Recruiting Forum Football Talk XXIII

[UTMVol76]

Kind of hinted that the DC spot was filled, accidentally. "Had two positions open. I mean have.."

Lol, yes!

 

[DL916]

Praises fans for travelling to the bowl game.

Been very fortunate to be in 2 New Year's bowls.

Totally committed to the pursuit of success.

Gives pool to Butch which he can spend how he wants on support system.

The industry is very competitive and salaries are market driven. Will do what needs to be done while being fiscally responsible.

"We had 2 vacancies. I mean have two vacancies. One when Elder took the job at EKU, and now the other when Butch decided to make a change"

Larry Scott filled 1 opening so I'm not sure how we have 2...

 

[Volnukem]

Larry Scott filled 1 opening so I'm not sure how we have 2...

It was a mistake that he tried to backtrack on and made another mistake.

 

[volssam]

volssam be like:

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[Aesius]

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Lol. :hi:

 

[Vols2DaWall]

Eazy, you hearing anything different about Gattis? Still coming?

 

[volssam]

Lol. :hi:

Haha. But seriously, I didn't have that one on my list.

Well done, sir.

 

[Gibbs Hall 625]

Long standing worry about things with him
Let's just say the CJJ rumors are tame.

Will post details if he leaves

Ture. Afraid the writing has been on the wall with Coach Thigpen for a while. DC change or not. He has done a lot of strange things that have cost him/us in recruiting especially in Middle Tenn. Without saying to much. Shoop will help heal some of that with his connections. 2017 MT class is very good.

Coach Thig was huge in recruiting his first two years here and a big part of our success and getting type of players that can play at a high SEC level.

 

[LSU-SIU]

How in the world does Steele get a deal like that?

Don't know. He has to give I believe $500,000 back to LSU, not sure who is paying that. Technically, he is just a co-DC as they hired a Saints assistant the other day. On paper, its worked out pretty good for LSU.

 

[Volnukem]

Talking about the grass, now. Expects the completion of the new outdoor fields to take some of the load off Neyland during the offseason.

 

[volssam]

3 years, $4M base, plus bonuses. Equal to Steele's deal at Auburn. We probably will offer to pay 50% of Shoop's buyout. His agent probably wants UT to cover it all. That could be the last piece of negotiation.

How in the world does Steele get a deal like that?

His last name is Steele and he's a defensive coordinator. Thats worth at least 500K by itself

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[Volnukem]

Hart said the expectation of returning to Tampa next year is too high.

 

[VolsnCards5]

Ture. Afraid the writing has been on the wall with Coach Thigpen for a while. DC change or not. He has done a lot of strange things that have cost him/us in recruiting especially in Middle Tenn. Without saying to much. Shoop will help heal some of that with his connections. 2017 MT class is very good.

Coach Thig was huge in recruiting his first two years here and a big part of our success and getting type of players that can play at a high SEC level.

Man, what did he do?

 

[Dooby15]

Don't know. He has to give I believe $500,000 back to LSU, not sure who is paying that. Technically, he is just a co-DC as they hired a Saints assistant the other day. On paper, its worked out pretty good for LSU.

👍🏻. I guess he caught Auburn in a desperate spot and got lucky. He just seems overrated to me. I assume LSU wasn't too impressed with him.

 

[VolsnCards5]

Hart said the expectation of returning to Tampa next year is too high.

He's right

 

[BigOrange15]

Ture. Afraid the writing has been on the wall with Coach Thigpen for a while. DC change or not. He has done a lot of strange things that have cost him/us in recruiting especially in Middle Tenn. Without saying to much. Shoop will help heal some of that with his connections. 2017 MT class is very good.

Coach Thig was huge in recruiting his first two years here and a big part of our success and getting type of players that can play at a high SEC level.

Can someone explain how the hell he went from elite, #1 recruiter in the country to bumbling idiot that screws up relationships with recruits? All people have been doing is hinting about it but it makes no sense.

 

[Dooby15]

Hart said the expectation of returning to Tampa next year is too high.

I respectively disagree. Especially the way we played against 2 playoff teams this year.

 

[volssam]

Talking about the grass, now. Expects the completion of the new outdoor fields to take some of the load off Neyland during the offseason.

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[VolsnCards5]

I respectively disagree. Especially the way we played against 2 playoff teams this year.

Respective to what?

 

[VolsnCards5]

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Are you a robot? Seriously?

 

[sigchig]

Are you a robot? Seriously?

No, he's just JOR-EL-Y good at puns :hi:

 

[seaofORANGE22]

Can someone explain how the hell he went from elite, #1 recruiter in the country to bumbling idiot that screws up relationships with recruits? All people have been doing is hinting about it but it makes no sense.

Yeah I'm going to remain skeptical about this Thigpen info until something actually concrete comes out.

All I know is he is a good recruiter and a good linebackers coach. He's had that unit playing fantastic football the last two years.

 

[VolsnCards5]

Khalil Mack named all-Pro first team at two different positions.

Crazy

 

[Lovesomebigorange]

In what context did Hart say that expectation is too high? Because I think you should be realistic but have championship aspirations each and every day. Sorry I can't listen to the show... Should be working now...

 

[TheHound]

Hart said the expectation of returning to Tampa next year is too high.

um, what? There is no expectation too high for next year. How do you even say that on the air as the AD?