban, Pinkel, and Les Miles. Roughly the same age as Miles and Richt. He isn't a dinosaur. Also, I'm not convinced he's just been hanging out at intramurals at UM. This job looks more like a way to add a football coach without counting him. Note that he was the interim in charge of the team after Hoke was dismissed (that doesn't sound like a guy who isn't involved in the program) and then he was involved in the hire of Harbaugh- that turned out OK."

I did not realize that DeBord was put in charge after Hoke was fired. I guess I just didn't pay attention to it that much but that is curious.
 
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1. Bajakian was horrible as OC. Happy to have anyone that has big D1 experience instead.
2. Azzanni's receivers showed very little improvement this year when they were healthy. Not sure why everyone is oogling over this guy.
3. Don't surrender yet. Let's see how this plays out next season first. It might just be an improvement!!!:popcorn:
 
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Weezer said:
I guess that's why Loefler and Tom Brady keep in contact to this day. Kind of like how Peyton stays in contact with Cut.
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Yea and we can split hairs on this all day long. Will not change anything.

When it comes to these types of events, I truly think that Volnation has digressed. It gets worse every hire.

Paralysis of Analysis.
 
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fundamentals83 said:
1. Bajakian was horrible as OC. Happy to have anyone that has big D1 experience instead.
2. Azzanni's receivers showed very little improvement this year when they were healthy. Not sure why everyone is oogling over this guy.
3. Don't surrender yet. Let's see how this plays out next season first. It might just be an improvement!!!:popcorn:
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Number 2 has been on my mind all season. I often thought we were soft at WR. Baggett coming back may put a smile on some people's face.
 
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Sudden Impact said:
Yea and we can split hairs on this all day long. Will not change anything.

When it comes to these types of events, I truly think that Volnation has digressed. It gets worse every hire.

Paralysis of Analysis.
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Contrary to popular belief, some of us read what's out there on the internet instead of getting all of our info from VN. I'm not splitting hairs when I say DeBord is not a QB coach.
 
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photovol said:
The Athletic Dept @ UT has made some of the most questionable hires ever, when it comes to Football....it just seems to never end.....
Stay Tuned Vol fan's!
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Wh'y th'e hel'l d'o al'l yo'u peopl'e us'e a'n aposroph'e o'n a' plura'l ? Ther'e ar'e n'o apostophe's i'n plural's
 
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Per Brent Hubbs he is still vetting candidates and interviewing them/will be over the next 48-72 hours. The OP was/is full of crap, and while it may be DeBord, people are just guessing in order to look like an "insider" for whatever reason.
 
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landscapingvol said:
Per Brent Hubbs he is still vetting candidates and interviewing them/will be over the next 48-72 hours. The OP was/is full of crap, and while it may be DeBord, people are just guessing in order to look like an "insider" for whatever reason.
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I hope you're right but honestly I will put my money on Mueller atp. I checked his stats.
 
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So far we had Azzani, Sawyers, Jenkins and Wharton leave this weekend and DeBord hired, but nothing from UT.
 
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This was posted in the RF:

"Well, Sunday brought about more meetings on the University of Tennessee campus featuring Butch Jones, Mike DeBord and other members of the Vols' football program and athletics department.

DeBord left Rocky Top between 1-2 Sunday afternoon.

While DeBord, we are told by folks on campus, left a very positive impression this weekend, as we noted late Saturday night Jones has continued vetting candidates.

In fact, Jones will be flying out to both recruit and conduct additional interviews in airports and other settings along the recruiting trail throughout the next 48-72 hours.

Mike Norvell is a name we've heard consistently and reported since Friday; but Norvell has a $900,000 annual salary per a USA Today report. Sources indicated to us that Norvell has indicated any discussions about a position would need to initiate with a seven-figure salary.

More names we picked up today include Mike Canada, the N.C. State offensive coordinator who just finished his second season with the Wolfpack.

Noel Mazzone, who has ties in the SEC after runs at Auburn, Ole Miss and in the ACC at N.C. State, is the offensive coordinator presently at UCLA but as noted above, has strong ties in the South and is on the list of candidates Jones and his inner circle are vetting.

Typically in these situations, a head coach will bring in his agent --- in this case, Jones is represented by Trace Armstrong --- to help facilitate conversations with potential candidates beyond just the initial texts and phone calls.

South Carolina's G.A. Mangus is a name that we've previously reported and one that has consistently surfaced across the course of the weekend.

North Carolina's Gunter Brewer is another candidate the Vols are exploring and could meet with in the next 48 hours.

Additionally, sources told us that Jones has spoken/will speak with 1-3 NFL assistant coaches.

Other names who have been confirmed by VolQuest.com to have been definitely vetted by Jones & his inner circle include Billy Napier, Josh Heupel and Seth Luttrell.

DeBord met with all of the Vols' quarterbacks, and then had an additional film session with Joshua Dobbs, who brought with him Marquez North. DeBord met with additional support staff.

Several NFL coaches and personnel people, as well as Urban Meyer among others, have reportedly reached out to Jones on DeBord's behalf.

Fit and continuity continue to be top-tier priorities for Jones in the OC search; he's very mindful of returning 10 starters and wanting to be able to utilize same terminology, system and more. DeBord has previous ties with Willie Martinez, Mark Elder, John Jancek, Don Mahoney and Steve Stripling.

While Zach Azzanni continues to be a name consistently mentioned on the short list of head coaching candidates at his alma mater, Central Michigan, where John Jancek also could be a candidate. If Jones can retain Azzanni, it would not be unexpected to see Azzanni elevated to something along the lines of passing game coordinator while Robert Gillespie could be in line to gain a promotion to recruiting coordinator."


-John Brice
 
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