Pete Thamel: Tim Banks finalizing deal for DC

[37620VOL]

Butch Jones' old guy, awesome. Just what we wanted. There's nothing better than hiring a co-defensive coordinator over an actual defensive coordinator. Go Vols!

What years did he coach for Butch?

 

[b_gann]

So to upgrade his experience we should give him a coach that we fired for giving up tons of yards at the end of games and has a questionable moral compass? Maybe we should just let the people that know about football decide what is best.

Defense actually got better with him year over year and then immediately had a worse year after he left. Top 20 D his last year here. I think we’d love to have that back actually.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Butch Jones' old guy, awesome. Just what we wanted. There's nothing better than hiring a co-defensive coordinator over an actual defensive coordinator. Go Vols!

Right? I wonder what Stoops was thinking when he hired Venables to be the DC in 2004 instead of hiring a proven DC? What a dummy huh?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

What years did he coach for Butch?

2007-2009

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Is Tim Banks any count?

Paging @CountVolcula

 

[CountVolcula]

Paging @CountVolcula

Somewhere between Jancek and Sunseri

 

[RobertPellitt]

Defense actually got better with him year over year and then immediately had a worse year after he left. Top 20 D his last year here. I think we’d love to have that back actually.

I still have some nightmares about his defense at the end of games. And of course there are other rumors about why he was fired. Let’s move on.

 

[bpalmer28]

Sorry if I missed it guys but did banks call plays at penn state?

 

[Born a VOL]

Its not a Chevette

But its not a Corvette either

Z28 is ok with me !! Lol Go Vols

 

[bpalmer28]

Sorry if I missed it guys but did banks call plays at penn state?

Brent Pry called plays according to an article I found

 

[dovervolz]

Anyone convincing himself that this is a good hire is a damn fool.

The fool is the one that won’t give the man a chance. Is he a great hire? A good hire? Or the worst hire ever? Who knows? He may turn out to be the “best thing since sliced bread”. But give the man a chance.

 

[tennesseeduke]

At

What years did he coach for Butch?

Central Mi

 

[tennesseeduke]

LOL .. yea right

How do you like me now?

 

[Volfan1000]

Looks at current roster...

Office Space is a damn good movie.

 

[TnAngler]

I like it a lot.

Also, watch the same people who said this needed to get done quickly (for no reason whatsoever) now complain that it's the wrong person.

You just can’t make some folks happy. I for one and fairly happy with the staff JH and DW has put together, especially seeing the horrible situation facing UT. We still have some talent, just need to be coached up, something that has been missing here for over a decade. It is going to be a wild ride.

 

[TnAngler]

Anybody know why he didn't come to UT with Butch from Cincy?

Really, just ask your, would you have followed Dooley?

 

[photovol]

Hot dignitaries and Ladies of the Night, we’re back Vol fans, UT finally did a back room deal.....
we have a DC at last!
Middle finger up to the rest of the SEC [^]
Go Vols

 

[bigl3327]

That game was in 2011 and he was on Cinci staff.

my bad. was thinking that was 2012 for some reason.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

$1.3m/year

 

[BIGAL27]

What are you even trying to say? If this is not blue font, then we should forego hiring a defensive coordinator and try to create a couple of edge rushers? In what plane of existence does this make sense? Should said edge rushers call the plays? If Big Cat actually does transfer to us, there is your edge rusher.

What I'm trying to say is our talent is pathetic compared to the top-tier schools it doesn't matter who the damn DC is

 

[Rylee_Vol18]

Not really impressed, not really upset either. Willing to give him a chance. Can't be any worse than last year.

 

[brubaker]

How come there's like dozens of people whose only job is covering UT sports, and yet national reporters break this kind of news?

Everyone found out that Jimmy Hyams used the magic 8 ball toy

 

[Vol Main]

Somewhere between Jancek and Sunseri

Oh hell naw!

 

[89 VOLS grad]

I looked up his recruiting rankings on 247 sports. Blah. Currently ranked 44th. Ranking in 50's and 60's over the past couple of years. Never near the top of PSU recruiters during that time. After that nothing in the top 200 going back to 2018. He better be a hell of a coach and player development guy. Certainly unimpressed with what I've seen of his recruiting.

You better read again. He was top PSU recruiter in 2021 and a notch better than Al Washington! He was number 11 recruiter in Big 10 in 2020 and 2021, top at PSU in 2021, number 3 on staff in 2020. Yes, it isn't the SEC. But, he may be able to have the same success in the SEC given the chance which he now has. Number 11 out of about 110 plus recruiters in the Big Ten puts him in the top 10% in the Big 10 the last 2 years!

 

[BigOrangeLoyalist]

Talked to a friend who is a Penn State fan and follows every detail of their program very closely. Said he’s very good with player development and X’s and O’s, while more average in terms of recruiting. Thinks he will be a very good DC for us. Said he turns a lot of 3 stars into solid starters.

To couple with that, I pinged a couple of diehard PSU fans and both replied the same thing: “Great hire”. Not sure if he’ll translate to a DC role, but I’m optimistic.