Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[99bubble]

I’ll admit, I NEVER saw this coming.[/QUOTE]

Sounds like '05 for us. Been a long ride to find a good coach since.

 

[Dudley Smith]

Barrett is one of the good guys, even when he is wrong. Unlike Wolken, Thamel, Forde, etc., he stood up for us during the whole Schiano Sunday thing when the national writers were dog-piling on Tennessee.

 

[Weezer]

Meanwhile in Gainesville.....

 

[butchna]

He asked to “chat,” that’s what I was doing.

Didn’t REQUEST one. Simply whimsically reminisced back to when we received hourly updates on your program’s ascension to Bama/UGA status. Served as the same effect of saying your screenname 3 times.

 

[Jaws]

What are your top 5 names?

Not necessarily in order, but I can give 4 names:

1 - Same ol’ regurgitated Bob Stoops. He’s our John Gruden. He’s be sought after since Spurrier left 20 years ago.

2 - Makes me wanna puke to even type this, but Lane Kiffin. I hated him with the fire of 7 hells the one year he was at UT, but we’d be guaranteed good offense, that’s for sure.

3 - People seem to like Billy Napier. I’m not sold but I can see that he’s got a great coaching lineage and has done a helluva job in his current job.

4 - James Franklin. Knows the SEC, and the biggest thing, he’s a helluva recruiter.

 

[UTJoe]

C’mon Nick, we’re playing the long game here. Need this coach to be at Tennessee for a long time.

You get CJH in shape, you can name your price in the whole state. Just think about it, especially if you want back in the state…

Plus, we all know he would be a better coach without moobs. That's VN fact.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Gary Danielson faces backlash for comments during Alabama-Arkansas game


I laughed.

They killed the link already. Mustve been pretty good.

 

[Dudley Smith]

 

[Ten_Titans]

If Hendon Hooker declares for the draft... The silver lining is that makes Tennessee the premier destination for a transfer QB next year. Heupel should be able to get his phone calls answered by anyone.. Be it Rattler or whoever he wants.

You've got a freshman, a guy who got benched this year, and then a coach who just took a guy out of the portal who was definitely filling out Academy Sports applications a year ago and gave him a chance to make an NFL roster.

Just a thought I had last night.

 

[Weezer]

Not necessarily in order, but I can give 4 names:

1 - Same ol’ regurgitated Bob Stoops. He’s our John Gruden. He’s be sought after since Spurrier left 20 years ago.

2 - Makes me wanna puke to even type this, but Lane Kiffin. I hated him with the passion of 7 hells the one year he was at UT, but we’d be guaranteed good offense, that’s for sure.

3 - People seem to like Billy Napier. I’m not sold but I can see that he’s got a great coaching lineage and has done a helluva job in his current job.

4 - James Franklin. Knows the SEC, and the biggest thing, he’s a helluva recruiter.

I bet Greg Schiano could be had....

 

[butchna]

Plus, we all know he would be a better coach without moobs. That's VN fact.

And the…

 

[Jaws]

I’ll admit, I NEVER saw this coming.

Sounds like '05 for us. Been a long ride to find a good coach since.[/QUOTE]

Honestly, we’ve hit on two coaches in my lifetime; Spurrier and Meyer. It’s be crap otherwise, aside from some occasional flashes. Muschamp went 11-2 once, Mac won the East twice, Mullen’s first 2.75 seasons were elite and he won the East. But none of them could sustain it.

 

[Aesius]

If Hendon Hooker declares for the draft... The silver lining is that makes Tennessee the premier destination for a transfer QB next year. Heupel should be able to get his phone calls answered by anyone.. Be it Rattler or whoever he wants.

You've got a freshman, a guy who got benched this year, and then a coach who just took a guy out of the portal who was definitely filling out Academy Sports applications a year ago and gave him a chance to make an NFL roster.

Just a thought I had last night.

Would still much rather have Hooker for another year. He's still very much under the radar but could be a household CFB name with a full season as a starter.

 

[Ten_Titans]

Sucks to be Dan. Can't recruit because he's so ****ing weird. Desperately wants to be an NFL coach so he doesn't have to recruit. Can't get an NFL job because he's so ****ing weird.

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

I’m still here to chat…. It wasn’t hard to pump him up when we was starting 29-6, winning 10 & 11 games, or winning major bowl games, or wining the East.

This collapse has been unreal.

