Potential RB Coach - Gerald Brown

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Who has Graham recruited? Saying Graham is better is premature. You know very little about Brown's abilities. If they are anything like Kippy's, he will be more than fine.
 
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SecondYearVol said:
Liked this part, among others.

"In 1983, Brown got his coaching start at the University of Tennessee where he began as a graduate assistant. In 1984, he became an administrative assistant and served as the Volunteers’ scout and computer analyst. Brown was part of a Tennessee coaching staff for six seasons (1983-1988) and worked with seven All-America selections, including Reggie White, Tim McGee and Anthony Miller."
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LynxVol said:
I'm excited, but I'm not going to jump the gun. He coached at IU. That is one of the worst FB programs in the nation, IMO. Did he coach anyone successful there? Coaching an NFL player is much different than coaching a college player.
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Law firm.
 
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I'll believe it when it's announced or printed for the public. After reading an article today, it was clear that TN is not expected to name a coach for about a month. There are a lot of coaches across the country getting released from their job. For now let's just ease it up several notches. Let's not forget that when Coach Dooley was hired that there were more rumors about potential coaches than ever until finally a decission was made that no one could predict. Heck we practically hired in our imagination every coach possible! There will be posters from other fans just itchin to push a button so the word for now is chill.

Personally, Gerald Brown would make an excellent coach and so would Jay. There are still several excellent choices. The only way I see a coaching announcement being made anytime prior to Christmas would be if a highly ranked prospect was somehow within reach and or attached to the deal.
 
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This looks like just putting a name out there... is there more to it?
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
Maybe so, but most kids out there don't realize that.
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You're not making any sense. Kids would care that he coached Lattimore. A recruit couldn't care less whether he had to work at recruiting him.

Bottom line is you can't use Lattimore to tout Graham's recruiting prowess. He was never going to go anywhere else. Do we even know that Graham was his lead recruiter?
 
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From reading this thread, g8terh8ter_eric, greatly dislikes the idea of an NFL running backs coach as our RB coach. No amount of logic will make his mind change. If we got him I'd be happy. And most of volnation would be too I'd imagine.
 
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Daloth said:
From reading this thread, g8terh8ter_eric, greatly dislikes the idea of an NFL running backs coach as our RB coach. No amount of logic will make his mind change. If we got him I'd be happy. And most of volnation would be too I'd imagine.
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We have a former NFL OL coach coaching our OL. How's that worked out so far??
 
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jjay2518 said:
You're not making any sense. Kids would care that he coached Lattimore. A recruit couldn't care less whether he had to work at recruiting him.

Bottom line is you can't use Lattimore to tout Graham's recruiting prowess. He was never going to go anywhere else. Do we even know that Graham was his lead recruiter?
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FWIW Graham is the only reason SC got an OV from Keith Marshall this year. He also was a large part of evaluating and offering Brandon Wilds who is looking like a pretty good find at the moment. And he was Lattimore's primary recruiter.

So he seems to be a pretty solid recruiter, along with being a good coach. Hopefully SC would do whatever it took to keep him if Tenn comes after him.
 
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SCar said:
FWIW Graham is the only reason SC got an OV from Keith Marshall this year. He also was a large part of evaluating and offering Brandon Wilds who is looking like a pretty good find at the moment. And he was Lattimore's primary recruiter.

So he seems to be a pretty solid recruiter, along with being a good coach. Hopefully SC would do whatever it took to keep him if Tenn comes after him.
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Easy, making sense to a docile fan base is hard to do.

Good post, BTW.
 
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SCar said:
FWIW Graham is the only reason SC got an OV from Keith Marshall this year. He also was a large part of evaluating and offering Brandon Wilds who is looking like a pretty good find at the moment. And he was Lattimore's primary recruiter.

So he seems to be a pretty solid recruiter, along with being a good coach. Hopefully SC would do whatever it took to keep him if Tenn comes after him.
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Oh I'm not disputing that he is a good coach or recruiter. I just think that using Lattimore to show that he can pull big recruits doesn't make sense.

I would not have a problem at all with Dooley offering Graham.
 
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jjay2518 said:
Good job ignoring the point. Quote me saying Graham isn't a good coach or recruiter please.
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I'm not, but at this point, Brown would be so far behind Graham in recruiting it's not even close. The man hasn't recruited at a high level in college, and hasn't recruited a player since 2008. There are much better candidates out there.
 
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The ball coach closed the deal with lattimore. There was an espn piece on it. Somthing about spurier dancing.
 
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Man, I want this guy. He has a ton of experience, Tennessee roots, and hopefully a great recruiter. The RB coach MUST be a good recruiter.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
I'm not, but at this point, Brown would be so far behind Graham in recruiting it's not even close. The man hasn't recruited at a high level in college, and hasn't recruited a player since 2008. There are much better candidates out there.
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NFL experience goes a long way in recruiting. Don't know why you're so convinced that Brown wouldn't be able to recruit. Graham sounds like he's done some solid recruiting but nothing that proves he's elite. I would like either hire but prefer Brown.
 
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jjay2518 said:
NFL experience goes a long way in recruiting. Don't know why you're so convinced that Brown wouldn't be able to recruit. Graham sounds like he's done some solid recruiting but nothing that proves he's elite. I would like either hire but prefer Brown.
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So, you prefer a guy whose team never broke the Top 50 in recruiting almost 4 years ago, to a guy whose team is in the SEC, has been in the Top 25 in recruiting each season he has been there, and is the lead recruiter for some of the most talented people in the south?? Sorry, we need a current college guy who has recruited the SEC, not someone who has not recruited in almost 4 years, and never at a high level.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
So, you prefer a guy whose team never broke the Top 50 in recruiting almost 4 years ago, to a guy whose team is in the SEC, has been in the Top 25 in recruiting each season he has been there, and is the lead recruiter for some of the most talented people in the south?? Sorry, we need a current college guy who has recruited the SEC, not someone who has not recruited in almost 4 years, and never at a high level.
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Isn't everyone saying Sirmon is our best recruiter this year? Hell, not only had he never recruited at a high level (on the road), he'd never recruited.

If this guy can get NFL players to buy into what he's teaching, he can recruit.
 
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