If CBJ walks, here's my HC wish list:

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I don't think Butch will be fired. Nor do I think he should without the chance to overhaul his staff. But if he lacks resiliency and walks away on his own...

$6 million dollar men:
Chris Petersen - #1 on my list in 2008, still #1 on my list now. Make him say "no," then offer more.

Chip Kelly - make him say "no," but only after you've made Petersen say "no" at least 3 times.

$3 million - $4.5 million:
someone who's been a successful college head coach, knows the SEC, and/or has NFL experience.

MacIntyre - SEC experience. NFL experience. One of the most successful members of the Cutcliffe coaching tree. And he's gone 10-2 vs. a schedule in which virtually every opponent has had several cycles of higher rated recruiting classes, meaning this year's success is a product of pure coaching (scouting, player development, X's and O's, etc.).

Dan Mullen - Successful SEC coaching experience. Could make a Heisman candidate out of a guy like
Guarantano.

Greg Shiano - Nice college HC experience. NFL HC experience. Been taking notes from Meyer the last couple years.

DJ Durkin - Extensive successful experience under Harbaugh and in the SEC. Recruiting well and having a solid first year at Maryland. The coaching staff he's been able to bring to Maryland rivals what Jones has brought to UT, IMO. Possibly 2018 version of Tom Herman.

Fedora - Solid college HC experience at UNC. SEC experience. But how well would he recruit?

Narduzzi - Nice job as DC under D'Antonio, nice job so far as HC at Pitt.

Cutcliffe - Excellent coach. Age and recruiting ability are main concerns.

$3 million or less:
1st time HC, long time coordinator, HC with limited experience, etc.

Willie Taggart
Geoff Collins
PJ Fleck
Brent Venables
 
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Why would Peterson consider even for a moment leaving Washington.C Kelly won't admit failure he will have to be fired. Mullen possible but I don't know about him. Of course I'm not making the hire.
 
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Cutcliffe is too old to start a rebuilding project. He is staying put!!!
Shiano did well at Rutgers but that doesn't mean he can do it in the SEC. Also you reference Meyers when you talk about Shiano. Just because someone ate lunch with Meyers does not mean they are a great coach.
Remember when Romeo Cronnel & Charlie Weis were at N.E. with Bell a Cheat? Romeo went to Cleveland and failed miserably. Weis went to Notre Dame and failed miserably.
Just because you ate lunch with someone doesn't mean you will be successful like they are.........
Chip Kelly is a failure. His gimic offense at Philly & S.F. will not work in the S.E.C.
Peterson turned down U.T. when Dooley was fired. HE is not interested in leaving the Pacific North West. He has a child who is ill and needs special care from a hospital in that area.
Why not just keep bUTch for two more seasons and when he is truly unsuccessful, then the powers that be will let him go. Then we can hire someone else.
 
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We can't wait 2 years the problem is recruiting. We couldn't get anyone to come before because the program was in disarray. If we wait 2 years, which we probably will, we are going to be in the same boat
 
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I think Les Miles is still the best option... No coach is going to leave a playoff caliber team (Washington) to come to Tennessee. I love this program but thats not going to happen.
 
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Rudy123 said:
Cutcliffe is too old to start a rebuilding project. He is staying put!!!
Shiano did well at Rutgers but that doesn't mean he can do it in the SEC. Also you reference Meyers when you talk about Shiano. Just because someone ate lunch with Meyers does not mean they are a great coach.
Remember when Romeo Cronnel & Charlie Weis were at N.E. with Bell a Cheat? Romeo went to Cleveland and failed miserably. Weis went to Notre Dame and failed miserably.
Just because you ate lunch with someone doesn't mean you will be successful like they are.........
Chip Kelly is a failure. His gimic offense at Philly & S.F. will not work in the S.E.C.
Peterson turned down U.T. when Dooley was fired. HE is not interested in leaving the Pacific North West. He has a child who is ill and needs special care from a hospital in that area.
Why not just keep bUTch for two more seasons and when he is truly unsuccessful, then the powers that be will let him go. Then we can hire someone else.
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Who you got then?
 
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Why not gauge grudens interest again? Is it ridiculous? I don't know, but no one on this board knows either. This roster is not terrible, we're better off financially than 4 years ago, the academic situations hanging over us 4 years ago are cleared up. And his partner at espn has bolted to NBC. It's worth a call.
 
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ScottyG210 said:
Someone posted a "reliable source/Booster said" comment in another thread that stated he was looking to jet. TIFWIW
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A little smoke:

"As I said last week and in the Day After this morning, I think that Jones' name will show up on list.

Remember Herman and Butch have the same agent. And so Butch's agent has been talking to Houston people for the last week.

We will see if any materializes from the rumors out there. But agents always float names. That's what they are paid to do."

- Hubbs
 
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MrVolton said:
A little smoke:

"As I said last week and in the Day After this morning, I think that Jones' name will show up on list.

Remember Herman and Butch have the same agent. And so Butch's agent has been talking to Houston people for the last week.

We will see if any materializes from the rumors out there. But agents always float names. That's what they are paid to do."

- Hubbs
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Maybe Butch thinks he can get a raise if he threatened to leave.
 
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MrVolton said:
Who you got then?
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Be smart like LSU did. THey realized that there were not any homerun hires this off season, so they kept Oregon until a better field of coaches come available.
We should retain bUTch for a couple of more seasons and see what coaches at lower level schools become hot commodities. For example: Urban Crier came from Utah.
Saban came from Toledo before he arrived at Michigan State. Spurrier came from Duke.
OR
Wait until other coaches get fired from other programs that may want to come here.
For instance, suppose we go back a few years and Bobby Petrino was fired from Arkansas and coached at Western Kentucky for a season, would you be willing to seriously consider him for the U.T. job????
What if we hire someone like bUTch or Dooley again and the following season a situation like Petrino comes open again? We would regret making the Dooley like hire a year too soon.
 
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