So to recap, we woke up on October 2nd with the following; FL was ranked 10th in the country, they were two weeks removed from going toe-to-toe with #1 Bama, they were one week removed from a blowout of a clearly improved TN team. National writers were talking about what Mullen was building, recruits were taking notice. Later that night FL lost to Kentucky. And the total collapse had begun. 7 weeks later, only 7 weeks, FL has gone from that scenario to probably firing their coach. The only two wins since have been Vandy and Samford.

We’ve had ****** seasons, but we’ve pretty much known we were ****** from the start. I’ve never seen one where we appeared to be a national contender as late as October, but then literally flopped to the second worst team in the SEC.

I’d say there’s about a 40% chance Mullen can save his job if he beats FSU. But that ain’t happening, so in all likelihood, FL will have a coaching search soon.

I’ll admit, I NEVER saw this coming.

And in all honesty...it couldn't be happening to a better program than UF...happy for yall.

 

[Aesius]

Honestly, we’ve hit on two coaches in my lifetime; Spurrier and Meyer. It’s be crap otherwise, aside from some occasional flashes. Muschamp went 11-2 once, Mac won the East twice, Mullen’s first 2.75 seasons were elite and he won the East. But none of them could sustain it.

That's exactly it for UF. You guys had two elite coaches but those are hard to find. UF recruits itself. You just need a guy who can sustain things and keep the program on solid ground.

 

[Volnukem]

If we can pick up a few from portal, completely trust the staff but we will need bodies on D Line.

Sure but you can’t waste an initial counter on a one year guy who probably won’t contribute. In our current roster situation, one for one guys should be instant starters only.

 

[Dudley Smith]

Not necessarily in order, but I can give 4 names:

1 - Same ol’ regurgitated Bob Stoops. He’s our John Gruden. He’s be sought after since Spurrier left 20 years ago.

2 - Makes me wanna puke to even type this, but Lane Kiffin. I hated him with the passion of 7 hells the one year he was at UT, but we’d be guaranteed good offense, that’s for sure.

3 - People seem to like Billy Napier. I’m not sold but I can see that he’s got a great coaching lineage and has done a helluva job in his current job.

4 - James Franklin. Knows the SEC, and the biggest thing, he’s a helluva recruiter.

I'm curious, do you think UF would hire Kiffin? As an outsider it just seems like the UF Administration may be seeing itself as an academic institution above all else, and after the unpleasantness of the late Urban Meyer years, may want to stay away from character risks like Kiffin who will embarrass the school.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Didn’t REQUEST one. Simply whimsically reminisced back to when we received hourly updates on your program’s ascension to Bama/UGA status. Served as the same effect of saying your screenname 3 times.
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FSU's season reminds of ours when we lost to GA St and BYU, then ran off several wins. Only thing with FSU, when they beat the gata's, it won't be seen as a quality win. They'll need to stomp them into the ground. Can't wait to see it.

Just realized FSU is 5-6. . . either way, they seem to be going the exact opposite way of UF.

 

[Jaws]

That's exactly it for UF. You guys had two elite coaches but those are hard to find. UF recruits itself. You just need a guy who can sustain things and keep the program on solid ground.

We’re fortunate we got 3 national titles and a pile of SEC titles out of it. Nobody has ever won an SEC title outside of Spurrier and Meyer.

 

[Weezer]

I'm curious, do you think UF would hire Kiffin? As an outsider it just seems like the UF Administration may be seeing itself as an academic institution above all else, and after the unpleasantness of the late Urban Meyer years, may want to stay away from character risks like Kiffin who will embarrass the school.

From that list you pick out Lane as the character issue guy? Take a closer look at #4. He makes Lane seem like a choir boy, and that's no easy feat.

 

[nicksjuzunk]

It’s funny not so long ago
Mullen was the hottest coach around.

Not in this brain

 

[Big Orange#1]

Would still much rather have Hooker for another year. He's still very much under the radar but could be a household CFB name with a full season as a starter.

I want #HeismanHendo

 

[TheMagnificantOne]

Vandy's QB will put a lot of pressure on our DE...scary

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Let it ride

Good advice! . .

I was testing an idea I had yesterday. I'm sure it's not groundbreaking or anything, but I didn't bet much. I had two 14 leg parlays and 1 16leg. I would've won them all if Oregon and auburn didn't soil their britches. Not bad though, hitting 1 of three covers the other 2 and still wins 9x the original bet. Hope the theory holds up.