Cutcliffe out at Duke

[dustyrhodes]

Wish him well in retirement.

 

[Volfan1000]

That will be an interesting coaching search.

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

If Tennessee is remotely serious about the Arch Manning sweepstakes or pulling in high-end quarterback talent, they to offer him top dollar to be QB coach or an offensive analyst of some sort.

 

[dobre_shunka]

Cutcliffe, Duke Agree on Separation - Duke University

Trooper Taylor, Duke's Associate Head Coach and a member of the staff since 2019, will serve as the interim head coach

 

[DuckInAPen]

Wish him well in retirement.

I wish he had been given the opportunity back in 2010 to eventually retire from or be fired by UT.

 

[aRmo]

If Tennessee is remotely serious about the Arch Manning sweepstakes or pulling in high-end quarterback talent, they to offer him top dollar to be QB coach or an offensive analyst of some sort.

i can see an Analyst roll, but to put the "QB Coach" label on him is a spit in the face to Halsley

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

Great man for sure

Mullen ?

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

If Tennessee is remotely serious about the Arch Manning sweepstakes or pulling in high-end quarterback talent, they to offer him top dollar to be QB coach or an offensive analyst of some sort.

ARCH IS SO OVERRATED

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

If Tennessee is remotely serious about the Arch Manning sweepstakes or pulling in high-end quarterback talent, they to offer him top dollar to be QB coach or an offensive analyst of some sort.

Lol. So I guess Bama, OSU, UGA and Clemson will be lining up to snatch him up as an analyst right?

 

[barknoxbrawler]

ARCH IS SO OVERRATED

Pffftt.

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

Lol. So I guess Bama, OSU, UGA and Clemson will be lining up to snatch him up as an analyst right?

The Manning family loves Cutcliffe, and all of those programs have built-in advantages that Tennessee does not. There's no guarantee that hiring Cutcliffe gets Arch to Knoxville, but it surely puts Tennessee in the mix to a far greater extent than they are presently (which is, to say, not at all) not to mention the years of experience he'd add to the fray in general.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

For some perspective for those who will come on here and say he didn’t do that great of a job at Duke:

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Wish him well in retirement.

He kind of did a Spurrier and checked out about 4 years ago. Up until then he was doing well at Duke.

Heard Mark Stoops will replace him!

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

The Manning family loves Cutcliffe, and all of those programs have built-in advantages that Tennessee does not. There's no guarantee that hiring Cutcliffe gets Arch to Knoxville, but it surely puts Tennessee in the mix to a far greater extent than they are presently (which is, to say, not at all) not to mention the years of experience he'd add to the fray in general.

What ties does Cut have with Cooper Manning? You can claim Peyton and Eli like Cut. But assuming Cooper does because of his last name is silly. Besides what too flight QB has Cut recruited in forever? Also, if Cut helped with the Arch situation so much, why wasn’t hasn’t Duke been mentioned as a potential landing spot for him?

I think Hawsley is better than Cut anyway.

 

[Other_Guy]

Time to bring him home.

 

[BowlBrother85]

He made it 14 seasons in one of the worst Power 5 jobs there is. That deserves some respect.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Time to bring him home.

Why?

 

[EZE]

For some perspective for those who will come on here and say he didn’t do that great of a job at Duke:

He did a very good job at Duke. This seems like an unfairly short leash to me.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

He did a very good job at Duke. This seems like an unfairly short leash to me.

It was time IMO. He did an outstanding job, but his time had runs it’s course at Duke.

 

[Fullfillmer]

If Tennessee is remotely serious about the Arch Manning sweepstakes or pulling in high-end quarterback talent, they to offer him top dollar to be QB coach or an offensive analyst of some sort.

If Tennessee is remotely serious about the Arch Manning sweepstakes or pulling in high-end quarterback talent, they to offer him top dollar to be QB coach or an offensive analyst of some sort.

Yep - and Fulmer needs to be brought back as the head coach - and we can get Chavis as the DC - let's see, let's see, maybe Hamilton for AD ?

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Time to bring him home.

I’ll let Heupel make that decision

 

[BowlBrother85]

What ties does Cut have with Cooper Manning? You can claim Peyton and Eli like Cut. But assuming Cooper does because of his last name is silly. Besides what too flight QB has Cut recruited in forever? Also, if Cut helped with the Arch situation so much, why wasn’t hasn’t Duke been mentioned as a potential landing spot for him?

I think Hawsley is better than Cut anyway.

I agree with everything you said, and Cutcliffe to Tennessee makes no sense for either party. However, you really can't hold it against Cutcliffe that he couldn't recruit top flight QB's to Duke. Duke isn't going to land a top flight high school QB regardless of who their head coach is.... but under Cutcliffe, Duke did produce a top 10 pick in the NFL Draft, with Daniel Jones in 2019. That was no small feat.

 

[Fullfillmer]

He did a very good job at Duke. This seems like an unfairly short leash to me.

This seems to be an unfairly long leash to me. Duke is just awful. Terrible really.

 

[Fullfillmer]

Look Cutcliff was a very good OC back many, many years ago. He couldn't recruit very well when he was here as OC and doubt that 40 years later, he has improved in that area.

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

This seems to be an unfairly long leash to me. Duke is just awful. Terrible really.

Duke is not good, that's for sure, but the last decade has been one of the most successful periods in Duke football history. Cutcliffe is second to only Wallace Wade on Duke's all-time "best coach" list*, and that isn't by accident.

*Probably third behind Murray, although the success he's had at Duke this last decade is noteworthy given the program's many years in the wilderness.