Intresting Comments from Tuberville regarding UT.

[JAllen18]

Tommy Tuberville was on George Lapides this AM and had some interesting observations:

1.Kiffin and staff did a great job of coaching Crompton, finally figuring out that he could only see, study, half of the field instead of the entire field, thus increasing his competency.

2. Monte Kiffin has been great all year but his weakness is still the opponents spread offense.

3. Every school in the SEC, except LSU, has to recruit the state of Georgia, Georgia has so such great high school football, diamonds in the rough, good coaches.

4.While at Auburn, he noticed the past 4-5 years that Tennessee was not recruiting in Georgia, which in his mind, contributed to Tennessee's downfall-with UT concentrating on California and all over the country instead of such a close treasury as Georgia

5. While speaking to the Athens Ga. Touchdown Club last night, and they didn't want to hear this, "I told them that UT was the school in the next 4-5 years that they should worry about; that they had such great recruiters. Eddie Gran, now on UT's staff, worked for me for 10 years, told me that he was the 6th best recruiter on UT's staff, so loaded is UT with great recruiters."

 

[zjcvols]

I don't think Tubbs is a great coach, but its a shame that he got fired.

 

[dantheman617]

I will agree with most points other than UT not recruiting GA. We may not have been recruiting to the extent we should have been, but regardless we were. Eric Berry is a great example. It is hard to get 5 star players from GA to come to TN when we are playing mediocre football.

 

[UNAVol89]

Tubbs was a good coach, but just couldn't break through in the SEC. I think he'd be great in the ACC or Big East.

 

[ShanMan]

Tubbs was a good coach, but just couldn't break through in the SEC. I think he'd be great in the ACC or Big East.

Hes a PERFECT fit at UVA IMHO.

 

[Jaytrain5]

Tubbs was a good coach, but just couldn't break through in the SEC. I think he'd be great in the ACC or Big East.

He did just fine in the SEC. I'm sure he'll have similar success in his future travels. Hopefully he's coached his last game with Eddie Gran on his staff.

 

[BuckeyeVols]

I still think the Barn took a "loss" when letting go TT for Chizik. If Tommy has never hired that OC he did last year, I think he would have been fine.

 

[AllVols4]

I do think he will coach again and soon I just hope that we can keep Eddie Gran from joining him wherever he goes..

 

[zjcvols]

The fact that Auburn had one bad season with Tubbs, and how welll he did after the Terry Bowden debacle shows what awful class those barnburners have.

 

[Neyland Law Vol]

Stay away from our Gran Tubbs!

 

[JamesBenUT]

A bit self-deprecating, I'd say Gran could be in our Top 2 of best recruiters, especially since his "forte" is the talent rich state of Florida.

 

[Jeb]

Maybe Gran is just giving props to his counterparts, but that's still a pretty strong statement to claim he's 6th. Wow.

 

[mkil5]

I still think the Barn took a "loss" when letting go TT for Chizik. If Tommy has never hired that OC he did last year, I think he would have been fine.

I think they took a loss too, I didn't think TT was a bad coach at all. And the same thing could possibly be said for PF as well regarding the OC, but I don't think we took a loss.

 

[VolinDawgland]

Berry came as a legacy. Tubby's statement is accurate. We were still getting some GA talent, but it dropped way off after Gardner left. The huge part of the foundation of our great 90's run was GA players. When Fulmer was having his best recruiting success was when some of our major competitors were a bit down like Georgia and Alabama. When Georgia got it's act together Fulmer didn't seem ready or capable of sustaining the fight.

 

[Co. Aytch]

Sure is. Guess that what impressed Tommy so much when he heard that.

 

[BuckeyeVols]

We would match any offer that any school would put out there for Gran. The only way I see him leaving here is if he is offered an OC position somewhere....even then, he probably takes a paycut to accept it.

 

[BigPapaVol]

A bit self-deprecating, I'd say Gran could be in our Top 2 of best recruiters, especially since his "forte" is the talent rich state of Florida.

gran's a great recruiter, but we're winning recruiting wars right now because we have MK, EO and LK.

 

[tigervol9802]

I don't think Gran is a move-all-the-time type of coach. I think when he'll be dedicated to be here a few years.

 

[bowlinggreenvol]

Tubbs was a good coach, but just couldn't break through in the SEC. I think he'd be great in the ACC or Big East.

The guy played for 2 SEC titles, won 1 (should've played for the NC) and averaged 10 wins over his 8 year career at AU. I think he broke through just fine in the SEC once he was able to get the talent.

 

[cutnitclose]

Sounds like he might be interested in the Bulldog job.. He wouldn't be a bad fit down there at Georgia....

 

[volfan4evr]

UT started loosing recruits when Richt went there, and took Garner away from CPF. Garner was the reason we got so many great players from that state. After he left, we got the scraps from UGA, UF, and other schools. On a side note, if you remember, CLK tried to lure Garner away from UGA when he came here. Kinda think he might just with he'd taken that job in a couple years.

 

[JAllen18]

Sounds like he might be interested in the Bulldog job.. He wouldn't be a bad fit down there at Georgia....

I would not want to see Tubbs at UGA. Keep him out of the SEC and let Richt stay at UGA for a few more years.

 

[volinbham]

The guy played for 2 SEC titles, won 1 (should've played for the NC) and averaged 10 wins over his 8 year career at AU. I think he broke through just fine in the SEC once he was able to get the talent.

He was fired because he didn't keep getting the talent. Auburn's recruiting really fell off the last few years. They are thinner than we are.

 

[cutnitclose]

I would not want to see Tubbs at UGA. Keep him out of the SEC and let Richt stay at UGA for a few more years.

I agree.. I was just saying that is the way he sounded to me.. I meant he might not be a bad fit for them down there.. I def. want MR to stay awhile longer too..

 

[mcadamsrob]

Tubbs is a perfect fit for the CU Buffs. Being from TN and growing up a Vol all my life, I'm always a Vol first but as an alum of CU I'd like to see them hire him. Or Kendall Gill. Tubbs is a good recruiter and a good coach. But you have to be great to hold down a job and compete in the SEC.