Looking more and more like DeBord will be the new OC

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Putting everything else that has been said about Debord aside, I hope it is someone else just because we need a true QB coach. Not a GA or QC.
 
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vollygirl said:
Valid point.

Scenario 2: You purchase a restaurant that was very successful at one time, until the owner started cutting corners. You bring in all new management including a new head chef, and new head bartender. You revamp the menu, workout all the bugs with your suppliers, and in two years you're the hot new place with tons of positive feedback. Then your head chef takes a job in another city. Are you gonna hire a chef who is willing to maintain your menu and keep your signature dishes that customers keep coming back for? Or are you going to hire a new hot shot chef who will want to come in and put his own spin on everything, which may have been appropriate had you not had recent success?

(Please note I let you keep your job as head bartender. :) )
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First of all my family thanks you for keeping me employed.
You make a valid point as well. That being said, I think it is more about the "customers" and in this case it's recruits. People say and I agree to a certain extent that you can't allow kids to dictate the staff. At the same time, these same folks will argue when success is not achieved, it is due to lack of talent. It is a difficult balance. I just feel if Butch brings in someone who hasn't been in the game in a long time, he makes an already difficult situation even more problematic.
 
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Doyle Hargraves said:
First of all my family thanks you for keeping me employed.
You make a valid point as well. That being said, I think it is more about the "customers" and in this case it's recruits. People say and I agree to a certain extent that you can't allow kids to dictate the staff. At the same time, these same folks will argue when success is not achieved, it is due to lack of talent. It is a difficult balance. I just feel if Butch brings in someone who hasn't been in the game in a long time, he makes an already difficult situation even more problematic.
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I hear ya. Damn, I'm glad I've never had to make a decision this important.
 
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vollygirl said:
I hear ya. Damn, I'm glad I've never had to make a decision this important.
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Not singling you out, Vollygirl, just using your quote as a base point....

To keep all this VolNation hype in context: several times each day, young American army and marine sergeants, lieutenants and captains are making decisions of monumentally higher importance than who Tennessee's next OC should be. Whenever Coach Jones gets feeling boxed in or frustrated by all the attention, he can reflect on those young leaders and regain a sense of balance.

Not saying the decision isn't big for Volunteer Football, it is. But it's still just one coaching position for one team at one college (one very cool college) in a great national pastime. It's not life and death, not even for the coaches involved.

Even while being eager and excited and maybe even anxious, we should all try to keep it in context. Go Vols!
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Not singling you out, Vollygirl, just using your quote as a base point....

To keep all this VolNation hype in context: several times each day, young American army and marine sergeants, lieutenants and captains are making decisions of monumentally higher importance than who Tennessee's next OC should be. Whenever Coach Jones gets feeling boxed in or frustrated by all the attention, he can reflect on those young leaders and regain a sense of balance.

Not saying the decision isn't big for Volunteer Football, it is. But it's still just one coaching position for one team at one college (one very cool college) in a great national pastime. It's not life and death, not even for the coaches involved.

Even while being eager and excited and maybe even anxious, we should all try to keep it in context. Go Vols!
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You're right. My step-son is a combat medic in the United States Army. Thanks for throwing perspective back in here.
 
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Doyle Hargraves said:
I was a bartender about 17 years ago and a pretty good one, I might add. If you were opening a club today in a highly competitive market, would you want me behind the bar or the flashy guy that has been doing the job the past few years and every other club has been after?
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Do you over-pour and can you make a decent whiskey sour? If yes, your age doesn't matter.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Not singling you out, Vollygirl, just using your quote as a base point....

To keep all this VolNation hype in context: several times each day, young American army and marine sergeants, lieutenants and captains are making decisions of monumentally higher importance than who Tennessee's next OC should be. Whenever Coach Jones gets feeling boxed in or frustrated by all the attention, he can reflect on those young leaders and regain a sense of balance.

Not saying the decision isn't big for Volunteer Football, it is. But it's still just one coaching position for one team at one college (one very cool college) in a great national pastime. It's not life and death, not even for the coaches involved.

Even while being eager and excited and maybe even anxious, we should all try to keep it in context. Go Vols!
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Perspective.
 
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vollygirl said:
Valid point.

Scenario 2: You purchase a restaurant that was very successful at one time, until the owner started cutting corners. You bring in all new management including a new head chef, and new head bartender. You revamp the menu, workout all the bugs with your suppliers, and in two years you're the hot new place with tons of positive feedback. Then your head chef takes a job in another city. Are you gonna hire a chef who is willing to maintain your menu and keep your signature dishes that customers keep coming back for? Or are you going to hire a new hot shot chef who will want to come in and put his own spin on everything, which may have been appropriate had you not had recent success?

(Please note I let you keep your job as head bartender. :) )
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I wouldn't hire a chef that hasn't stepped foot in a kitchen for 2 years.
 
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zballvol said:
All valid points but I don't think Basilio knows anymore than you or I do. Don't think Butch is being limited in who he can hire. Too many contradictory reports out. "Money is not an issue" but Norvell is no longer being considered because he makes 900k. Its Butch's decision. It's his neck on the line.
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Oh I agree about him not being limited. I just think the big money people have seen a less than popular or intelligent hire ultimately get a Coach fired..Clawson by Fulmer and Sunseri by Dooley and really think they want to see a good hire made here. Not that a bad hire would get Butch fired but it could set us back and with the momentum UT has that would be like one step forward then two steps back. This is a huge hire for us going forward and I know Butch is telling fans he knows what's best and what we need but so does every coach when they make hires. And I don't claim to know anything about hires or even know much about Debord but unless Butch has other positions he intends on having to fill I can't see Debord being hired as OC. He hasn't had to recruit in yrs and just seems like their are better hires from a recruiting and QB development standpoint. Butch said on Finebaum today that we needed a guy to take us to the next level in ALL phases, so I take that to mean he has to be a good recruiter and not just an x's and o's guy and Debord doesn't fall into all those categories. Just have a hard time seeing Hart and the money people being onboard with Debord as the OC. Now as an Oline replacement or QC Coach then hell yea, definitely
 
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carlos86 said:
Nick Sheridan is a offensive GA and is a true QB coach.
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And what happens when he lands a better job offer? Let another GA coach our quarterbacks? I know everyone starts somewhere, but QB coach is one of the most important positions on the staff. We need an experienced QB coach who we will be able to keep on staff for longer than a few seasons.
 
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