Recruiting Forum Football Talk XLVII

[Z06VolinWV]

Probably a shot at Tennessee

Said not only am I here to win championships, build a championship program, but to developse young men, to be blah blah, champions of life, blah blah...

Keeps using "relentless effort..."

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Who said that?

Brice.

 

[BigZiti09]

Dan Mullen just used "champions of life..." in his opening statement at UF presser. Crucify him media!

Vol Twitter is where that stuff originates. Doesn’t start with national media. That stuff is entirely self inflicted. Yesterday vol twitter set it’s sights on a target outside of UT. For the past few years they have been a constant mob that the football program has fought against. Imagine combatting them on a daily basis. So annoying.

 

[Jimmy Football]

Wow:

These should be fireable offenses, by the way. Unprofessional and unbecoming of University administrators.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

Wow:

I hope they're as embarrassed as they ought to be.

 

[LaagerVol]

I don’t think we will get Brohm because I would be excited about the hire. We never hire someone I would be excited about.

 

[SeanJean]

Wow:

Insane. To hell with them. Take Tennessee back. Fire them.

 

[InVOLuntary]

The grumours should have convinced you otherwise.

Just because we/they had hope that this university might actually do something spectacular? So what if we were wrong? Did it somehow hurt you?

 

[Aesius]

This! Wtf Currie!? A freaking egomaniac with a **** record! That’s really what you thought we wanted?

It's not Currie. It's Haslam.

If Schiano demanded $7 million/year because he was coaching somewhere else and having success, they would have ponied up the cash. Jimmy Haslam was infatuated with Greg Schiano and installed a stooge of an AD in order to hire him.

The fact that Schiano is only a DC right now and could be had for a relatively low salary was just a bonus. Not the deciding factor.

 

[Vols4us]

It's sort of hilarious that every "smokescreen" or "hint" from Currie and the UT admins was the exact opposite.

I have been so happy today. To finally see these a-holes get openly revealed for the entire state to see is so gratifying. It's the same playbook all of the time. They play out the string on every issue/hiring, lie their azzes off to do what they want, cut it off when it gets rocky, let their scapegoats take the fall, then go do it all over again. Seeing that system exposed has been well worth the short term pain.

We won a big battle yesterday, but not the war. I hope the legislators along with the rest of us will keep this going at them hard. It starts with who replaces DiPietro.

 

[Catbone]

That goes beyond incompetent behavior. This is down right trolling.

 

[LaagerVol]

harbaugh has been successful every year so far. It's a little early to call his tenure a failure. It takes time.

x100

 

[Vols4us]

It's not Currie. It's Haslam.

If Schiano demanded $7 million/year because he was coaching somewhere else and having success, they would have ponied up the cash. Jimmy Haslam was infatuated with Greg Schiano and installed a stooge of an AD in order to hire him.

The fact that Schiano is only a DC right now and could be had for a relatively low salary was just a bonus. Not the deciding factor.

Straight up 100% correct. Some man love going on with Jimmy.

 

[WarMachine]

Fire John Currie!

They didn't even ask him names of anyone he liked!

 

[LaagerVol]

These should be fireable offenses, by the way. Unprofessional and unbecoming of University administrators.

You know what would be great?? Let’s TROLL our own fanbase!!!

 

[Aesius]

Straight up 100% correct. Some man love going on with Jimmy.

Why the hell couldn't Jimmy Haslam have a man crush on Jon Gruden? Or Chris Petersen. Or freakin' Dan Mullen.

Dammit.

 

[rekinhavoc]

Why the hell couldn't Jimmy Haslam have a man crush on Jon Gruden? Or Chris Petersen. Or freakin' Dan Mullen.

Dammit.

Power corrupts.

 

[scvolfan7]

That goes beyond incompetent behavior. This is down right trolling.

Gaslighting

 

[Jimmy Football]

Wow:

I actually made JOKES that Currie was doing this with the planes. To find out that was actually true is astonishing.

#FahrThemFahrThemAll

 

[volssam]

Dan Mullen just used "champions of life..." in his opening statement at UF presser. Crucify him media!

Probably a shot at Tennessee

So, you could say.......

















......the gloves are off?

 

[New-Vols-Fan]

Why the hell couldn't Jimmy Haslam have a man crush on Jon Gruden? Or Chris Petersen. Or freakin' Dan Mullen.

Dammit.

Control.

 

[drylo]

vol twitter is where that stuff originates. Doesn’t start with national media. That stuff is entirely self inflicted. Yesterday vol twitter set it’s sights on a target outside of ut. For the past few years they have been a constant mob that the football program has fought against. Imagine combatting them on a daily basis. So annoying.

💯 💯 💯

 

[InVOLuntary]

What if he was succesful?

Then that would be awesome. Tee is a high risk high reward type of hire though.

 

[LA Vol]

Patterson and Petersen said no. Frost wouldn't interview. Mullen preferred UF.

Ah, NM. Sorry to bring facts to the party. That went over so well during Grudapalooza.

 

[hotcypress]

Part of being a successful athletic department is managing expectations. How did Currie and Bev think that keeping the Gruden buzz going was going to help them in their search? No one needed smokescreens around a Schiano hire. I haven't heard a single report that we were even competing with anyone for him. Sure, he may have turned down 2 jobs last year, but this year there was no smoke for him.

Had Currie come out and ended the Gruden rumors once he knew for sure it was done, he may have been able to salvage Schiano as a coach. It's fine to do some smokescreening when you know your actual hire is going to be exciting. However, if you know your hire will be a huge blow to a fan base with high expectations, you need to be as transparent as you can be, so that we, as fans, can rationalize how we ended up with Schiano when you promised something big, explosive, and expensive. Funny, that Currie is the one that ended up with something big, explosive, and expensive without even having a coach in place right now.