Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Devo182]

Coming November 2022

Always a year late, left holding our groceries wondering where the beef is.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Last UT OC/HC who developed a Heisman QB & win a Title? I’ll hang up now.

I’m actually getting too excited about us hiring Gus who has no buyout & could pay Pruitt’s with what Auburn owes him in the next 30 days

 

[KB5252]

No AV or LA Vol drive by seems odd to me. Either something's up or they serve as someone's mouthpiece and right now their interests are better served by silence?

 

[captainfalcon777]

Last UT OC/HC who developed a Heisman QB & win a Title? I’ll hang up now.

I’m actually getting too excited about us hiring Gus who has no buyout & could pay Pruitt’s with what Auburn owes him in the next 30 days

Were you a Herman lover too? Lol what makes you think Gus could take us to the promise land here? Talk about apathy if we hire ole Gus...

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Don't have a dog in this fight, just wanted to say Stidham and Nix have been god awful at Auburn. Stidham was a beast at Baylor and ruined at Auburn.

He had 1265 passing yards at Baylor & 12 TDs in 10 games...

Auburn: 5952 passing yards 36 TDs in 2 seasons

 

["It's Time"]

Last UT OC/HC who developed a Heisman QB & win a Title? I’ll hang up now.

I’m actually getting too excited about us hiring Gus who has no buyout & could pay Pruitt’s with what Auburn owes him in the next 30 days

What Auburn did was the luckiest thing to happen to UT in a LONG time, from a football stand point.

We’re in the cat bird seat now. Freeze probably isn’t getting Auburn, Gus probably will be out of a job next year. Even if we wait, we’re good.

 

[BigSteve09]

No AV or LA Vol drive by seems odd to me. Either something's up or they serve as someone's mouthpiece and right now their interests are better served by silence?

It's because there's nothing to talk about. The program is pretty much stalled at this point. No momentum with recruits we don't have. No good news with recruits we do have. No coaching change on the horizon so no nervous energy going on behind the scenes. Just a program stuck in the mud right now with no traction, not sliding anywhere but not moving either

 

[MoCo_Vol]

What Auburn did was the luckiest thing to happen to UT in a LONG time, from a football stand point.

We’re in the cat bird seat now. Freeze probably isn’t getting Auburn, Gus probably will be out of a job next year. Even if we wait, we’re good.

Yeah, Fulmer being patient could look really good if the next hire turns things around.

 

[Helton1]

Call Matt Campbell and offer him 2M more per year than he's getting now. Or Fleck.

I would happily take Freeze but we really do need a program builder. All this hire the guy that can recruit and turn the program around overnight is so far fetched. Get a guy that can put the foundation in. We have more in common with Vandy in the last 10 years than we do with Bama. We need a coach that sees it as a true build.

You mean like Pruitt?

 

[jakez4ut]

I’d say you haven’t got any proof.

Cam Newton, Nick Marshall, Jarrett Stidham & Bo Nix have all been good/great SEC QBs

2 in the NFL one a converted DB with a better season than any QB at UT since Dobbs’ last season.

Eh. That's an opinion.

I've just never been enamored with his as a QB savant. Cam is an outlier. Stidahmi thought never reached his potential.

And Bo is very inconsistent. Marshall was the best one he's had imo, for his offense specifically.

 

[Devo182]

He had 1265 passing yards at Baylor & 12 TDs in 10 games...

Auburn: 5952 passing yards 36 TDs in 2 seasons

Yes as a true freshman he had 12 TDs...in 109 attempts. That's a TD every 9 passes lol. 199 QBR.

In his 3rd year he was at Auburn and had a 151 qbr.

In Y4 at Auburn he posted a whopper 137 qbr, including that stinker vs us. Slid all the way to the 4th rd. He undeniably got worse under Malzahn.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Gus
Freeze
Campbell
Briles
Richt (if healthy)
Miles (Did I stutter?)

Napier or Chadwell

*Gus has no buyout, SEC head coaching experience, success in the toughest division in the NCAA, he's a good recruiter, no major scandals, and he's beat Saban. I don't see a downside to him coaching at TN.

 

[SD189]

We could always make a run at the greatest coach/GM of all time. Regardless of sport, took a group of legit losers to a championship and grouped some of those chumps with some real players all the way to the Junior Olympic championship.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Has Pruitt been fired yet?

Nope, gotta make sure all the good candidates are gone and we are left with a mcgoogle first.

 

[Smokeytom]

Call Matt Campbell and offer him 2M more per year than he's getting now. Or Fleck.

I would happily take Freeze but we really do need a program builder. All this hire the guy that can recruit and turn the program around overnight is so far fetched. Get a guy that can put the foundation in. We have more in common with Vandy in the last 10 years than we do with Bama. We need a coach that sees it as a true build.

We are nowhere near rebuild mode right now. Tons of young talent on both sides of the ball. Offense especially. Lots of unknowns on defense but still a lot of freshman and sophomore talent.

 

[engineerVOL]

Gus
Freeze
Campbell
Briles
Richt (if healthy)
Miles (Did I stutter?)

Napier or Chadwell

*Gus has no buyout, SEC head coaching experience, success in the toughest division in the NCAA, he's a good recruiter, no major scandals, and he's beat Saban. I don't see a downside to him coaching at TN.

Gus is a better Freeze. Hire him tomorrow.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Gus is a better Freeze. Hire him tomorrow.

It makes too much sense to do it.

He'd have us competitive with georgia and florida next season. The cupboard is stocked

 

[BearCat204]

Gus is a better Freeze. Hire him tomorrow.

Gus won’t take another job for a long while.

 

[BigSteve09]

You mean like Pruitt?

Pruitt had not demonstrated an ability to be a program builder

 

[BigSteve09]

We are nowhere near rebuild mode right now. Tons of young talent on both sides of the ball. Offense especially. Lots of unknowns on defense but still a lot of freshman and sophomore talent.

As a program we are a build, not a rebuild.

 

[Devo182]

We are nowhere near rebuild mode right now. Tons of young talent on both sides of the ball. Offense especially. Lots of unknowns on defense but still a lot of freshman and sophomore talent.

I hope so, but we said similar in 2017/2018. I'm losing faith when I see a badly losing team and we proclaim the team has talent. We need someone that can develop this team ASAP or else they will go the way of the 2015 and 2016 talent...wasted.

If we let this charade go on another 12 months we'll land a 2017/2018 type class and officially dive into full rebuild afterward.

 

[Dooby15]

Gus won’t take another job for a long while.

Yeah I bet we see Gus sitting next to Chizik on SEC network next season.

 

[engineerVOL]

Gus won’t take another job for a long while.

I think you’re probably right.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

With the NCAA sniffing around Bruce and the B ball program. Im wondering if Gus wasn't fired to get ahead of things, if ya know what I mean

 

[BearCat204]

I hope so, but we said similar in 2017/2018. I'm losing faith when I see a badly losing team and we proclaim the team has talent. We need someone that can develop this team ASAP or else they will go the way of the 2015 and 2016 talent...wasted.

If we let this charade go on another 12 months we'll land a 2017/2018 type class and officially dive into full rebuild afterward.

We either have talent and have for the last few years, or we have a unique ability to only get players who have been severely overrated by the experts.