UT close to deal with Jeff Brohm

[JMSqb11]

I would not be surprised if Brohm turns out to be as good or better than all those guys. He will compete with them and win our share, I think. He is an acceptable hire, imho. If the suits close the deal, I'll welcome Coach Brohm to Tennessee.

While I think there is room for him to compete, I dont see him being better than Mullen with Florida's ability to pull talent, Smart and the Georgia beast he's building, and Muschamp, who is building a solid team right now.

All three of those guys can recruit nationally at their jobs. I guarantee you that with Brohm, there is going to be the 2-3 year "wait period" like we gave Butch. Butch and company always said 2016 was going to be the year after he was hired in 2012. I think that same kind of sentiment is going to be the case with Brohm. Wait 2-3 years until we go toe to toe with everyone.

 

[butchna]

Why would you have had to look him up. He was with us from like 1980 - 2008 as either position coach all the way to HC.

 

[EricFreakingBerry]

Defense wins titles in the SEC.

In case we've missed class the last fee weeks, something has recently "clicked" for Steele. He is now the best DC out there.

If I'm wrong, we'll see it this weekend.

Purdue ranked 19th in the country in PPG allowed.
We finished 84th.

I'm not saying that will equate to SEC talent, but who would you have taken to beat Purdue from the SEC East now that you have this year as evidence?

Georgia? South Carolina maybe?

I think Purdue would've beaten everyone else in the division. Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Vandy, and they DID beat Missouri.

 

[jakez4ut]

Not an awful hire if I’m being honest, but I’m genuinely upset Tennessee let Currie pull this.

this is where we get to live. and he's really not an awful hire....assuming he takes it.

 

[maotai]

UT close to deal with Jeff Brohm

You can't spell Brohm without without ...HM? Oh Well.

Get ready to type that for 5 more years.

 

[carpbc]

If this is the best Currie can do... he has to go, and the sooner the better!

 

[MrVol]

Not impressed. 3 yrs at WKU and last 2 went well. 1st year at a Big Boy school and he is .500% with someone else's talent. Looks like a Dooley 2.0 to me! We deserve better...

Only 1 year experience at a P5 program. His 6-6 record does remind me of Dooley. WKU record is good but not the SEC. Kiffin was a much better choice. At least we finally got a coach. It’s been a cluster ****!

 

[JMSqb11]

According to Purdue and a recruits Twitter he's on the recruiting trail right now. I think our guys are lying.

Smokescreen for Kiffin.

 

[Dallasbowlin]

According to Purdue and a recruits Twitter he's on the recruiting trail right now. I think our guys are lying.

Yup. Either a smoke screen for a better hire, or a worse one. More than likely worse.

 

[jakez4ut]

Don't be suprised if he turns us down too.

nothing should surprise us at this point.

 

[LSU-SIU]

In case we've missed class the last fee weeks, something has recently "clicked" for Steele. He is now the best DC out there.

Most LSU fans were glad he left, he didn't do a horrible job but there are better ones out there. imo He has done well at Auburn, but they have a ton of experience as well.

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

Only 1 year experience at a P5 program. His 6-6 record does remind me of Dooley. WKU record is good but not the SEC. Kiffin was a much better choice. At least we finally got a coach. It’s been a cluster ****!

Easy killer..... this is nowhere close to being done

 

[NeverWe'llSever]

He won more SEC games than we did this season

And? Who cares. Mosquito d*ck hire.

 

[NickZ4UT]

we're an easy target right now.

not sure where or how hyams is getting his info, you'd have to think it's at least someone he trusts.

purdue obviously wants to keep him.

if you thought we were overpaying for gundy....i can only imagine what we'll offer brohm at this point.

so we'll see. the information out there is so sketchy, i wouldn't get my hopes up until i saw someone standing at a press conference.

if this falls thru though, there's zero chance i go anywhere else except to Les Miles, if he's still interested at all at this point.

Whoever we hire we are going to overpay, there's no avoiding that at this point. So yeah a young up and comer coach who wants to cash in and maybe do something at a place like UT would be eagerly waiting by the phone.

 

[tvolsfan]

Yup. Either a smoke screen for a better hire, or a worse one. More than likely worse.

Oh my god, if Currie uses this as a smokescreen to make some bull**** hire, Tennessee better revolt once again.

 

[Jnunn]

Only 1 year experience at a P5 program. His 6-6 record does remind me of Dooley. WKU record is good but not the SEC. Kiffin was a much better choice. At least we finally got a coach. It’s been a cluster ****!

His 6-6 record has literally nothing in common with Dooley's record. He took a moribund 3-9 Purdue program and instantly improved them by 3 wins and took them to a bowl.

 

[Wes.]

Yup. Either a smoke screen for a better hire, or a worse one. More than likely worse.

Who would be the better hire at this point?

 

[jakez4ut]

Agreed, everyone seems to think we need a big sexy hire but the prospect of that happening was blown to hell by the whole Schiano debacle. Brohm would be an excellent place to land after all of this.

a hire with any of the following adjectives is an utter impossibility at this point:
home run
sexy
big name
grand slam
splash

 

[tvolsfan]

nothing should surprise us at this point.

I think he’ll take the job. That said, if he wants to be at Louisville, it probably won’t be more than a year or so before it’s open, if that.

 

[EastTNVol6240]

I agree he's probably close to the best we can do right now, but he is in no way a "home run".

A home run is a home run no matter the state of the program. If he wasn't a home run a week ago, he's not a home run today. The definition doesn't change just because our expectations are lowered.

Kiffin would have been a home run
Gundy would have been a home run
Petersen would have been a home run

Brohm is not a home run

I guess you didn’t see the words “right now” after home run. Gundy or Petersen would have been great. Kiffin is in no way a home run, especially due to the fact that many of our fans would protest bringing him back. Our current situation, which is grim, has clouded people’s judgement into thinking Kiffin is the equivalent of a Saban. Brohm is highly regarded by the people and players he has been involved with. He took a Purdue team that won 6-7 games in 3-4 years to being a bowl eligible team in 1 season. If that doesn’t impress you, then you don’t have a very tight grasp on CF

 

[glhal2814]

At what point do we realize smokescreen's would require a level of planning, execution and competence no one in the Administration possesses?

 

[ShowMeVol]

To be fair Purdue only had 2 wins in 2016.

He also beat Vandy a couple of times while WKU.

Something Butch struggled to do at UT.

And Purdue was on the better side of a Mizzou ass whipping this year

 

[508mikey]

Great, see ya'll in another 4-5 years during the next search.

more like 3

 

[jakez4ut]

I think he’ll take the job. That said, if he wants to be at Louisville, it probably won’t be more than a year or so before it’s open, if that.

yeah, that'd be my main concern with Brohm. other than that, it's as solid as solid can get for us at this point.

 

[weirdfishes]

Jimmy Hyams says we hired him