Just hire Steele

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I agree, and renegotiate his contract at the end of this year based on how he messes with the new staff and how well the defense is progressing. I think that's fair enough.
 
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Majors said:
We live in a crazy time. Not a smart move on Armstrongs IMO. Come here and be successful you're a head coach by 40 years old, come here and fail you bank a few million.
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And go back to being a positional coach for a major program. The alma mater factor must be a big deal for him.
 
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golfballs said:
And go back to being a positional coach for a major program. The alma mater factor must be a big deal for him.
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Maybe, just not common for a position coach to not take a promotion. I'm sure OSU offered money but they also have stability which we can't match right now.
 
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Majors said:
Maybe, just not common for a position coach to not take a promotion. I'm sure OSU offered money but they also have stability which we can't match right now.
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Under a new coach a positional coach typically has as much stability as you would get at any school. No long term deals/exorbitant salaries to tie them down.
 
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From an article by Connor O'Gara:

Kevin Steele, who led top 20 defenses in 4 of the last 5 seasons at Auburn, is apparently still on staff but not as the defensive coordinator. An SEC East rival told FootballScoop.com something that makes a lot of sense:

“Steele is not a fit schematically based on what (the Vols) are going to do on offense. He is the type of guy to sit back and not beat himself schematically. However, I am completely against playing that way when your entire offensive game plan is based around creating possessions. You need a super-aggressive defensive coordinator to create negative plays and turnovers.”​
Why it’s not surprising that Josh Heupel’s defensive coordinator search hasn’t been a quick one

Steele's philosophy is bend-don't-break. Make the opposing offense run more plays until the odds catch up and they make a mistake.

But that's exactly what opponents of Heupel's offense want to do--control time-of-possession and keep our offense on the sideline. Remember what Peyton faced in his early years with the Colts, and how he felt like the game was lost if he didn't score a TD on each possession? The Colts didn't start making the playoffs until their D got some disrupters who forced turnovers.
 
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BruisedOrange said:
From an article by Connor O'Gara:

Kevin Steele, who led top 20 defenses in 4 of the last 5 seasons at Auburn, is apparently still on staff but not as the defensive coordinator. An SEC East rival told FootballScoop.com something that makes a lot of sense:

“Steele is not a fit schematically based on what (the Vols) are going to do on offense. He is the type of guy to sit back and not beat himself schematically. However, I am completely against playing that way when your entire offensive game plan is based around creating possessions. You need a super-aggressive defensive coordinator to create negative plays and turnovers.”​
Why it’s not surprising that Josh Heupel’s defensive coordinator search hasn’t been a quick one

Steele's philosophy is bend-don't-break. Make the opposing offense run more plays until the odds catch up and they make a mistake.

But that's exactly what opponents of Heupel's offense want to do--control time-of-possession and keep our offense on the sideline. Remember what Peyton faced in his early years with the Colts, and how he felt like the game was lost if he didn't score a TD on each possession? The Colts didn't start making the playoffs until their D got some disrupters who forced turnovers.
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Works great when your offense is lead by Peyton Manning
 
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The fact that he's still in the program indicates to me that Steele has a job. It may not be DC. It may be co-DC. It might be Asst HC and LB coach.

People here seem to be having a worse attitude about Steele's situation than he is.
 
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BruisedOrange said:
From an article by Connor O'Gara:

Kevin Steele, who led top 20 defenses in 4 of the last 5 seasons at Auburn, is apparently still on staff but not as the defensive coordinator. An SEC East rival told FootballScoop.com something that makes a lot of sense:

“Steele is not a fit schematically based on what (the Vols) are going to do on offense. He is the type of guy to sit back and not beat himself schematically. However, I am completely against playing that way when your entire offensive game plan is based around creating possessions. You need a super-aggressive defensive coordinator to create negative plays and turnovers.”​
Why it’s not surprising that Josh Heupel’s defensive coordinator search hasn’t been a quick one

Steele's philosophy is bend-don't-break. Make the opposing offense run more plays until the odds catch up and they make a mistake.

But that's exactly what opponents of Heupel's offense want to do--control time-of-possession and keep our offense on the sideline. Remember what Peyton faced in his early years with the Colts, and how he felt like the game was lost if he didn't score a TD on each possession? The Colts didn't start making the playoffs until their D got some disrupters who forced turnovers.
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I've been trying to tell folks this since the DC search became the big focus.
 
