Coachery

[TnAngler]

Hopefully it's not an NFL assistant or NFL retread.

I would be good with Josh McDaniels type hire. Hard to use this year as a gauge, losing Brady would hurt any offense.

 

[kell7517]

You don’t know or you would tell us.

What does he owe you to tell you if he did know. If I knew and got your response I would tell you to pound sand.

 

[secking]

I posted over there as OldVol74. It's good to see you're still engaged.

So, you are OldVol74 on 247? What is Bob saying? Do you think he is an insider?

 

[secking]

I'm going to pray that it's not Tony Elliott because Tennessee doesn't need to be burned by another coordinator with no coaching experience.

Elliott reminds me of Mark Richt, high character and competitive. UT would love those results.

 

[OldVolMan]

No one willingly chooses to live in Jacksonville Florida. Unavoidable fate or a series of poor life choices are the only reasons anyone lives there.

I agree been there few times and always left saying I would not live there.

 

[bleedorange9995]

Elliott reminds me of Mark Richt, high character and competitive. UT would love those results.

Cant take that risk under our circumstances

 

[OldVol]

So, you are OldVol74 on 247? What is Bob saying? Do you think he is an insider?

Yes, I am. I use the same avatar over there. Bob doesn't know much more than anyone else at this point. I don't know him personally so I won't speculate.

 

[Kodak VFL]

No one willingly chooses to live in Jacksonville Florida. Unavoidable fate or a series of poor life choices are the only reasons anyone lives there.

I don't know how true that is but for some reason, I find it hilarious. Thanks for the laugh. I have read several posts about how tired some are of all this. I guess I'm wired a little different but I find these triennial coaching searches exciting. Keeps me hitting F5 as the day goes on. Of course, I would prefer some stability and a "back to winning" program. But I do find this fun.

 

[VolNExile]

Just thinking about your friend's job this morning; I would consider deleting this unless you're 100% sure it wouldn't affect him.

@Stoerner Fumbles please update here if you do. I quoted your post on another thread and will delete as well.

 

[VolRage]

My wife, who witnessed Franklin's OT loss meltdown, volunteered to load the mattresses in the truck if Franklin is announced.

She’s leaving you for Franklin?

 

[norriscraftbasser]

They said sitting coach so no stoops or Peterson I would think

That is what was said just speaking of money.

 

[bleedorange9995]

They said sitting coach so no stoops or Peterson I would think

Technically Stoops is a sitting HC, for the XFL

 

[YankeeVol]

If it's Will Healy, I ain't gonna hate it.

While I appreciate what he did here at Austin Peay, I want to see him at a lower tier P5 program before he came to TN

 

[bleedorange9995]

While I appreciate what he did here at Austin Peay, I want to see him at a lower tier P5 program before he came to TN

Yeah I don’t see it as Healy!

 

[secking]

While I appreciate what he did here at Austin Peay, I want to see him at a lower tier P5 program before he came to TN

A buddy’s son played for him at AP, loved him until he left.

 

[weirdfishes]

This is not in reference to anyone's sources, just thought it was funny. Listening to 104.5 in Nashville and the guy they are interviewing said his friend's biggest miss as a reporter was Danny White feeding him misinformation to lead him off the trail of his coach hire.

 

[bleedorange9995]

This is not in reference to anyone's sources, just thought it was funny. Listening to 104.5 in Nashville and the guy they are interviewing said his friend's biggest miss as a reporter was Danny White feeding him misinformation to lead him off the trail of his coach hire.

Yeah that was posted as a thread yesterday

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

I’m about to lose my toys if I don’t say a couple of things: I have never been told the name of a coaching target. My friend does not represent the person who is the source of his information. That’s my disclaimer.
Personally, I’ll add two more things: I really don’t want to be the guy known for pulling the wrong string that unwinds the confidentiality in this thing. As I’ve said before, I’m not an insider. I won’t be “sharing” for years to come on topics where I don’t have value. Usually I’m just the snide guy who pokes holes in logic of others, and goes back to work.Look at my history. I don’t post insider information, because I’ve never had any. I don’t live my life on this forum, and I don’t plan to cash any e-cred checks anytime soon. I have a pretty clear indication that the booster who is sharing with my friend, is sharing with one other person on this board too, based on an evidence trail. I think that booster will be asked to be quiet this morning, and that’ll result in me knowing less, and knowing later.
The boosters know target one because he has been a target for weeks. They don’t know other names below that. I stand by everything I said yesterday, and have said in the past. Two candidates have been notified that they are finalists. One is in a back and forth as of last night. I know the key problem is the perception that the NCAA issues are reputational issues that damage the perception of the job. I don’t know that they can fix that with money or length of contract. Barring two strikeouts, I still believe they will be in a deal today. Yesterday my friend said they’d have a coach by midday. I know DW wants to tell team before anyone else. I know every local media person has been told to sit in a corner until there is news. While they will do a national release through regular channels, the national sources have not been told who the targets are. While we could have already closed this, or may very soon, it could take a few hours to be released. I crossed a line last night, and said too much. I said some details about a friend that were beyond what I should’ve shared. I’m not going to delete or change anything from those posts. It’s my mistake. It’s on the record with everything else. We are indeed in a negotiation with our top target. I feel rock solid about that. No matter what they say about the order of events, I’m confident that they made a big offer to a candidate that we’d normally perceive as not in our reach. I think we’ll all be happy if that closes. If not, key constituents believe in DW (and therefore the other finalist) whether the fans will or not. I still believe we’re near the finish line. I’m not going to guess coach names. I don’t know, but I know enough to cause trouble.

