Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Volfanatic_20]

I don't know that Marrone would be a candidate here or that he would have interest in going back to college. Had they not gotten a deal done with Butch. Marrone would have been the coach here. Fulmer certainly believes in Marrone. I think Fulmer called him three years ago but Marrone was employed and wasn't interested.

-Hubbs

 

[Volfanatic_20]

Nieds focal point?

His name has been most talked about in the rumor mill and he was mentioned in the original Trey Wallace story.

-Hubbs

 

[tn88volfan]

I have never seen so much incompetence in my entire life.

 

[engineerVOL]

...No one in Gainesville knew they were doing an investigation or that outside counsel was involved.

-Hubbs

Thanks Trey!

 

[Volfanatic_20]

Pruitt spinning narrative to save face?

Nope. Have spoke to him several times and honestly he has never pushed that narrative one time. Honestly doesn’t bring stuff up unless I bring it up to him. He has been working and knows he is “dangling in the win” as Hubbs would say.

-AP

 

[MrVolton]

-Hubbs

Wow. Marrone >>>> Jones.

 

[butchna]

-AP

Not always intentional.

 

[KnoxLandcruiser]

I had high hopes for Fulmer as AD... a true ”football guy” running the show...damn what a cluster. We are adrift in the abyss of incompetent leadership. God bless Coach Barnes. I imagine he just avoids interacting with the rest of the athletic department.

 

[KB5252]

I have zero faith in anyone, at any level at the UT program knows what to do or how to do it. It really feels like this is going to be another shart show and embarrassment to this one proud program.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Ironically enough I saw him on his TN recruiting visit when we were eating at Calhouns.

 

[OrangenSC]

I was there. Will never forget being the first BCS champions.

I was there too. Great times.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

-AP

That’s a weird take on Gus...I mean even Dooley could recruit here, and of the names mentioned it seems like Gus is most likely to pull an “all star” staff.

I do agree Herman is the best first call.

 

[tn88volfan]

I was there. Will never forget being the first BCS champions.

I still have a bag of tostitos fiesta bowl UT chips. They look exactly the same. scary.

 

[Ten_Titans]

That’s a weird take on Gus...I mean even Dooley could recruit here, and of the names mentioned it seems like Gus is most likely to pull an “all star” staff.

I do agree Herman is the best first call.

Kevin Steele's entire defensive staff has black listed him. None of his Auburn defensive assistants would ever work with him again, and those were the only good assistants he had.

 

[HankHill]

That’s a weird take on Gus...I mean even Dooley could recruit here, and of the names mentioned it seems like Gus is most likely to pull an “all star” staff.

I do agree Herman is the best first call.

Anyone can recruit here.will Always say that

 

[ob79]

Tennessee is to FUBAR as water is to wet.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Kevin Steele's entire defensive staff has black listed him. None of his Auburn defensive assistants would ever work with him again, and those were the only good assistants he had.

Source?

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

So let me get this straight...we go from "he's definitely back" the week leading up to the A&M game...to....the investigation pops up, and "he gone" starts to be the trend...few days pass and we're discussing staff openings and if Pruitt makes a hire hes coming back....few more days and nothing has happened, sounds like the investigation isn't going to reveal anything, Fulmer wants to keep him, so "he's back"...to Texas fired their coach, we can still fire ours, hire Herman...to... recently, Doug Marrone is fired and now this investigation is going south again, Pruitt in deep doo doo, sounds like he's gone....and now tonight VQ is talking about Chaney is safe, Pruitt has talked to potential people to hire (naming specific names) and if he makes a hire this week we have our answer, all while talking about the investigation still possibly being the deciding factor in this whole thing but Fulmer still thinks Pruitt can win...and we are completely back to where we were and no one knows anything...or no one ever knew anything to begin with...

 

[Ten_Titans]

Source?

Do your own homework. Steele and his booster friends got Gus canned. That is a reported fact.

The fallout afterwards is common sense as much as it is rumors. They obviously didn't exchange Christmas cards this year.

None of those defensive assistants are loyal to Gus. None of them were ever loyal to Gus. He doesn't have anything to do with defense.

 

[KB5252]

I've decided I'm going to commit to training as a competitive drinker until Tennessee football is palatable again.

 

[ob79]

So let me get this straight...we go from "he's definitely back" the week leading up to the A&M game...to....the investigation pops up, and "he gone" starts to be the trend...few days pass and we're discussing staff openings and if Pruitt makes a hire hes coming back....few more days and nothing has happened, sounds like the investigation isn't going to reveal anything, Fulmer wants to keep him, so "he's back"...to Texas fired their coach, we can still fire ours, hire Herman...to... recently, Doug Marrone is fired and now this investigation is going south again, Pruitt in deep doo doo, sounds like he's gone....and now tonight VQ is talking about Chaney is safe, Pruitt has talked to potential people to hire (naming specific names) and if he makes a hire this week we have our answer, all while talking about the investigation still possibly being the deciding factor in this whole thing but Fulmer still thinks Pruitt can win...and we are completely back to where we were and no one knows anything...or no one ever knew anything to begin with...

Are...you new...to coaching searches? We do them here like every three years. This is how things work.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Do your own homework. Steele and his booster friends got Gus canned. That is a reported fact.

The fallout afterwards is common sense as much as it is rumors. They obviously didn't exchange Christmas cards this year.

None of those defensive assistants are loyal to Gus. None of them were ever loyal to Gus. He doesn't have anything to do with defense.

I’m not making the outrageous claim here, you are. Asking you to give the source for it -is- doing the homework...

 

[Dudley Smith]

Some interesting stuff from Tony B's blog post The Tony Basilio Show

The excerpt below seems to jibe with with LA Vol has been saying about things being "turned over to legal."

G) An Ominous Sign For Pruitt's Long Term Viability At UT:

The investigation is now out of the hands of compliance and now being conducted solely by the university general counsel and Kyle Skillman and Michael Glazier. This speaks to an investigation that's gaining steam.

 

[SpringBokVol]

Dang. How did we hire Butch over marrone 6 years ago. That’s amazing.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Dang. How did we hire Butch over marrone 6 years ago. That’s amazing.

Well...Butch was 50-27 with 4 conference titles in two different conferences & Marrone was 25-25