I can’t stand Finebaum but he is right...

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cwhitevol30 said:
He didn't say Mullen was a bad coach. He just said we shouldn't want someone that would bolt for a job in the same conference after saying how much he loved the job he had. Proud is simply saying that Kiffin didn't sugar coat it, he just got up and left and went all the way across the country.
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That's also why Kiffin is a dbag. Almost all coaches will say they are happy where they are. That's normal. You don't burn bridges because that comes back to haunt you. Like Kiffin, if he didn't leave like he did, normal Volnation would have welcomed him back.
 
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UpstateVol613 said:
“To get to this point, to shoot blanks on Jon Gruden, which we all knew he would, to hang around for three days waiting for Dan Mullen to get the call from Scott Stricklin. And then, to use as your third or fourth or fifth choice without doing proper vetting is an embarrassment.”

Where are all the people that said the coaching search would be different this time? That Tennessee is in a better place this time to get a top choice. Where are all the Grudenites who keep preaching he is coming here? JON GRUDEN IS NEVER COMING TO TN AND YOU ARE ONLY MAKING IT WORSE EVERY TIME YOU BRING HIM UP DURING A COACHING SEARCH.

The reality is Schiano was the 4th or 5th choice and Currie has been told no many times already. Mullen is a good coach and Florida actually beat us again.
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That's not necessarily a bad thing that we are being turned down. It means we are aiming high for good coaches...except Schiano (Good Coach - Bad Ethics Cloud).

If we went for Mason, or Riley or Freeze or McElwain then I'm sure the coaching search wouldn't take as long.
 
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onevol74 said:
Not sure your facts are straight. It is looking like Schiano was the only pick. There is no evidence that we were going to offer anyone else.
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If he was the first one offered it is because he was the first one that would accept it. IMO
 
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onevol74 said:
Not sure your facts are straight. It is looking like Schiano was the only pick. There is no evidence that we were going to offer anyone else.
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This is flat out creepy. WTF? Currie should have been fired before dark yesterday for this. I wonder if Currie is operating within a budget and believed we weren't in the market of better, more noteworthy candidates...not that GS would have even made the "cheap" list. It all just screams mediocrity. For that, everyone up there should be ashamed.
 
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griddie said:
Finebaum is wrong. AtlantaVol said it was Schiano from day one. And Atlantavol knows. It also further proves the incompetence of Currie and Davenport.
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Atlanta Vol said what?

Atlanta VOL said:
Schiano was never plan B as I alluded to earlier...even sadder part is I found out about it from one of Urbans very close associates literally as it was going down Sunday afternoon with a text “did you know you are closing in on Schiano? Your crew is up here now are you aware?”

Ill elaborate more once I have time to put the rest of the puzzle together and the timing around it but rest assured this guy was never even on most of our radar until the very last second....which is clearly what Currie wanted.

I am headed to knoxville now...then off to an another location to discuss what measures will help force change. We must demand accountability....pure and simple.
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O wait!!!!
 
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Have you contacted the President or Lady Davenport?

Call and email President DiPietro.

Tel: 865-974-2241
Fax: 865-974-3753

@UTPresidentJoe on Twitter
President Joe DiPietro on Facebook

Executive Assistant to the President
David Golden
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Beverly Davenport @ChancellorDav twitter
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The only logical explanation to me is that Schiano was #1 all along. Simply put, Currie didn't (prolly still dont) realize how big of a deal this is. He made a Kansas State caliber hire and expected everyone to be ok with it. Completely out of his league.
 
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JohnnyBall said:
The reality is Schiano was the 4th or 5th choice and Currie has been told no many times already. Mullen is a good coach and Florida actually beat us again.

This isnt true.They targeted Schiano for two weeks he was the number one dude..off the discount rack,made only cursory contacts to anyone else and likely signed binding paperwork 2 weeks ago.
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That still doesn't answer who leaked the info Sunday night. After being completely secretive from the day they fired Jones until yesterday evening, suddenly ESPN is informed the signing is imminent. 24 hours after anxious Vols fans are served up that article and have time to go nuts and ready to blow right on cue.

Find out who was behind all that. Then you will know what happened.
 
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thinks Christmas came Early today!! :banghead2:

He is a Jerk but a lot of people watch and listen!

Bet he sides with Schiano and Currie against all of us Trailer Trash!! :neener2:

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Well if we don’t get Gruden this time we will in 4-5 years when they fire whatever dud coach they hire this time. (Groundhog Day)
 
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Saw him on Dan Patrick show earlier today, he basically the fan reaction was the correct reaction.
 
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Well go Finebaum... he gets it from a fans perspective.

Even if there wasn't Penn State stinch on his resume, Schiano's background and coaching resume isn't what we want
 
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preacherwebb said:
Have you contacted the President or Lady Davenport?

Call and email President DiPietro.

Tel: 865-974-2241
Fax: 865-974-3753

@UTPresidentJoe on Twitter
President Joe DiPietro on Facebook

Executive Assistant to the President
David Golden
dgolden@tennessee.edu


Beverly Davenport @ChancellorDav twitter
chancellor@utk.edu email
865-974-3265 phone
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Good Lord dude, you're as bad as that guy that was posting the empty Neyland bs in every thread. We get it already!
 
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MyBloodRunnethOrange said:
He's placing quite a bit of blame on Currie. Laura Rutledge is the one trying to blame the fans
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Just goes to show the old saw about beauty pagent contestants and a lack of intelligence may be more true than we realized.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😁

Q: How you get a blonde to make dumb quotes?

A: Give her a microphone an tell her she's a sports common tater.
 
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onevol74 said:
Not sure your facts are straight. It is looking like Schiano was the only pick. There is no evidence that we were going to offer anyone else.
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Actually my facts are straight and Mike Griffith (the most accurate TN reporter) just confirmed it. Currie was down to 3 candidates Friday night. Leach, Cutcliffe, and Schiano. Leach was more interested in the Arkansas job and Cutcliffe said he wouldn’t work for the current TN administration. So his defacto choice was Schiano a coach no top programs wanted. Schiano wasn’t on the radar for Nebraska, Arizona St., Texas A&M, or Florida.
 
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UpstateVol613 said:
Actually my facts are straight and Mike Griffith (the most accurate TN reporter) just confirmed it. Currie was down to 3 candidates Friday night. Leach, Cutcliffe, and Schiano. Leach was more interested in the Arkansas job and Cutcliffe said he wouldn’t work for the current TN administration. So his defacto choice was Schiano a coach no top programs wanted. Schiano wasn’t on the radar for Nebraska, Arizona St., Texas A&M, or Florida.
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Then we need to broaden our search
 
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