Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Christian Lowe]

I know many of you Lost faith in the Vq guys but with the AD hire they knew the announcement was coming. They told us the timeline had been moved up and it was.

Today AP is going to bed. They don’t think it’s happening today and I believe them

Means we struck out on #1

 

[BruinVol]

If it’s between Fickell and Franklin, give me Fickell all day. Absolutely no character baggage with him.

You sure?

What was his role in the Ohio state issues?

 

[yabo]

AP said he’s going to bed now that his daughter is off to school. He’s so butthurt about this entire situation.

I really don't get his shtick. He was all for Pruitt losing his job up until around the A&M game then his mood took a complete 180. It's just befuddling that he carried some much water for JP after crapping on him for several weeks. Hopefully he wasn't pulling a Rusty and delivering the bag as well.

 

[reeceb73]

Campbell
Kiffin

Let me put my cup on

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

Chris Low is on Sirius radio right now. Stay tuned

 

[BruinVol]

Means we struck out on #1

Not sure I’d go that far

 

[TrippieRedd]

Chris Low is on Sirius radio right now. Stay tuned

Mack Brown, saved you time lol

 

[appyvol]

I never woke up to check in on the night shift. Did j miss any nugs? Who have we talked ourselves into and who are we protesting against?

Still don’t have specifics, but the general feeling I got tonight was that our offer to our #1 candidate was accepted.

Should be a fun morning ahead.

Just this.

 

[Sleegro]

Lincoln Riley signed a 6-yr, $45.21 million contract extension, just 6 months ago, making him the 3rd highest paid coach in college football. Average annual salary of north of $7.5 million/yr. I’m not even sure $10 million a year for 7 years would be enough to entice him to clean up this mess and continually face better competition playing from behind the 8-ball each year.

So what yer saying if I'm reading this right is Lincoln Riley is gonna be our coach today?

 

[5FingerVolPunch]

SIAP. He does a fantastic job explaining how modern coaching searches work and why most of the media are completely out of the loop. Might wanna skip the last minute or so though because that's when he talks about Franklin.

 

[Face]

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[Dooby15]

I know many of you have Lost faith in the Vq guys but with the AD hire they knew the announcement was coming. They told us the timeline had been moved up and it was.

Today AP is going to bed. They don’t think it’s happening today and I believe them

Volzown knew more than Hubbs and Hubbs basically admitted that. VQ is out of the loop. They had no idea DW was going to be the AD.

 

[headhunter15]

You sure?

What was his role in the Ohio state issues?

With Zach Smith? Hadn’t thought of that one.

Ohio State Urban Meyer scandal: Luke Fickell discusses allegations

This article states that Zach Smith’s wife said all the coaches wives knew. Was there anything that came from it?

 

[pierce60]

The thing to keep in mind with your traditional media people (VQ, 247, etc.) is that COVID has made this almost impossible to track. Interviews happening over Zoom and what not, along with most of their sources being gone has left them all guessing.

This is why people on boards like this have an advantage because they might know the IT guy who sets up all the Zoom stuff for the AD or whoever that tips them off.

 

[mrmax86]

I'd say the same for VolNation.

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

The thing to keep in mind with your traditional media people (VQ, 247, etc.) is that COVID has made this almost impossible to track. Interviews happening over Zoom and what not, along with most of their sources being gone has left them all guessing.

This is why people on boards like this have an advantage because they might know the IT guy who sets up all the Zoom stuff for the AD or whoever that tips them off.

Or they may know the Boosters directly involved....

 

[Face]

volnugs is rapidly approaching "loon bag" status

 

[BleedorangeinGA]

And AP is going to sleep right through it?

 

[COOKEVOL]

Have to think the second two referenced were Kiffin and Freeze based on what Low said last night.

I’m thinking Dykes (thank God) and Elliot.

 

[Frankwillie87]

How is this Rice tweet not getting more run? Two candidates vetted by Parker told last night not getting an interview? That would indicate #1 accepted

Actually all it indicates is that they failed the vetting process

 

[Cactus Jack]

If it’s Fickell versus Left Field that’s a pretty great group to be narrowed down, too.

I don’t care what Bob says, I refuse to believe James Franklin is a real option. It would make zero sense as he would not be a good fit here. And why would Franklin make a lateral move to a much harder job? It’s not him.

I think Franklin actually makes alot of sense at UT.... SEC experience... won 9 games at an impossible job in Vandy... knows the state very well and could recruit the state very well imo. He's seen UT up close when he was at Vandy and I would guess always wondered what it could have been had he coached here vs Vandy. IF we're setting aside any scandal i'd say he's a great fit. the main question to ask. does he win? yeah the guy wins big everywhere he goes. He'd win big here too if we were lucky enough to land him and get past the scandal aspect of it all.

 

[RiotVol]

Are we going to be "turned down?"

Lollllllll.... I’m still laughing at this.

 

[Volfanatic_20]

I really don't get his shtick. He was all for Pruitt losing his job up until around the A&M game then his mood took a complete 180. It's just befuddling that he carried some much water for JP after crapping on him for several weeks. Hopefully he wasn't pulling a Rusty and delivering the bag as well.

He has done nothing on VQ other than argue with fans for the past 8 weeks.

 

[CoachClick]

I think Franklin actually makes alot of sense at UT.... SEC experience... won 9 games at an impossible job in Vandy... knows the state very well and could recruit the state very well imo. He's seen UT up close when he was at Vandy and I would guess always wondered what it could have been had he coached here vs Vandy. IF we're setting aside any scandal i'd say he's a great fit. the main question to ask. does he win? yeah the guy wins big everywhere he goes. He'd win big here too if we were lucky enough to land him and get past the scandal aspect of it all.

Does not = Integrity.

 

[UTProf]

Two guys with pretty big character flaws.

No it’s not fair to put an immature playboy who has since grown up a great deal in the same boat with a head coach who told his players to delete evidence of a brutal gang rape. They aren’t in the same hemisphere in terms of character flaws.