Recruiting Forum Football Talk XLII

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If that's our worst coach on the list our standards have risen. 2012, Butch was like fourth or fifth down on a list that included Charlie Strong as a top candidate.

Glad we're finally taking football seriously, off the field at least.

Well the rumors are taking football seriously haha. Let's see who we end up with.
 
To me this process is clear and concise:

Did Gruden turn you down? If yes,

Did Patterson turn you down? If yes,

Did Mullen turn you down? If yes,

Did Taggart turn you down? Make it work.
Well put, this search really shouldn’t last long.
 
Good points. I also had forgotten that he’s lost his two top QBs. I think very highly of Norvell though. His wins over Houston last year and UCLA this year impressed me. Good recruiter and has a great offense. Get him a good DC and I think he could win a lot of games here.

Durkin has Walt Bell as OC in of the top young OCs in country so you get OC and D.C. There vs an OC hoping he hires a D.C. So that's durkin over Norvell for me wth that and his SEC/Michigan experience. I don't want either but if I'm picking one of those two it's Durkin
 
No one -- not Phillip Fulmer, not Lane Kiffin, not Derek Dooley -- did more to kill Tennessee football than Mike Hamilton. The depths of his incompetence are truly stunning.

That he passed on *Gary Patterson* for Lane Kiffin is just preposterous. The entirety of our last ten years would be completely different were it not for Hambone.

Easy to say now. I don't know many people who weren't excited about Kiffin st the time.
 
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To me this process is clear and concise:

Did Gruden turn you down? If yes,

Did Patterson turn you down? If yes,

Did Mullen turn you down? If yes,

Did Taggart turn you down? Make it work.

Add Frost to the list and your pretty much on it. I don't think TAggart would turn down TN/Florida/FSU if any of those 3 ever came calling.
 
Had my first dream last night about UT football that didn't involve myself. We hired Bret Bielema.

Thankfully it was just a dream
 
Just one more piece of evidence that Mike Hamilton was the worst AD in history.

At this point, I can't argue with that. Granted, it was before Patterson went to his first big bowl games, but whatever Hamilton touched turned bad. As an AD, you have to have some foresight and trust the information you get.
 
At this point, I can't argue with that. Granted, it was before Patterson went to his first big bowl games, but whatever Hamilton touched turned bad. As an AD, you have to have some foresight and trust the information you get.

Did Hamilton hire Bruce? I know it ended badly but it was fun while it lasted
 
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UT has always had a thrifty mentality. Three decades of homegrown bleed-orange football coaches reinforced the belief that UT could get the same results for less. The university is being dragged kicking and screaming into the brave new world where you have to spend more to get more. They'll spend more this time... they'll have to in order to secure donations for that pricey reno. Tit for tat.

I am not that old (late 30's), but to be honest, UT had 2 coaches for a quarter century. So, they never really had to make hires because Phil took over for Majors. So, there was never really a "thrifty" mentality.

The came Mike Hamilton, who ended up making 2 really bad hires. I can't blame him a whole lot for Kiffin because it was hard to see that USC would come open. But in hindsight, it was bad.

In reality, it's only been the last 10 years that's been bad.
 
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Glock G19 9mm.

Nothing too fancy. Small enough for concealed carry. Dependable enough to do what it is supposed to do if/when I ever need it.
 
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Count me among those who think Florida has an agreement with Frost.

I’m very ok with that. UCF has had very successful seasons before frost. So him winning there isn’t some miracle worker to me. Would much rather them get frost over say Chip, Stoops, or even someone like Kyle wittingham.
 
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Someone convince me on Taggart over Mullen. I know he's a good recruiter and had a good season with USF last year. What puts him in the top 3?
 
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Durkin has Walt Bell as OC in of the top young OCs in country so you get OC and D.C. There vs an OC hoping he hires a D.C. So that's durkin over Norvell for me wth that and his SEC/Michigan experience. I don't want either but if I'm picking one of those two it's Durkin
Didn’t know that about his OC. Suppose that would make the hire a little better but i agree that neither one is appealing
 
My thing is:

If we are willing to offer over $10 million (allegedly) for a guy to come coach, while giving him total control and giving him a ridiculous budget to hire his staff ... and he's STILL mulling it over, he can kick rocks. That's an automatic acceptance from almost anyone else in the country.
 
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