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Gentlemen, here is the link (Peyton Manning talks about future, possibility of being QB coach at Tennessee - DanPatrick.com) to the interview that, to the best of my knowledge, originally started this conversation. Therein, Peyton categorically eliminated consideration of a head coaching position and didnt even reference the offensive coordinators role. Dan Patrick specifically asked, Well, what if Tennessee calls and says we need a quarterback coach? I mean you cant turn down your alma mater. Peyton offered the following response, Quarterbacks coach I would do at Tennessee. Head coach absolutely not. For whatever reason people in Tennessee like me right now. You become head coach 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."
If you take the context and tone of that interview into consideration, however, there definitely was a lot of joking, so it's difficult to know just how seriously one should take Peyton's remarks. (Listen, for example, to the segment where Peyton enumerates all of the NFL quarterbacks that he would defeat in a 40-yard dash.) Of this we can be certain, however. Peyton truly loves the University of Tennessee and its football program. He 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 NFL aspirations, particularly pro-style ones, would be foolish not to give Tennessee serious consideration.
Although he very well may not choose to pursue this path, it also must be admitted that Peyton has a very strong sense of historical legacy. It could be argued hypothetically that his legacy at the University of Tennessee is NOT finished and that he could enhance it by something very dear to our collective hearts: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. Just as there was a massive, trickle-down effect in recruiting during Peyton's playing career at Tennessee, there would be a massive, trickle-down benefit from having Peyton on staff as quarterbacks coach: (1) recruitment at the quarterback position; (2) across-the-board recruiting windfall as a result of regularly having elite quarterbacks on our roster; (3) state-of-the-art instruction in playing the quarterback position; (4) Ph.D.-level "seminars" for our quarterbacks in the art of dissecting defenses.
As much energy and time as Butch Jones puts into recruiting already, he is quite capable of seeing the big-picture ramifications of having Peyton on staff. Whatever the size of Butch's ego may be, Peyton's strategic value to the pursuit of NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS should supersede any considerations about interpersonal chemistry.
If you take the context and tone of that interview into consideration, however, there definitely was a lot of joking, so it's difficult to know just how seriously one should take Peyton's remarks. (Listen, for example, to the segment where Peyton enumerates all of the NFL quarterbacks that he would defeat in a 40-yard dash.) Of this we can be certain, however. Peyton truly loves the University of Tennessee and its football program. He 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 NFL aspirations, particularly pro-style ones, would be foolish not to give Tennessee serious consideration.
Although he very well may not choose to pursue this path, it also must be admitted that Peyton has a very strong sense of historical legacy. It could be argued hypothetically that his legacy at the University of Tennessee is NOT finished and that he could enhance it by something very dear to our collective hearts: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. Just as there was a massive, trickle-down effect in recruiting during Peyton's playing career at Tennessee, there would be a massive, trickle-down benefit from having Peyton on staff as quarterbacks coach: (1) recruitment at the quarterback position; (2) across-the-board recruiting windfall as a result of regularly having elite quarterbacks on our roster; (3) state-of-the-art instruction in playing the quarterback position; (4) Ph.D.-level "seminars" for our quarterbacks in the art of dissecting defenses.
As much energy and time as Butch Jones puts into recruiting already, he is quite capable of seeing the big-picture ramifications of having Peyton on staff. Whatever the size of Butch's ego may be, Peyton's strategic value to the pursuit of NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS should supersede any considerations about interpersonal chemistry.
