Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[BucVol98]

We want Pruitt gone cuz it’s clear he micromanages the whole staff and doesn’t let them do their job.

Dude, I was clearly asking why we wouldn't want Steele at DC, I think the general consensus has been everybody wants Pruitt gone since like early December

 

[SLICKYINC]

Really?



You're sure? How are you so sure know it all?

Big mad. Hahahaha

 

[White Bread]

He really believes in himself. I doubt he gets a Bama or Clemson job. I'd like to know what job he is waiting on.

LSU

 

[Orange Studs]

It feels like there’s two scenarios right now for the replacement. Fulmer gets his way - Marrone as HC with Steele as DC and Garner as DL coach. If others get their way - Chadwell is the new HC and he brings his own staff and maybe Steele sticks around as an analyst since he’s being paid very well by Auburn to leave.

I can't see Steele coming if Chadwell is going to be coach. Unless of course Steele is his pick to be DC. I figured Chadwell will want to bring in his own staff.

 

[butchna]

Hey..it was just a Zucchini

That’s how it begins.

 

[tnhunter 10]

I’m not big on Marrone, but he might be just who we need. An older coach that won’t take BS and someone to stabilize this program. He could be the bridge we need.

I’m hoping anyway.

 

[Ten_Titans]

Big mad. Hahahaha

Lol. That's fine man. It's all a joke if you can't defend the diarrhea you post on here. I know how it goes.

 

[SpringBokVol]

At this point, there is no way Pruitt actually wants to come back and coach this team after they have put him through all of this.

So this is like a nasty divorce - neither side will back down and everything will go through litigation.

I just can’t with this place sometimes.

 

[KeyVol14]

Dude, I was clearly asking why we wouldn't want Steele at DC, I think the general consensus has been everybody wants Pruitt gone since like early December

I may have responded to the wrong person my bad. Steele great DC but not HC material

 

[SpringBokVol]

I don’t really care who the next coach is. Chances are in year 3 we will be right back here.

 

[BleedorangeinGA]

It feels like there’s two scenarios right now for the replacement. Fulmer gets his way - Marrone as HC with Steele as DC and Garner as DL coach. If others get their way - Chadwell is the new HC and he brings his own staff and maybe Steele sticks around as an analyst since he’s being paid very well by Auburn to leave.

That is what I'm thinking as well Ron from just reading over the weekend.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

I thought we would recruit much, much better than we have.

I was expecting Kiffin and Smart classes and that we would have so much talent it would make up for a new head coach learning on the job.

Yes. It has stunned me that we haven't been able to sign top classes. I like the 2020 class, but I thought we would be inching towards top 5 with this staff. We couldn't even sign an elite CB in 4 years.

 

[Kingston Vol]

To further the point, Marrone and Garner coached together at Georgia for one season.

 

[BucVol98]

I may have responded to the wrong person my bad. Steele great DC but not HC material

agreed

 

[SLICKYINC]

Lol. That's fine man. It's all a joke if you can't defend the diarrhea you post on here. I know how it goes.

What is there to defend? You said he’d have coaches forced on him. My argument was that he should get to pick his own staff. You continued to act like no matter what, he was getting someone forced on his staff. I disagreed. Then you got big mad as usual when I pushed back against your definitive assertion. Is what it is....

 

[LA Vol]

What he’s saying is Steele would be an option for HC

Or AHC or DC or co-DC or analyst or consultant or floater. Options. Flexibility. Continuity.

 

[destair]

Consider me heavily in the Chadwell camp but I believe Marrone is a good football coach and I would not be upset if that were the direction.

Unlike others, I don't really want to see Fulmer pushed out and like having him as the figurehead.

Fulmer wants Marrone. He'd bring Steele and Garner

 

[Kingston Vol]

Or AHC or DC or co-DC or analyst or consultant or floater. Options. Flexibility. Continuity.

Do you think Fulmer is operating as if Pruitt will be back and Boyd and Plowman are operating as if he won't?

 

[Dudley Smith]

HC - Marrone
DC - Steele
OC - an innovative mind
Position coaches - mix of recruiters and developers. Keep Tee and Jay if they want to stay.

That staff would raise the floor around here quite a bit. Need to move quick to catch the assistant coaches while the shuffling is still going on.

I suppose Chadwell as HC with Steele as his DC could work, but Chadwell would have a hard time feeling comfortable with that arrangement given Steele's relationship with Fulmer and what Steele did with Malzahn at Auburn.

 

[UTProf]

According to Hubbs Marrone would've been the head coach if the deal with Butch had fell through.

So we never change our list? The one that has proven to be a terrible effing list?!

 

[05_never_again]

I thought we would recruit much, much better than we have.

I was expecting Kiffin and Smart classes and that we would have so much talent it would make up for a new head coach learning on the job.

Really? I'm amazed we're able to get quality players here at all, in any numbers. I'm not saying that sarcastically or facetiously.

The program does have things going for us - big stadium, nice facilities, but so do lots of other schools that have recent relevance. Tennessee last played in a game of national consequence when these recruits were 4 or 5 years old, and the last elite team we fielded was a few years before they were born.

We're going to need some kind of pure luck event to break the cycle. It's our only way out. A Dabo-esque hire.

 

[BJWeeks]

Latest from Bob on 247...

So stupid that they will not call Freeze or Kiffin

 

[BucVol98]

So if we end up with Marrone, Steele, and Garner, who do we look to have in the OC box calling plays

 

[Orange Studs]

It isn't program suicide. You need to calm down, McGill. I'm not wanting to hire Marrone, but the guy has experience. He isn't going to come here and be Pruitt. He knows how to coach. Again, he took Jax to the AFC title game. On top of that, it seems likely that Steel and Garner are on his staff. That's two SEC coaches with experience coaching and recruiting at a high level in this league. Marrone also coached under Payton, he knows what a good offense looks like. He probably brings in a top notch OC. Can he recruit? Not sure. We know Garner can. I think he's a safe hire. Does he win championships? Idk. Does he go 4-8? Not imo. I think he's a stabilizing hire that might bridge us to the next guy.

Again, I'm not sure I want him, but if our options are he and Chadwell, and that appears to be the case, he's the safer of the two. Might not have as high of a ceiling, but I guarantee you he has a higher floor. Chadwell might get up here and get eaten alive in this league. I'm not sure.

Yeah, I do not know much about Marrone but you have any kind of success in the NFL says a lot. I mean look at the 49's last year the team to beat. This year they don't make the playoffs and there are more factors in the NFL than just the HC.

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

So ur saying Pruitt could stay and Steele becomes DC...there is no way

I read it as Steele is coming no matter what. So we can fire Pruitt or retain him and Steele is still coming in some fashion. Hence his fluid comment.