Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Johnny Majors' Ghost]

Apparently 24/7 is reporting Kurt Schmidt from UCF will be the new strength and conditioning coach.

 

[SoonerVol]

Obviously coming from the other side. This might be the start of the gates opening.

 

[GoBigOrangeVols]

Obviously coming from the other side. This might be the start of the gates opening.

Yep that is typically how it goes. That guy just got informed he wasn’t getting the job.

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

Show me a man who doesn’t enjoy this view after their morning shower and I’ll show you a man with an agenda
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I would still rather wake up to Hayek, J Lo, or Shakira. And they are all way older.

 

[Neyland Law Vol]

Apparently 24/7 is reporting Kurt Schmidt from UCF will be the new strength and conditioning coach.

do we like this?

 

[Smokey19rt]

Show me a man who doesn’t enjoy this view after their morning shower and I’ll show you a man with an agenda
My Daddy always said “the closer the bone the sweeter the meat”. But I was Breast fed so there’s that as well.
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[Smyrna ATL Vol]

Apparently 24/7 is reporting Kurt Schmidt from UCF will be the new strength and conditioning coach.

I didn’t realize we were trying to be UCF 2.0

 

[Ron Swanson]

Just heard from a source that UCF director of sports performance (aka head strength and conditioning coach) Kurt Schmidt is expected to join Josh Heupel's staff at Tennessee.

Schmidt has a pretty good resume with some NFL experience. He spent one season at Missouri as the Director of Applied Performance for the Tigers in 2017 and went to UCF with Heupel when he got the job in Orlando. Schmidt before that worked as a strength, conditioning and nutrition assistant for the San Francisco 49ers. Before the NFL stint he worked at Memphis, Arkansas and Utah State.

- Patrick Brown

 

[Johnny Majors' Ghost]

do we like this?

Hopefully. I thought Lawson did a great job when he came in with Butch.

 

[Pepe]

You can tell them that if you don't play ball, your honey hole will be closed off

 

[Sleegro]

do we like this?

He did a great job at UCF. A team whose players had to be prepared to run more plays than just about anyone in the country. And generally looked fresher than our recent teams did on half the plays.

 

[drvenner]

BRO SIGN MY MAN TITTIES like I am your biggest fan..I just “LAFFED” out loud in the middle of a packed Starbucks.

 

[Smokeytom]

I would still rather wake up to Hayek, J Lo, or Shakira. And they are all way older.

I mean I'm all for posting our favorite latina women as well I just thought we were on the basic white country girl kick

 

[Neyland Law Vol]

Hopefully. I thought Lawson did a great job when he came in with Butch.

That's what i was thinking. If he knows what CJH is looking for, he may be better than a "big name". Only thing that hurts is its another change at the Strength coach position. How many have we had now over the past 10 years?

 

[volbeast33]

Notice...... it says interest and not offer.

 

[Smokey'sHandler]

I wish he was our coach

Eh. To Be Honest I think we wound up with the better of the two for our current situation.

The boxes that would've been preferred to be checked in a new coach were:

1. A current HC: Heupel checks that box Elliott doesn't
2. A HC who has developed a program before: Neither checks the box.
3. A coach who can develop players: Heupel definitely checks this box with this background. You can't really make the case for Elliott as he has always had elite talent to work with.
4. A coach who can do a lot with a little: Once again Heupel displayed this with the talent level he had at UCF (7th in recruiting for the conference and finished 1st, 2nd and 4th). Once again you can't say this about Elliott.
5. A coach who is a good developer of men and a role model for the players: I believe both check off this box.
6. Recruiting: Elliott as of right now I believe way outshines Heupel in recruiting.

The most important boxes in my mind were 1-5 which I believe Heupel has more of than Elliott. The only thing Elliott could've really brought to the table that Heupel doesn't inherently bring is recruiting. But guys we got sold on our last coach/coaching staff on their recruiting prowess and that worked out like crap. Could Elliott do better? We may never know.

More than likely Elliott is going to get a job at a high profile opening where he walks into a program with talent ready to compete for championships like Kirby or he may just take over for Swinny after he leaves. If that's the case he will have instant success and we will have several in this fan base saying look at what we could have had but that is not an indicator in any sense that he could've been successful in our current situation here.

 

[TennSam]

I didn’t realize we were trying to be UCF 2.0

As opposed to the previous staff I would much rather have a staff that actually works together and I guess JH is comfortable with them.

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

I mean I'm all for posting our favorite latina women as well I just thought we were on the basic white country girl kick

If we’re going basic white girl, give me JoJo from the bachelorette who married Jordan Rodgers. Smoke show.

 

[Catbone]

Mark my words, Louisville will be very good soon.

 

[pismonque]

Obviously coming from the other side. This might be the start of the gates opening.

Yeah, reports of "no thanks" are PR for the coach. The scoop is likely not coming from the Tennessee side.

"Getting interest" could be as little as initial feelers that go out to multiple people to gauge the candidate pool. Or it could be a legit first interview that objectively didn't go well and the coach is taking control of the narrative so it doesn't look bad on him. Or yes, it could be a swing and a miss.

All I'm saying is you can't read much into it, at least until after the fact when the scuttlebutt eventually surfaces.

 

[drvenner]

I have enjoyed the milf show this morning

Much better than arguing about JG.

 

[VolInDayton]

Realize that you're make an accusation founded in 3rd hand speculation by an anonymous poster on a forum though, right?

Im responding to the acquisitions.

 

[Johnny Majors' Ghost]

That's what i was thinking. If he knows what CJH is looking for, he may be better than a "big name". Only thing that hurts is its another change at the Strength coach position. How many have we had now over the past 10 years?

Wylie, McKeefery, Lawson, Szerszen, Gullickson, Fitzgerald, and Artis.

 

[SSVol]

Lmaooooooooooooo control those leaks Danny.

You sound salty. Almost like your source of information is a bit wounded...

 

[Neyland Law Vol]

Wylie, McKeefery, Lawson, Szerszen, Gullickson, Fitzgerald, and Artis.

That is a lot of turnover. Wylie was the guy that strangely wore a hoodie sweatshirt in August to outdoor practices, right?