Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[VFLPastor]

 

[bleedsUTorange]

Jesus christ (is your savior), he's still at it.

In the hard times, or times of division, he comes out fully loaded. It's his time to shine

 

[Fun coupon VOL]

Will you calm down. Let's see who they hire for AD, go from there. No need to get yourself worked up just yet. If they hire an Ingram, or a Gilbert, or a Blackburn, then that's a great step in the direction away from destruction.

10 years of terrible football might have something to do with that. During this 10 year stretch, UT has not shown a willingness to do what is needed and hire a big name coach who brings stability. Always an up and coming Joe mcgoogle.

 

[UpstateVol613]

My guess is we’re going to look for the Rick Barnes football equivalent. Someone with experience who can rebuild an actual culture from the ground up. By many standards it will be a boring hire but may work out in the long run.

I thought Pruitt was supposed to be the stabilizing hire/placeholder hire so the next hire could be the grand slam championship coach.

 

[jordan4vols]

Gilbert is another Bammer. Give me Ingram and then let’s get to finding a coach

 

[Jack Burton]

You are either a blind optimist fool or crazy...not sure which.

It’s ironic that you used to shout at the negavols and put them on ignore. Now you’re a card carrying member.

 

[Kingston Vol]

Gilbert is another Bammer. Give me Ingram and then let’s get to finding a coach

Agreed - Mark Ingram is by far and away a better candidate in my opinion.

Still looks like this thing is headed towards Gilbert.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

I agree Atlanta VOL is not some nefarious Mastermind, but many need to face the fact that if he were remotely legit he would not still be posting here. By his own admission he is a booster who has been personally involved in the recruitment of many of the various individuals now reportedly under scrutiny (Mims, Gray, Washington, etc.) and would have gotten a cease and desist letter from the school a long time ago, not to mention his own lawyers would have read him the riot act even before that. If he is nonetheless who he has represented himself to be and is still in here running his mouth he's dumber than Pruitt ever thought about being.

You stated he was not bringing in any inside information a few days ago and was a fraud. I believe most of us value his posts more than your rants against him.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Agreed - Mark Ingram is by far and away a better candidate in my opinion.

Still looks like this thing is headed towards Gilbert.

no more bammers. more instate kids

 

[UpstateVol613]

I hope we take our frustrations out on them.

 

[VOLED]

Kiffin has reached out. Yes there is a chance.

In 2 - 3 years we would be back. The guy can coach.

 

[give_him 6]

This is a link to a post on a Texas board summarizing what went wrong with Tom Herman. Worth a read, even though it doesn't get into any of the real salacious stuff that is floating around out there about his behavior off the field. Most of that is message board stuff, so hard to tell how much to believe. Probably the straw that broke the camel's back was how Herman handled The Eyes of Texas issue, which wouldn't be an issue that would follow him to Knoxville.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I think Herman would be an upgrade over what we've had, but I still have concerns about his maturity levels for a big job like this, and he needs to do some self-scouting about how things broke down for him at Texas. I think if he does that, he can have a successful second act. He reminds me a lot of where Lane Kiffin was when he got fired by USC.

Tom Herman Fired as UT Football Coach

I have heard many of these before and that Herman is a terrible person. Do not want him here.

 

[TNHopeful505]

Neal Brown is only 40, so he's a man. Good success at Troy, 6-4 at WVU. Beat Monken in the bowl game. Not my first choice, or even my 5th, but probably Top 10. Won't be upset if we hire him, mainly because I have actually heard of him.

 

[eVOLve]

I hope we take our frustrations out on them.

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We are gonna drag them across the court.

 

[snowvols]

Hopefully Bama hires O’Brien and Marrone

Even if they did that wouldn't stop them from taking a HC job is one came up that they wanted.

 

[TNHopeful505]

In 2 - 3 years we would be back. The guy can coach.

Agreed. We were well on our way when he was here the first time. However, he recruited a bunch of low character kids that didnt stick around long. I hope he evaluates a little more now. His entire class didnt last here.

 

[Dudley Smith]

About the snitch:

Wasn't AV or a coup attempt.

A person complained to someone who worked directly for Plowman about players getting improper benefits and not giving a crap. They told Plowman and she acted. Genie out of the bottle. A little bitchin' that got to the wrong people.

I was told the name of both people. It serves no purpose to say them because it will bring an avalanche of hate down on them and their family.


I was told yesterday that it is out there and will break. Tifwiw.

Yesterday Basilio said that the staffer who went to Plowman learned about the improper benefits directly from Pruitt because of something Pruitt said to them. Does that sync with your intel?

 

[VOLED]

Agreed. We were well on our way when he was here the first time. However, he recruited a bunch of low character kids that didnt stick around long. I hope he evaluates a little more now. His entire class didnt last here.

I agree. I hope and think that was because of the time factor and he had to get some bodies.

 

[Power T-Rev]

I'm just here for the Lane Kiffin Redemption tour

 

[TNHopeful505]

I agree. I hope and think that was because of the time factor and he had to get some bodies.

Let's hope. And let's hope he wouldnt get any major violations while here like last time either.

 

[OrangeDrip]

A lot of people are saying that Steele is going to be promoted to full time head coach. What I don’t get about that theory is obviously Steele was hired by Fulmer, most likely. So would Boyd and Plowman tie there self to a guy that is here because of the man who got us into this mess? Please tell me they’re not that stupid!?

#HughToTheHill

 

[rekinhavoc]

Yesterday Basilio said that the staffer who went to Plowman learned about the improper benefits directly from Pruitt because of something Pruitt said to them. Does that sync with your intel?

No. A person close to a player complained to someone who works for Plowman that some players "Got Theirs" meaning improper benefits and quit giving a crap , going through the motions etc.

 

[Johncarter53]

Random stat I thought was interesting...
If you were judging the candidates by Top 25 wins:

Herman - 15
Freeze - 13
Kiffin - 4
Marrone - 4
Chadwell - 2 (5 in fcs)

*butch jones and Dooley had zero top 25 wins before being hired

 

[BruinVol]

No. A person close to a player complained to someone who works for Plowman that some players "Got Theirs" meaning improper benefits and quit giving a crap , going through the motions etc.

Makes sense

Sounds to me there are two levels to this.

One the initial part you are talking about here and then another part where there was more info shared when things weren’t appearing to be enough to get Pruitt fired.

This was the timeframe where players were actually suspended and the “new info”
Was found talk here

 

[05_never_again]

See how much you nuts love her when we win 18 games in the next 4 years.

Let's see who they hire. At least she's off to a good start though.