Recruiting Forum Football Talk XXXVI

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Ron Swanson said:
Poster on VQ posted a couple screenshots, looks like a handful of our '18 commits (Lyn J, Gerald, Lawless, Harris, Martinez, etc) just started following Bob Stoops on twitter or he started following them? Not sure how it works on the twitter. It's happening...
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All 5 of our guys that he follows have OU offers. Someone is just wanting to get people excited.
 
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Chief Vol 13 said:
So you're saying we legit had a chance at getting Gruden and they held back because of our financial situation?
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Gruden also wants total control of the program in addition to a huge salary and contract wording that gives him an out for any NFL job and he can't be fired "for cause" if he has a major NCAA violation.

It's tough to make it work and he said himself this year it is incredibly unlikely he'd coach in college.
 
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Kingston Vol said:
Gruden also wants total control of the program in addition to a huge salary and contract wording that gives him an out for any NFL job and he can't be fired "for cause" if he has a major NCAA violation.

It's tough to make it work and he said himself this year it is incredibly unlikely he'd coach in college.
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Didn't he also want control over scheduling and to essentially only schedule marquee opponents for almost all OOC games?

I think his "interest" in the job was a farce. He may have talked it over with boosters but his demands were so absurd that it would have been impossible to hire him.
 
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Aesius said:
Didn't he also want control over scheduling and to essentially only schedule marquee opponents for almost all OOC games?

I think his "interest" in the job was a farce. He may have talked it over with boosters but his demands were so absurd that it would have been impossible to hire him.
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I think Gruden does move the bar quite a lot.

I think he also realizes that his clock is ticking and if he's going to go back, college or pro his window is closing.
 
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Ron Swanson said:
Poster on VQ posted a couple screenshots, looks like a handful of our '18 commits (Lyn J, Gerald, Lawless, Harris, Martinez, etc) just started following Bob Stoops on twitter or he started following them? Not sure how it works on the twitter. It's happening...
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Hahahha wouldn't that be something
 
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If we don't like Butches offense because he won't run the ball why on earth would we want Gundy?

His style is much less physical.
 
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BruinVol said:
If we don't like Butches offense because he won't run the ball why on earth would we want Gundy?

His style is much less physical.
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I like Butch's offense but think it would work better if he recruited super athletic QBs who can kinda throw over guys who can throw and are only moderately athletic/not athletic at all.

Ideally you get one who ticks both boxes like Dobbs, but if you can't, get the guy who can make more plays with his legs, IMO.
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
Don't want Stoops. Kelly first, Mullen second, then go from there. Unless Gruden????
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Kelly isn't a great recruiter, he also always runs everything from shotgun. First time we don't get a top 15 class and don't lineup under center on 3rd and short or goaline, VN would want him fired.
 
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Butchs offense will never be completely effective unless he has a DT QB. Dormady is not that.
 
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SouthKnoxVOL said:
Stoops is using this opportunity to recruit for Oklahoma. He's sees that the writing is on the wall for Jones.
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Most likely scenario for sure. Currie needs to be aware of this. It's going to be open season on our recruits, especially if Butch loses to UGA.
 
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I think we all kind of need to come to grips with the fact that if we do end up firing Butch, we don't have many good options. We may have to fire him anyway, but let's think about some of the names mentioned here:

Jon Gruden - Never happening.

Chip Kelly - Apparently doesn't like the idea of being in the south, is a walking NCAA infraction.

Bob Stoops - Stoops left OU on top for the sake of his health. He's never coming here.

Dan Mullen - Great coach, but also a walking NCAA infraction.

Mike Gundy - Played us once before already and his teams are usually defensively atrocious. Gimmicky offense well-suited to the Big 12, unclear it would translate here.

Justin Fuente - Apparently not much of a recruiter. Recruiting is a must at Tennessee.

Mike Norvell - Second year at Memphis with a team largely built by Fuente. Not nearly enough data.

Scott Frost - In second year at UCF, sitting at 7-7.

Chad Morris - Worse record than Dooley had when we hired him.

Mike MacIntyre - Just had a fresh scandal at CU. Last year was a great coaching job, but not enough data to know if it was a flash in the pan.

Our best bet might be to take a coordinator like Venables, but he's never been a head coach and I wonder why that is.
 
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