Recruiting Forum Football Talk XXXI

[Aesius]

Weinke seems like he would be an absolute home run hire. He ran IMG Academy for 5 years (!), was a hugely successful college quarterback, and played in the pros. Also has NFL coaching experience.

 

[VolsnCards5]

First off, why hire a QB coach before an oc, let the new oc bring in o e of his own guys for a change. Second, the leadership.at ut still sucks. What the hell.is going on up there, why the hell.do they make things so damn hard. An ad is a pretty damn I.portant position to leave vacant for 5 months....And why the hell.do they need to hire a search firm.to make calls, another way to waste money. Tennessee leadership is an embarrassment

Y'all have got to realize that this is Butch's offense. Right or wrong, he's going to make the hires that he feels will get his offense as good as it can possibly be.

 

[OddFuture]

Weinke seems like he would be an absolute home run hire. He ran IMG Academy for 5 years (!), was a hugely successful college quarterback, and played in the pros. Also has NFL coaching experience.

Would absolutely be the best hire Jones could make and has made in his tenure at UT. And I really liked the Scott hire (at TE coach)

 

[SSVol]

SSVol bringing the truth, per usual.

Man people love a good freak out.

How's it going counselor? Been on the links lately?

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

UT will regret the Beverly Davenport hire. Very much and very soon.

I already hate her

 

[Glitch]

We'll chalk this up as Obama trying to ruin Volnation in his last month in office

 

[VolsnCards5]

I already hate her

Have you met her?

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

LA Vol is clearly connected to someone in UT admin, so him saying it gives me reason enough to believe.

There is clearly a monumental power struggle going on between the asshat nerds, and people who actually care about being champions in athletics...and we are the losers. Sounds like the nerds are gonna win to me.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Have you met her?

No..of course not. I was kidding.

 

[Maxwell]

I already hate her

I do not understand why she would want to come in here and tick off most of the fan base in her first few weeks on the job. Maybe her national search comes up with someone that most of us thinks is a home run hire. I do not want anyone that is an alum of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, or Vandy. If it is not Blackburn then at least stay away from people associated with those programs.

 

[butchna]

Sounds like Terry didn't get a fair shake

Sounds like we don't know anything.

 

[SSVol]

Sounds like we don't know anything.

That was a pun.

 

[Jimmy Football]

I do not understand why she would want to come in here and tick off most of the fan base in her first few weeks on the job. Maybe her national search comes up with someone that most of us thinks is a home run hire. I do not want anyone that is an alum of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, or Vandy. If it is not Blackburn then at least stay away from people associated with those programs.

Her popularity with the fan base is likely way down on her priority list.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Or possibly she is actually competent and wants to hire the best person for the job. Who might not be from Tennessee.

I've run a business for 25 years. Having empowered competent people working for me isn't a threat, it's a blessing.

It isn't nearly that simple. This is big time collegiate athletics, not widget making.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Would you let a major department of your business go without leadership for close to a year? Hart announced he was stepping down last spring/summer. He has been a lame duck ever since. If we don't hire an AD before then the whole AD will have been without effective leadership for almost a year. That is completely unacceptable in an organization the size and scope of the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

Athletic directors are overrated. Who needs em..amirite?

 

[VolsnCards5]

Ya'Il crazy if you think a person isn't gonna have a say in hiring someone that will be directly below them on the company flowchart.

 

[butchna]

I actually would be okay with CMB coming back.

Well he left...so he's great. If he comes back he'll go back to inept.

 

[AV_12]

Ya'Il crazy if you think a person isn't gonna have a say in hiring someone that will be directly below them on the company flowchart.

Agreed

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

This is my fear. I'm worried that we have let political correctness take over and are looking for that in an AD. That would mean the end of UT football competing at a high level

They want to turn UT into Vanderbilt.

 

[butchna]

That was an attempt at a pun.

fyp

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

they want to turn ut into vanderbilt.

😩

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Just curious...is the BMW plant in SC due to Clemson or USCe?

Why are you championing this total load of horsecrap being shoved down our throats? Do you really like turd sandwiches that much? Nearly everybody agrees this a monumental screwjob going on, and you are licking it all up.

 

[SpringBokVol]

Hearing Dilfer is in play.

Joking.

But maybe.

 

[Jimmy Football]

Ya'Il crazy if you think a person isn't gonna have a say in hiring someone that will be directly below them on the company flowchart.

I don't mind that she has a say; she should. My problems are(assuming what is rumored about her involvement is true) that:
a. There appears to be no urgency at a crucial juncture;
b. a qualified candidate is being overlooked based on the arbitrary characteristic that he is a Tennessee guy; and
c. Athletics won't be a priority in hiring the ATHLETICS director.

Again, this is based solely on what we're hearing from insiders, Hubbs, etc. She may make a home run hire tomorrow.

 

[BigZiti09]

@jimmyhyams Raja Jubran, vice chair of UT Board of Trustees, said UT might not hire AD until April or May. Said chancellor Beverly Davenport needs input

Isn't that great. A real estate developer is in control of when we hire an AD.

What a commitment to winning.