Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Dudleys87]

Gonna look awesome with his TN pin and Orange tie

Don’t forget the most important piece....

The visor.

 

[Dudleys87]

Big time meh.

His players in Houston hated him and he ran off the best ones. Burned every bridge he saw in that town. He would jump from this job the first chance he got to get back in the NFL.

Bama OC is a fine spot for him.

Make no mistake I don’t want him at Tennessee. We can do so much better

 

[Vol4ever]

my guy

watch

What bothers me is coming from a small school and has not proven anything on the big stage. I would not hire him based on that and out last two examples of Butch and Dooley stand out.

 

[Weezer]

That changes If you make the right hire.

What if the domino picture was others waiting to see who we hired? The rignt hire transfers come the wrong one and we get none.

This should have been wrapped up and a decision made by now. We're self-sabotaging again.

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

Fulmer must be salivating that both Marrone and Steele are available. The stars are aligning.

Fulmer be like

 

[Dudleys87]

I would, whats it going to hurt

If it meant putting the OC in a dorm room id hire freeze. Tennessee can’t go mucb lower as a program. Unless they dig up dirt at Liberty under his watch he gets the job

 

[butchna]

The more I see about potential replacements, if it comes to that, the more impressed I am with Napier. He's done well at ULL. The biggest thing to me is that he knows exactly what he wants in an SEC job because he's confident that he knows which programs have a high ceiling and exactly what he needs from an administration standpoint to compete at the top of the SEC...and he won't take a job that doesn't meet his demands. I think if UT were able to hire Napier, it would signal that the admin is going to get their act together and do everything that needs to be done for the program. I also think Napier is the best shot for longterm stability.

I feel that he has the mindset you look for in the top guy. Experience in different programs and the flexibility to adjust. I also like that he learns from what doesn’t work and doesn’t revisit it. If Mullen makes a move to the NFL, I think they snap up this guy or Herman fairly quickly.

 

[goooooovols]

Be a good day to fire and hire

Fire Friday hire Monday is the was it’s done if you have any kind of brains

 

[SSVol]

lmao "a good hire" We haven't made one of those in football in a very long time.

Has zero to do with now. Has zero to do with the current leadership.

 

[Dudleys87]

This should have been wrapped up and a decision made by now. We're self-sabotaging again.

I don’t disagree but there’s a lot we don’t know legal wise I’m sure.

again I don’t know anything for sure.

 

[Dudleys87]

Is it suppose to snow in Know in the next few days?

suppose to snow in Carolina Friday

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

Listening to Basilio, I'm not sure it's as dysfunctional as it appears. He believes that the new admin over there, especially Boyd and Plowman, know what they're doing. he believes we're going to Texas this thing and try to have our guy in place. I think making Friend pay his buyout shows there is some different leadership over there.

Maybe they are getting Urban lined up and using all of these other names as smoke to cover up what’s really happening. That at least sounds good and fun.

 

[Jack Burton]

Psychologically this is good for the team and will make the players like the coach and play harder. Is it strange to me yes but psychologically i can see the positives in it.

Mrs. Mullen kissing all the Gators works for them, too. They did win the East.

 

[SSVol]

A watched pot never boils, and fans are the kings of pot watching. It bubbled...IT BUBBLED!!!

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Is it suppose to snow in Know in the next few days?

suppose to snow in Carolina Friday

A friend of mine on FB said East TN was supposed to get 4 inches of snow starting Thursday night, no idea if its true, but I choose to believe

 

[yabo]

LMAO Simonton just popped up in a thread on VQ.

 

[B EaZy40]

Totally pegged you as a white guy named Bart when I read your username the first time.

 

[Weezer]

If they wanted him that bad we were never in the discussion.

We can’t match dollar for dollar with them.

We should have offered him weeks ago, but indecision on what we're going to do means the assistant pool will be well picked over by the time our dysfunctional admin decides what to do. If Pruitt is retained, his options will be severely limited. If he's not, we're setting up our next coach to have a very small window to put together a staff and recruit. This time of year, every day is meaningful in trying to sway recruits and transfers. I get it. People are trying to be optimistic. Nothing about our recent hiring practices gives me optimism.

 

[BogeyVol]

So he’s not so stubborn that he didn’t want change but the Admins said no. Hmm.

But thank you. That’s respectable

Stubborn has nothing to do with it. He was trying to save his butt, but boosters and admin weren't having anything to do with it. He had used up all of his good graces that got him the ginormous contract. Ironically in regards to him trying to hire Hugh Freeze as OC...

From SI in 2018: "This is the situation at Auburn now: top donors and university officials are so unhappy with the head football coach that they are seeking to undercut him by limiting assistants' contracts to single year deals."

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

Fulmer must be salivating that both Marrone and Steele are available. The stars are aligning.

Yep, whatever happens is gonna be a totally underwhelming hire.

 

[Jackcrevol]

LMAO Simonton just popped up in a thread on VQ.

good I like Jesse.

 

[Jack Burton]

For those of you that think all of this will be better for us in the long run as long as Pruitt is let go, have very short memories. This is Tennessee. We are not going to get a slap on the wrist. The NCAA will bring their big hammers against us to show Alabama, Georgia and Florida just how serious they are about compliance.

You mean no more winning seasons and bowl games?

 

[SLICKYINC]

Philip Montgomery

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

What bothers me is coming from a small school and has not proven anything on the big stage. I would not hire him based on that and out last two examples of Butch and Dooley stand out.

I understand. But when you want a guy from a big school, there are only 3 available: Freeze, which ain't happening; Herman, who was just fired and has a reputation of not getting along with administration so probably not a good fit; and Gus, who is a safe but boring hire with a stale offense and also has a reputation of being arrogant and not getting along with administration.

Napier is an up and comer. I get it, it's at a small school, but he has been around the south his whole career. He has worked at Clemson, at Alabama, and has tons of ties and relationships to the area. He is known as a relentless recruiter and as the CEO of a program. He will handle the offense and hire a defensive staff and let them do their job. As for his head coaching career, Louisiana had never won 10 games in their entire history. He has done that in back to back years. He has an innovative offense, and has no scandal. This is a guy who is quite possibly the best of our options for the above reasons for Freeze, Herman, and Gus, and also because the pipe dreams of Campbell and Fickell aren't going to happen. Oh, and Napier took Louisiana up to Iowa State and skull drug Campbell this year.

That's my guy

 

[Power T-Rev]

The cuck's not wrong