Jon Tenuta?

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Ohio Vol

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I can think of one coach named Jon who I wouldn't mind seeing in orange and white, and that's Georgia Tech defensive coordinator Jon Tenuta. Here are my reasons:

1) Georgia Tech is noted for having a swarming defense that can confound anyone from true freshman to fifth-year seniors

2) Georgia Tech has academic standards higher than Notre Dame's, yet they contend on the basis of their defense. (How tough, you ask? The campus is given 1 star on nightlife, and it's in the middle of Atlanta)

3) Tenuta's defense was enough to overcome Reggie Ball's ineptitude a number of times, thus putting him on the level of Anne Sullivan for being a miracle worker.
 
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I have brought his name up a few times on this board. I live in Atlanta, and he is absolutely respected in this town, and considered the reason that Tech is a good team, and not irrelavant anymore.
 
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Tenuta plays a pressure style that is great when it's working, but he is also a little slow to switch things up sometimes. Boston College ate him alive last week when he kept blitzing.
 
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I can't remember to many dominate tech defenses in the past has this guy been there very long?
 
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Well, I would say your right about changing up defenses, but this is who he is. But the BC game showed what a great O-line, and a big time QB can do. You didn't hear about there D to much because , of the Calvin Johnson shadow, and the futility of Reggie Ball.
 
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Tenuta?

You gotta be kidding...the comedy is not funny...the voice is annoying....and she is so 80's!!!!! GIVE ME A BREAK.... never had any skills at all.....

What?

Jon?


Oh....I thought you said Judy....my bad.

Judy Tenuta
 
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blackmon said:
Tenuta?

You gotta be kidding...the comedy is not funny...the voice is annoying....and she is so 80's!!!!! GIVE ME A BREAK.... never had any skills at all.....

What?

Jon?


Oh....I thought you said Judy....my bad.

Judy Tenuta
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Good reference to her in "Waiting for Guffman" - Corky's wearing a Judy Tenuta shirt. Hilarious, and I didn't even know who she was.
 
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GAVol said:
Tenuta plays a pressure style that is great when it's working, but he is also a little slow to switch things up sometimes. Boston College ate him alive last week when he kept blitzing.
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BC also has Gosder Cherilous on the offensive line, who can singlehandedly negate anything thrown at his side of the line.

Besides, I think GT has a level of overall player that's probably a half-cut below teams like Clemson and Va Tech and a full cut below who Florida State used to be. And as I said, ANYONE who can overcome Reggie Ball's ineptitude is a miracle worker.
 
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If Tennessee hires Jon Tenuta it will be an indication that President Petersen, Mike Hamilton, and the Athletics Board are looking to deemphasize football. Hire a coordinator from a middle of the pack ACC school? I'd love to be the PR guy who had to try and sell that decision.
 
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Ohio Vol said:
ANYONE who can overcome Reggie Ball's ineptitude is a miracle worker.
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That is true...

hatvol96 said:
If Tennessee hires Jon Tenuta it will be an indication that President Petersen, Mike Hamilton, and the Athletics Board are looking to deemphasize football. Hire a coordinator from a middle of the pack ACC school? I'd love to be the PR guy who had to try and sell that decision.
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But I agree with Hat on this.
 
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hatvol96 said:
If Tennessee hires Jon Tenuta it will be an indication that President Petersen, Mike Hamilton, and the Athletics Board are looking to deemphasize football. Hire a coordinator from a middle of the pack ACC school? I'd love to be the PR guy who had to try and sell that decision.
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Tenuta has been exceptional at every stop that he's made, and Georgia Tech isn't exactly a hotbed of talent.

I figure it can't be any tougher of a sell than "Wait, so Florida is hiring a guy who two years ago was at Bowling Green?"
 
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Ohio Vol said:
Tenuta has been exceptional at every stop that he's made, and Georgia Tech isn't exactly a hotbed of talent.

I figure it can't be any tougher of a sell than "Wait, so Florida is hiring a guy who two years ago was at Bowling Green?"
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When Tenuta leads a Utah team to a BCS bowl win then you'll have an arguement.
 
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The guy who was at Bowling Green had just led Utah to a BCS bowl as a head coach. Tenuta is a coordinator at an also ran program.
 
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The funny thing is that I can't remember Utah actually beating any quality teams that year. I think that they were in the "others receiving votes" category to begin, they pounded a vastly overrated Texas A&M team in the first game to get into the top 15, then ran through the likes of Utah State and Nevada to set up a Fiesta Bowl date with a 4- or 5-loss Pitt team.

I'm fairly certain that Utah could have held their own against Oklahoma, Auburn, and USC, but it's not as if they traversed a brutal schedule and came out on top.
 
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Ohio Vol said:
The funny thing is that I can't remember Utah actually beating any quality teams that year. I think that they were in the "others receiving votes" category to begin, they pounded a vastly overrated Texas A&M team in the first game to get into the top 15, then ran through the likes of Utah State and Nevada to set up a Fiesta Bowl date with a 4- or 5-loss Pitt team.

I'm fairly certain that Utah could have held their own against Oklahoma, Auburn, and USC, but it's not as if they traversed a brutal schedule and came out on top.
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Utah didn't lose to a terrible Virginia team
 
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Ohio Vol said:
The funny thing is that I can't remember Utah actually beating any quality teams that year. I think that they were in the "others receiving votes" category to begin, they pounded a vastly overrated Texas A&M team in the first game to get into the top 15, then ran through the likes of Utah State and Nevada to set up a Fiesta Bowl date with a 4- or 5-loss Pitt team.

I'm fairly certain that Utah could have held their own against Oklahoma, Auburn, and USC, but it's not as if they traversed a brutal schedule and came out on top.
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I don't remember Georgia Tech beating many quality teams during Tenuta's entire tenure.
 
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Okay, if we are going to talk about a coach who can more out of less, try Paul Johnson. He comes in almost last in recuiting every year (and not because of his skills) and still puts up a mid teir quality team. Plus that offense would give the SEC fits
 
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UT should have no problem hiring Tenuta as a defensive coordinator if we really want him. We don't need to use the position of head coach to lure him away from the Yellowjackets.
 
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Well, Tech ponied up on that deal, and payed him a fortune to stay. He's gotten a lot of offers the past few years, and turned them down to stay at Tech.
 
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MontereyVol said:
Okay, if we are going to talk about a coach who can more out of less, try Paul Johnson. He comes in almost last in recuiting every year (and not because of his skills) and still puts up a mid teir quality team. Plus that offense would give the SEC fits
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See Hat, I'm not the only one who thinks this way.:p
 
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Frankly, I wouldn't mind seeing one of the lower division head coaches brought up...if we make a change. Instead of the same old guys, unless maybe his name is...Stoops, or somebody like that.

It seems to me some of the best talent is yet unheralded.
 
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Ohio Vol said:
I can think of one coach named Jon who I wouldn't mind seeing in orange and white, and that's Georgia Tech defensive coordinator Jon Tenuta. Here are my reasons:

1) Georgia Tech is noted for having a swarming defense that can confound anyone from true freshman to fifth-year seniors

2) Georgia Tech has academic standards higher than Notre Dame's, yet they contend on the basis of their defense. (How tough, you ask? The campus is given 1 star on nightlife, and it's in the middle of Atlanta)

3) Tenuta's defense was enough to overcome Reggie Ball's ineptitude a number of times, thus putting him on the level of Anne Sullivan for being a miracle worker.
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i've really had a lot to drink tonight. does this post say something about hiring anne sullivan to replace fulmer as head coach? i hope so because at first i thought it was talking about the yellowjacket dc replacing coach fulmer.
 
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