Coach Kiffin has done so much in so little time

#28
#28
nickknx865 said:
Before we coronate Kiffin as the grand poobah, how about a season or two first?
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I may not be ready to coronate him, but he has definitely earned a few gold stars for hiring of coaches.

I am very pleased so far, and am waiting to see what he can do with the last few weeksof recruiting. He's not too far out of the top 10, so I guess we'll see where he lands. :crossfingers:
 
#29
#29
great post...I am so excited about the things that are going to happen with this staff and players.
 
#30
#30
vtvol98 said:
I was not a big Kiffin fan when he was hired. I felt better about him when I heard that Monte was on board. When he landed the strength and conditioning coach from South Carolina, I thought that our players were going to be the biggest, meanest, fastest mothers on the gridiron. He hired Cregg and Chaney and I thought that this staff was going to have a unique selling angle with its NFL flavor. He landed Yaw Yaw Orgeron and I felt like the Vols had a "closer" for the recruits. The fact that he had coached strong defenses at USC and Ole Miss helped, too. When he stole Lance Thompson from under Nicky Satan's nose, I thought, "damn, that's strong." The hire of Eddie Gran, Garza, and Wilson were solid hires who can not only recruit but also "coach up the talent."

Coach Kiffin has shown the ability to thumb his nose at competing coaches which was something his predecessor could or would not do. He questioned Steve Spurrier's knowledge of coaching ethics. He has head-hunted assistant coaches from the staffs of USCe, Bama, Miss St. (a couple of weeks after Garza had been hired by the Bulldogs), and raided NFL staffs as well. He has set the market on salaries for asst. coaches and even forced rival UGA to change its coaching payscale to keep its best recruiter in Rodney Garner.

CLK strikes me as an all-business and no bs type of coach. He has been candid with former Phil Fulmer recruits. He has told some 4 star rated recruits (like Tajh Boyd and Bryce Petty) that they don't fit into his system and told them that they should look elsewhere. He has already said that ALL positions are open for competition this spring. He checked in on current players to make sure that they attended the first day of class. Rumor has it that he has put some players "on notice" and is looking to clean house of the malaise and "me-first" attitude which had pervaded the Fulmer Vols of 2008. He has done this all the while chasing top-caliber talent nationwide and trying to prevent the talent of the state of Tennessee from leaving her borders. He has done this in a seemingly tireless effort since he was hired less than 2 months ago. It is still 8 and a half months until kickoff and our first opportunity to see if this gamble by Mike Hamilton has paid off. Coach Kiffin has done so much in so little time, including changing my mind.
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plus he has a new son
 
#31
#31
i was hoping for gruden,when we were hunting for a coach but i think we ended up with the better deal with coach k
he has impressed me with his fire and little regards for spurrier/sabin the man has something we needed at tennessee for a long long time. i love the face he will step on toes and have the attitude of if you dont like it do something about it.
 
#32
#32
I have been a UT fan for a long time, but never followed the team quite as closely as I have since CLK was hired. I always felt when Fulmer was around it was "same ol, same ol, working like heck" etc and never felt we would really ever get any better. I am really, really excited to see the new approach in Knoxville.

Pass the koolaid please, I need some more!
 
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