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Sin City Vol said:
Just make Steele the DC and move on. The longer we drag this out and get turned down by position coaches for the DC position the worse it looks. It's embarrassing as a program that the damn LB coach at Ohio St doesn't want a huge pay raise and promotion to a major P5 school
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So hes a dumb @$$! Dont want him anyway. Must be scared of the big boys!
 
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Sin City Vol said:
Just make Steele the DC and move on. The longer we drag this out and get turned down by position coaches for the DC position the worse it looks. It's embarrassing as a program that the damn LB coach at Ohio St doesn't want a huge pay raise and promotion to a major P5 school
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Danny White advised Heupel not to and Heupel wants an aggressive DC, not a conservative guy.
 
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shane80 said:
I don't see CJH having much success here at all. Can't even make a DC hire with one sitting across the hall from him. Buckle up cause the next three years are going to be rough. Dooley 2.0.
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Please stop being so negative. All we heard for years was we need offense, now that we have a coach who puts up points all we hear is we need defense. Relax and let it play out. I think everyone will be pleasantly surprised with the product.
 
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As quiet as everything has been kept since the new AD was hired, who knows who has and has not been talked to and/or offered the DC job. The media is just throwing names out there for clicks on their reports.
 
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Sin City Vol said:
Just make Steele the DC and move on. The longer we drag this out and get turned down by position coaches for the DC position the worse it looks. It's embarrassing as a program that the damn LB coach at Ohio St doesn't want a huge pay raise and promotion to a minor P5 school
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Let's stop considering Tennessee a major P5 school. We might be talking about major money, major facilities, and a major history. But the managing of it has been so pathetic that what once was major has become minor. Our football program has become the Wake Forest, Purdue, or Colorado of the SEC. Beating Vanderbilt is now a hurdle, not a given. Coaches do not hope for a tenure at Tennessee, the vast majority consider it a bad idea. Right now, that is. It has taken nearly 15 years of inept mismanagement to erode the program, and to consider Tennessee a major player again, 5 years of sustained success is the only thing that will change that perception.
 
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RFlynn said:
Please stop being so negative. All we heard for years was we need offense, now that we have a coach who puts up points all we hear is we need defense. Relax and let it play out. I think everyone will be pleasantly surprised with the product.
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I do try to be positive most of the time. But the last few years have taken there toll. However at the end of the day I will support Tennessee.
 
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Sin City Vol said:
Just make Steele the DC and move on. The longer we drag this out and get turned down by position coaches for the DC position the worse it looks. It's embarrassing as a program that the damn LB coach at Ohio St doesn't want a huge pay raise and promotion to a major P5 school
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I don't believe Steele wants to be here. He is just waiting to be terminated to get his buyout..
 
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AW has ties to OSU and is from that area. OSU is supposedly offering him more money to stay. I think we are reading into this too much. If they pay him 1 mil to be a linebackers coach why would he leave? By saying that, I have no clue what they offered him.
 
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Sin City Vol said:
Just make Steele the DC and move on. The longer we drag this out and get turned down by position coaches for the DC position the worse it looks. It's embarrassing as a program that the damn LB coach at Ohio St doesn't want a huge pay raise and promotion to a major P5 school
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Maybe Steele doesn't want the job. I've seen it mentioned numerous places Steele wasn't sure he wanted the job after how everything played out. Think this is more on Steele.
 
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#49
This is essentially going to be a 3-4 year interim staff. UCF fans ecstatic about taking our money and handing us Heupel. We're just taking out the trash for other programs while we hope to right the ship with NCAA. heupel is our version of Matt Luke
 
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Sin City Vol said:
Just make Steele the DC and move on. The longer we drag this out and get turned down by position coaches for the DC position the worse it looks. It's embarrassing as a program that the damn LB coach at Ohio St doesn't want a huge pay raise and promotion to a major P5 school
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Doubt it is loss..... probably got a nice little raise and has right now (3) top 40 players committed with a very good chance to get 2 more 5*. Guy is on fire and I wouldn't leave either, especially when in a year or two he can call his own shot as far as DC goes, or maybe HC, with programs far better and more stable than Tennessee.
 
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