If Sunseri turns us down...

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mlsoft said:
If Sunseri turns us down tomorrow, it is time to take a look at Narduzzi at Michigan State and offer him whatever it takes, within reason. He currently makes around $300k and if we offered to triple his salary I would be very surprised if he turned us down. From memory (very dangerous) earlier last night MSU finished something like #5 in yards allowed and #7 in scoring defense. I could live with that and think UT could as well.

He is certainly worth entertaining and better than Green. Texas A&M tried to get him for $600k, but we can do better than that.

mlsoft
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I hope he doesn't talk to Baggett or Arnett before considering this job. I am sure that they will have plenty to tell him about the U.T. football program.
 
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UTVOL02 said:
So you're hearing SS wasn't even offered the job?
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I have been real careful to state it as rumor but yes that is what I have heard. I wouldn't believe it from any poster on here and I don't expect anybody to believe me. I do expect it to come out soon from other sources.
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steve328 said:
If you look at resumes, Lance Thompson has one of the better ones of people who have been mentioned lately. Also has coached under Saban and Monte Kiffen ( not to mention Wilcox ). He has been a member of two SEC championship coaching staffs and two ACC championship staffs. He knows our system and he knows our players. Thompson also served LSU as the assistant head coach in charge of recruiting and tight ends during their national championship season in 2003. Promoting him would help to stabilize what is currently a ship which appears to be in disarray.

More importantly, IMO, he would fill the DC position which would leave CDD looking for position coaches only, which should be much easier to fill.

Some of my post was copied from the UT Football website. JMO
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I have been saying this for a week. No one wants this job, so we will end up promoting Lance Thompson and then act as if it were a GREAT hire in an effort to save face.
 
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BruinVol said:
I have been real careful to state it as rumor but yes that is what I have heard. I wouldn't believe it from any poster on here and I don't expect anybody to believe me. I do expect it to come out soon from other sources.
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I do too, and it will likely come from this post :)
 
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BruinVol said:
I have been real careful to state it as rumor but yes that is what I have heard. I wouldn't believe it from any poster on here and I don't expect anybody to believe me. I do expect it to come out soon from other sources.
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if true, where do you stand on CSS not being offered?
 
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BruinVol said:
I have been real careful to state it as rumor but yes that is what I have heard. I wouldn't believe it from any poster on here and I don't expect anybody to believe me. I do expect it to come out soon from other sources.
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Thats a new twist if true.

Assuming that he was the top choice and we had to wait over a week to get to the table, it makes it very odd.
 
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BruinVol said:
I knew who you meant. You still aren't in reality.
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Wonder if Alabama was "in" reality when they still pursued Saban even after he publically stated multiple time he wasn't going to be the Alabama coach... 2 BCS titles later, how'd that work out for them???
 
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UT's#1Fan said:
if true, where do you stand on CSS not being offered?
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I don't like it but at some point you have to trust the people doing the hiring. If Hart or DD felt something wasn't genuine or negative about SS then you have to trust them as hard as that may be.
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UT's#1Fan said:
Wonder if Alabama was "in" reality when they still pursued Saban even after he publically stated multiple time he wasn't going to be the Alabama coach... 2 BCS titles later, how'd that work out for them???
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what worked out great for bama was RichRod
 
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UT's#1Fan said:
Wonder if Alabama was "in" reality when they still pursued Saban even after he publically stated multiple time he wasn't going to be the Alabama coach... 2 BCS titles later, how'd that work out for them???
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Stoops going back to a place he calls home to work with his brother in a top 5 program is the reality. He isn't the co DC either that's just in title.
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BeecherVol said:
Thats a new twist if true.

Assuming that he was the top choice and we had to wait over a week to get to the table, it makes it very odd.
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Tell me about it. I was floored when I heard that. I hope its wrong.
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BeecherVol said:
Thats a new twist if true.

Assuming that he was the top choice and we had to wait over a week to get to the table, it makes it very odd.
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If Sunseri is not the next DC it won't be because UT didn't offer him... it'll be because he didn't accept our offer... :thumbsup:
 
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UT's#1Fan said:
If Sunseri is not the next DC it won't be because UT didn't offer him... it'll be because he didn't accept our offer... :thumbsup:
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I would have bet body parts you are correct until this morning. It could all be a cover for being told no but I really don't think so.
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#45
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Sounds good to me!! If Sunseri DOES turn us down, then make it happen!!:rock:

Offer him $800,000 and I would feel pretty good about HIM accepting!!:good!:
 
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SteelerVol said:
People. Quit freaking out. CSS hasn't turned UT down. That's not the way it works. He was here yesterday and the process will run it's course but even if he DOES turn us down it would be today or tomorrow after getting back home, with a phone call. Consequently, he also wouldn't have agreed to any kind of deal or extension with CNS yesterday since you wouldn't do that by phone so that couldn't or wouldn't happen until today or tomorrow again, after he got back. IF CSS has accepted an offer from UT the next step would've been what he has done, go home and say in front of him. SO..... we are where we are and there is NO insider trash out there about "out" or "in" yet. Period.
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:clapping::clapping::clapping::clapping::clapping:
 
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BruinVol said:
I don't like it but at some point you have to trust the people doing the hiring. If Hart or DD felt something wasn't genuine or negative about SS then you have to trust them as hard as that may be.
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I sure hope we don't approach recruiting like we do coaching hires... "We going to go after that elite prospect in Texas? Ah. No. No way he comes here, he's a lock to X school..." Point is, I doubt they do take that approach when recruiting players. They go after anyone who they think will fit their system and win games. Why not hire coaches with the same mentality. Obviously this doesn’t mean going after Dungy or some other far fetch coach... but Mike Stoops? Again, how is that not reality?
 
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I continue to believe that if Sunseri turns us down, the best option right now is Narduzzi at Michigan State. His record is very strong up there and he had built a top 10 defense from the ground up. He currently makes around $300k/yr and we could triple his income overnight to come to Tennessee.

Supposedly Narduzzi's wife is not happy where they are, and the lure to coach in the SEC for a storied program at triple the income would almost certainly bring him here.

We should be working on Narduzzi right now, while we are waiting on Sunseri to give a definitive answer.

mlsoft
 
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