Herbstreit hot take on Tennessee - Lock down Heupel

[Freak]

Not sure if it's been posted, but...

 

[Hairy Vols]

Not sure if it's been posted, but...

Best take Herb as ever made.

And he is 100% right. He is the first of multiple big time people who have called out our fans this week for the big overreaction. I hope people sit back and look at the totality of the situation. Because rn this program is heading in the right direction.

 

[SpookyAction]

I agree. Lock him down.

 

[McDad]

In before, he's a tOSU homer who wants us to suck.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

In before, he's a tOSU homer who wants us to suck.

Well, the first part is really without question.

 

[JMSqb11]

Best take Herb as ever made.

And he is 100% right. He is the first of multiple big time people who have called out our fans this week for the big overreaction. I hope people sit back and look at the totality of the situation. Because rn this program is heading in the right direction.

He's calling out a very small group of people.... Literally the overwhelming majority of fans don't want Heupel fired.

 

[Hairy Vols]

In before, he's a tOSU homer who wants us to suck.

Herb is one of the most unbiased announcers I’ve ever heard. Every fan base feels this way. I’ve seen tOSU fans complain that he hates their program.

People always have on their preferred tint of rose colored glasses.

Couldn’t agree with you more brother.

 

[MississippiVOLS]

Fire Martinez, keep Banks at least another season, lock down the rest.

 

[Volfan8282]

The same Herbie that thought we were idiots to not want Schiano?

 

[Cobb-Webb 1989]

The same Herbie that thought we were idiots to not want Schiano?

It is easy to forget how many years that Jimmy H. tanked our program.

 

[Hairy Vols]

The same Herbie that thought we were idiots to not want Schiano?

That is a fair point. BUT look what we got instead. Pruitt without a doubt was worse than Schiano.

 

[JMSqb11]

That is a fair point. BUT look what we got instead. Pruitt without a doubt was worse than Schiano.

We hired Pruitt because we didn’t actually conduct a search in the aftermath of the gettable good coaches. Stopping the Schiano hire was the right call. Just because they screwed up the hire after Schiano doesn’t mean it was wrong.

 

[ALLVOL 4LIFE]

We hired Pruitt because we didn’t actually conduct a search in the aftermath of the gettable good coaches. Stopping the Schiano hire was the right call. Just because they screwed up the hire after Schiano doesn’t mean it was wrong.

Should have got The Pirate! RIP

 

[JMSqb11]

Should have got The Pirate! RIP

No. There was one coach who was light years better than the trio of Doeren, Pruitt, and Mel Tucker who was publicly lobbying for the job and it’s wasn’t Leach.

 

[ALLVOL 4LIFE]

No. There was one coach who was light years better than the trio of Doeren, Pruitt, and Mel Tucker who was publicly lobbying for the job and it’s wasn’t Leach.

And I was great with him coming back, but Fulmer was never gonna let that happen.

 

[bpalmer28]

Josh should send him a thank you text. Become his buddy. Maybe then when Herby and Chris broadcast a Tennessee game it won’t feel like they’re hoping we lose.

 

[bpalmer28]

No. There was one coach who was light years better than the trio of Doeren, Pruitt, and Mel Tucker who was publicly lobbying for the job and it’s wasn’t Leach.

That’s it! That’s the answer. We need to bring in Mel Tucker as DC.

 

[Cobb-Webb 1989]

We hired Pruitt because we didn’t actually conduct a search in the aftermath of the gettable good coaches. Stopping the Schiano hire was the right call. Just because they screwed up the hire after Schiano doesn’t mean it was wrong.

You’re right. There was not a kick off search.

Haslam and Currie had already decided it was gong to be Schiano, from the get go.

Then the Andersons brought Fulmer back into the fold.

 

[Cobb-Webb 1989]

That’s it! That’s the answer. We need to bring in Mel Tucker as DC.

Hire James Franklin for the DC

 

[bpalmer28]

Hire James Franklin for the DC

Franklin as OC/ assistant HC. Exclusively responsible for 2 minute offense and clock management.

Tucker as DC

(I’m dreaming, I know)

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

I agree on Heupel. I think there needs to be some evaluation of position coaches and potentially even coordinators, however, contingent on how the last three games go.

 

[Cobb-Webb 1989]

Franklin as OC/ assistant HC. Exclusively responsible for 2 minute offense and clock management.

Tucker as DC

(I’m dreaming, I know)

Not after the Brenda Tracey thang.

 

[volfan102455]

Yes, this fan base is so crazy at times. We are entering an era with college football, in particular in the SEC, where the conference champion will more than likely not be undefeated, yet we have fans stuck in the "must go undefeated era". That is not a realistic goal in the SEC anymore.

 

[bpalmer28]

Not after the Brenda Tracey thang.

I forgot about that

 

[kptvol1]

I, myself, have been quiet on this, but Josh worked a miracle on this program. We were Nebraska and many of us thought that the program was too far gone and would lose support to continue to even try to be competitive in this league. Heupel has earned the right for us to take a step back and look from a distance to see what has transpired under his leadership. We went from the worst season in our history to vying for a NC under harsh penalties in 2 years because of this guy. 9-3 or 8-4 as a yearly expected result will not cut it at UT, but he’s not that kind of coach. He’s fighting for better.

Does he need to make some changes? Maybe. It’s a more complex atmosphere in the game than I know. I’m just a fan. All I know is that he has taken us from the dumpster juice to the CFP with a handicapped QB and he has earned the utmost of kudos.