Recruiting Forum: Football Talk II

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#11,255
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Just cannot believe there would be any doubt about a coach jumping from a (any) Big East (ACC) team to UT..

A miss on Strong needs to be answered with a total house cleaning frm the top to the AD!
 
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#11,256
VOLout8 said:
What are your feelings B?
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A little scared we are in a position to be publicly turned down by Louisvilles coach, but if I were a betting man I would bet we will be talking about Coach Strong for a long time. I think they got him this evening and will find out for sure tomorrow morning.
 
#11,257
#11,257
daj2576 said:
Yeah, that plush multi million dollar buy out to sit at home.
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That's his choice. He may not want a job, but if someone else was interested, don't you think in 5 years we would have heard about? No one wants Fulmer as a head coach.

I appreciate what he did as the head coach, but his time has passed.
 
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ORANGE & WHITE said:
It doesn't say that to me at all. Jones has been trying to get TN to notice him for weeks and we haven't paid him any attention.
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I know we are not looking at Jones. UL very well could have been IF their job opened up. That is what I was saying. Jones was waiting to take the CU job until he saw what Strong was doing.
 
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bcartervol98 said:
A little scared we are in a position to be publicly turned down by Louisvilles coach, but if I were a betting man I would bet we will be talking about Coach Strong for a long time. I think they got him this evening and will find out for sure tomorrow morning.
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Thanks man! You've proved to be one of the more classy and up standing posters on here.:hi:
 
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I have not been down on Hart and anyone can check my posts to see if I am telling the truth but I got to say that Hart is playing this a little to close to the vest. When Arkansas, Kentucky, and Auburn can find a coach before TN then there are some issues.

I just feel at this point that Hart should give a little explanation to the ticket buyers on what is going on with the program and coaching search.

Too many missed opportunities and the natives on Rocky Top are beyond irate.
 
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nicksjuzunk said:
Don't feel bad yet... we still have no idea how this plane is gonna land.
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I guess you're right. I guess I didn't mean specifically the UL players, but kids at all schools commit and bond with a coach and then they bolt and they are stranded. Happens all the time. You just don't see much of the player's side. It's a tough position to be in.
 
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VolOnthePlains said:
Kiffin met with the Knoxville media when he left. The rest of the night was a blur, then I had to sleep on an air mattress for a while.
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That's the only time I can think of where a coach met with the media. That was just a strange situation all around. Hopefully I never see anything like it again.
 
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LebanonVolunteer said:
I know we are not looking at Jones. UL very well could have been IF their job opened up. That is what I was saying. Jones was waiting to take the CU job until he saw what Strong was doing.
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I agree with O&W. Jones was hoping we would call. Either he got tired of waiting or he thinks CS is coming. I'd have Fedora on line 2, just in case.
 
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#11,265
LebanonVolunteer said:
I know we are not looking at Jones. UL very well could have been IF their job opened up. That is what I was saying. Jones was waiting to take the CU job until he saw what Strong was doing.
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Sorry that was an incomplete thought. I meant to say it reads to me like Jones was holding out for UT and realized we got our guy and he's moving on to Colorado. Doesn't matter right now though b/c he is denying accepting the job.
 
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volstopfan14 said:
That's his choice. He may not want a job, but if someone else was interested, don't you think in 5 years we would have heard about? No one wants Fulmer as a head coach.

I appreciate what he did as the head coach, but his time has passed.
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Your second point is right.

Your first point is totally moot, and here is why: IF Fulmer had the sort of buyout that had a mitigation clause, meaning that he had to attempt to lesson UT's buyout to him by searching for other meaningful employment, his name would have been out in the media because he would have to at least look for another job.

Obviously Fulmer gets paid 8 million dollars for doing nothing. We don't even know if other teams have even called him, just that nothing ever made it to the point that the media picked up on it. For all we know, he could have been called by dozens of AD's across the country to gauge his interest. Simply because we haven't heard about a simple phone call doesn't mean that it hasn't happened.
 
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LebanonVolunteer said:
I know we are not looking at Jones. UL very well could have been IF their job opened up. That is what I was saying. Jones was waiting to take the CU job until he saw what Strong was doing.
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Why in the world would he be looking at UL if Strong leaves? He is the current coach at Cincy and recruiting in Ohio has got to be WAY easier than recruiting UL. Yes UL is going to the ACC but they will still be UL and he would basically be starting all over. If he stayed at Cincy he would have a much easier time continuing his success and landing a much better job than UL in a couple of years.
 
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ORNGFACTOR said:
I have not been down on Hart and anyone can check my posts to see if I am telling the truth but I got to say that Hart is playing this a little to close to the vest. When Arkansas, Kentucky, and Auburn can find a coach before TN then there are some issues.

I just feel at this point that Hart should give a little explanation to the ticket buyers on what is going on with the program and coaching search.

Too many missed opportunities and the natives on Rocky Top are beyond irate.
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There are still a lot if issues, probably. You don't fix things overnight. But we still haven't lost a coach to another team in this whole ordeal.
 
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JFBanicki said:
Why in the world would he be looking at UL if Strong leaves? He is the current coach at Cincy and recruiting in Ohio has got to be WAY easier than recruiting UL. Yes UL is going to the ACC but they will still be UL and he would basically be starting all over. If he stayed at Cincy he would have a much easier time continuing his success and landing a much better job than UL in a couple of years.
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If your argument held true, he would not be taking the Colorado job either.
 
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