 

[Jack Burton]

If it's Will Healy, I ain't gonna hate it.

 

[NighthawkVol]

I posted over there as OldVol74. It's good to see you're still engaged.

You too, man! There are a few of us who matriculated over here.

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Could Stoerner be Basilio?

Maybe Basilio is Stoerner...

GBO!!

 

[cobbwebb0710]

You too, man! There are a few of us who matriculated over here.

Ewwww, what you guys do on your own time is between you. That’s more info than we needed.
GBO!!

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Technically Stoops is a sitting HC, for the XFL

Which some could argue is a more stable job than the Tennessee job is currently.
GBO!!

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

I’m about to lose my toys if I don’t say a couple of things: I have never been told the name of a coaching target. My friend does not represent the person who is the source of his information. That’s my disclaimer.
Personally, I’ll add two more things: I really don’t want to be the guy known for pulling the wrong string that unwinds the confidentiality in this thing. As I’ve said before, I’m not an insider. I won’t be “sharing” for years to come on topics where I don’t have value. Usually I’m just the snide guy who pokes holes in logic of others, and goes back to work.Look at my history. I don’t post insider information, because I’ve never had any. I don’t live my life on this forum, and I don’t plan to cash any e-cred checks anytime soon. I have a pretty clear indication that the booster who is sharing with my friend, is sharing with one other person on this board too, based on an evidence trail. I think that booster will be asked to be quiet this morning, and that’ll result in me knowing less, and knowing later.
The boosters know target one because he has been a target for weeks. They don’t know other names below that. I stand by everything I said yesterday, and have said in the past. Two candidates have been notified that they are finalists. One is in a back and forth as of last night. I know the key problem is the perception that the NCAA issues are reputational issues that damage the perception of the job. I don’t know that they can fix that with money or length of contract. Barring two strikeouts, I still believe they will be in a deal today. Yesterday my friend said they’d have a coach by midday. I know DW wants to tell team before anyone else. I know every local media person has been told to sit in a corner until there is news. While they will do a national release through regular channels, the national sources have not been told who the targets are. While we could have already closed this, or may very soon, it could take a few hours to be released. I crossed a line last night, and said too much. I said some details about a friend that were beyond what I should’ve shared. I’m not going to delete or change anything from those posts. It’s my mistake. It’s on the record with everything else. We are indeed in a negotiation with our top target. I feel rock solid about that. No matter what they say about the order of events, I’m confident that they made a big offer to a candidate that we’d normally perceive as not in our reach. I think we’ll all be happy if that closes. If not, key constituents believe in DW (and therefore the other finalist) whether the fans will or not. I still believe we’re near the finish line. I’m not going to guess coach names. I don’t know, but I know enough to cause trouble.

Based on these two tidbits, I firmly believe the two leading candidates are...
1.) Fickell
2.) Franklin

I think Fickell loves the idea, but I also think his ultimate goal is Ohio State. So he'd be wary to come here and suffer the brand hit if it reduces his chances at tOSU. I also think the Boosters would know he's the number 1 guy because of the connection to Cincinnati. Now, where I'm iffy on this is the price tag we saw last night. Is 5-6 million a Fickell number? I mean he's impressive, but is he that impressive?? To me, that number is a Campbell number. But I have a hard time thinking Campbell wants to be here. I'd love it if it is him, but it just feels too good to be true for Campbell.

 

[bleedorange9995]

Based on these two tidbits, I firmly believe the two leading candidates are...
1.) Fickell
2.) Franklin

I think Fickell loves the idea, but I also think his ultimate goal is Ohio State. So he'd be wary to come here and suffer the brand hit if it reduces his chances at tOSU. I also think the Boosters would know he's the number 1 guy because of the connection to Cincinnati. Now, where I'm iffy on this is the price tag we saw last night. Is 5-6 million a Fickell number? I mean he's impressive, but is he that impressive?? To me, that number is a Campbell number. But I have a hard time thinking Campbell wants to be here. I'd love it if it is him, but it just feels too good to be true for Campbell.

I say the top 2 are
Campbell
Napier
Absolutely no way Franklin is being considered since he wanted to brush rape under the rug and numbers don’t fit Fickell, Campbell has a good thing going, coach that is high on coaching boards and still rising, shoot even Fleck can be said as one, he’s on the rise as well, most of his star players opted out, why they were down