Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[mr.checkerboards]

When agents start leaking this stuff, it means a decision is close.

I personally believe we called Brown, but who knows.

Im not sure what to think of Brown. I looked him up on YouTube yesterday. He seems smart but idk if he would survive a job like TN.

 

[BruinVol]

If White hired JoshH over Elliot at UCF and has been happy with JoshH then he would hire him over Elliot here as well

 

[Rylee_Vol18]

So we're all happy with Matt Campbell? He seems good to me.

 

[volatil]

Ohhh Gawwd, he turned us down.. This is a disaster..





Did I do that right?

That tweet was intentionally written to sound that way.

Not a candidate. We don’t want him. Forde trying too hard

 

[Ten_Titans]

You said the same thing about Doug Marrone dude lmao

Of all the forum members, I wish Hank was on the search team. Just so they could secretly remove all the names he suggests from the list.

We would be guaranteed a great hire.

 

[m1al]

I’m hearing different. Sources are saying that contract negotiations have started and White is throwing it all at Bassmaster_Vol to become head coach at UT.

Bassmaster has only been a coordinator on Volnation, I SAY NOOOOOO...

 

[TheMagnificantOne]

Here is another thing with Elliott..... Clemson looked awful against Ohio St without him there, that lends a bit of credibility that he is a good coach. Also working with Clemson he has re cruiting ties to where TN recruits. Lastly he gives us a good shot at getting Simpson.

Yep...he's legit

 

[InstrumentalVol]

Why do you say there's no shot? Do you think White would engage in a pointless exercise when he wants to move quickly? Also, Feldman was mentioned as one of the media people to listen to about the potential hire. Elliott may very well be our next coach.

He has no HC experience and if he wasn't the man for the UCF job I don't see how he is for the Tennessee job that has much larger stakes and is also likely to face NCAA issues. I just don't see how they hire someone with no experience navigating that.

 

[therickbol]

I see we have created another “diversion” this morning

The Four Horseman up in here

 

[tomq_123]

The media has less of a clue than we do. I bet they are just seeing what names are being said on VolNation and posting that to get clicks.

 

[drvenner]

I would be skeptical about Elliot. I would 100% support him, but I think we can do better at this point. Elliott might turn out to be an awesome HC, but another coordinator at this time for us would be a hard sell to the fanbase and would be contrary to what Donde has said.

 

[Deebowbear]

Hubbs: “It’s Steele til it ain’t.”

I don’t care what hubbs says Steele will not be head coach under white not fulmer decision

 

[Ashevolle]

Please @Atlanta VOL re-confirm for us it’s a current head coach we’re getting and talk me off the Tony Elliot ledge.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

If White hired JoshH over Elliot at UCF and has been happy with JoshH then he would hire him over Elliot here as well

We don't know that though. Elliott could've turned UCF down. He has many other places. He is getting paid 1.8 to be an OC, he can afford to be picky.

 

[Aesius]

There’s no way anyone can declare Elliott a better coach than Chadwell, but I would just about guarantee he’s got better connections in the coaching fraternity than Chadwell. FWIW

No question about that. But I'm honestly kinda burned out on trying to put together a "top-notch staff" because I don't care about assistants that much anymore. Time and time again we see that the top programs work because of the head coach. Especially in the modern era. It's a head coach league. Everything else falls into place once you've got one. Fulmer is probably one of the only guys to win a national championship and be highly successful primarily because of his assistants.

 

[TheRain]

He is for sure not hiring either one of them IMO. I am convinced it will be somebody we don't want or expect, but it will turn out to be a solid hire...at least I hope.

We are still in a bad situation, I think the hire of White has kind of obscured that fact. He is a good AD with an extremely hard job right now.

Agreed.

 

[InstrumentalVol]

Of all the forum members, I wish Hank was on the search team. Just so they could secretly remove all the names he suggests from the list.

We would be guaranteed a great hire.

Exactly. I can't imagine consciously advocating for Doug Marrone then dunking on people who aren't on board with Elliot

 

[MrVolton]

I mean Hyams said Sonny Dykes was on the list yesterday.


I don’t believe anything

Yeeesh. I really think we ought to hire someone with HC experience, but I could get way more excited about Elliott than Sonny Dykes.

 

[Jimmy Football]

Another. Thing to consider......

How would y’all feel if auburn hired tony Elliot instead of Bryan Harsin?? I’m sure as hell glad they picked Harsin personally

I’d be more confident Elliot could slide into their situation and have success than ours.

I just don’t think Elliot is ready to move from maybe the most stable program in the nation to, well, dumpster fire.

 

[therickbol]

Tony Elliot will be fired in 3 years if he comes here.

I always love these types of comments. Just in general, not related to Elliot.

 

[Orange Studs]

No it doesn’t lol. There’s so much more that goes into being the head coach at a major power.

And you think UT is going to risk another unproven assistant HC after what we just went through? I'll go with what Boyd, and Plowman said, this school isn't a proving ground. And what Atlvol said we are hiring a sitting P5 coach.

 

[m1al]

The media has less of a clue than we do. I bet they are just seeing what names are being said on VolNation and posting that to get clicks.

More likely than you might imagine..

I wouldn't trust any of this crap..

CLICK BAIT...

 

[TechnoVol]

Some of you are ignoring the fact that we are under a serious investigation and will more than likely be dealing with sanctions. Not an ideal situation to attract a top tier coach.

 

[Ashevolle]

He has no HC experience and if he wasn't the man for the UCF job I don't see how he is for the Tennessee job that has much larger stakes and is also likely to face NCAA issues. I just don't see how they hire someone with no experience navigating that.

None of those things preempt White from deciding he is the one. I'd say he has a chance if contact has happened.

 

[White Bread]

I’m going to try and do something really weird. I’m going to trust DW to make a good hire. Track record shows I should have faith.