Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[clt_tiger]

UT could trot out Ernest T. Bass as head football coach and folks would be on fire for the guy come fall.

Well he could at least throw a rock through a window pane.

 

[90 Vol]

I’ll be there loud and proud next year ready to cheer on the Tennessee football Volunteers. Can’t wait

If Pruitt is back, finding tickets should be a breeze.

 

[Spring Hill Jay]

If Pruitt is back, finding tickets should be a breeze.

Same for Marrone and Steele.

 

[m1al]

Well he could at least throw a rock through a window pane.

And add..... 25 and 25 is....

50

 

[Neyland Law Vol]

So we are Steele waiting on this investigation to wrap up?

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Seems clear to me that if it isn't Pruitt then it's Marrone

 

[volsnvikes]

UT could trot out Ernest T. Bass as head football coach and folks would be on fire for the guy come fall.

We should hire him as the AD. He couldn’t do any worse. Know whatamean

 

[90 Vol]

Seems clear to me that if it isn't Pruitt then it's Marrone

They both suck, so you're probably right.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Would work

lol

 

[ACvol3]

Seems clear to me that if it isn't Pruitt then it's Marrone

Why is it clear to you?

 

[UTwild82]

LWS said time to face facts. If he’s hiring people. He’s staying

This. Exactly this. We aren't hiring people if we plan on changing coaches. It doesn't make any sense, no matter what conspiracy theories are thrown out.

 

[BJWeeks]

Current off field role. Currently. Love this hire... Now get Garner here.

Not if Pruitt is back

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I can't take it seriously if you are going to say that Marrone is "probably just as good as Chadwell or Napier." It's not even close. Herman won at a G5 school and had one good year with a Sugar Bowl at Texas where he still lost 4 games. I just can't believe people just look at numbers and nothing else.

How about this number...Marrone has a career winning percentage hovering in the .450 range.

 

[HankHill]

1980's here we come

10-2U!!!

 

[HankHill]

They both suck, so you're probably right.

Pruitt isn’t a fraction of the football coach Doug is lol

 

[windrider]

10-2U!!!

I'll take it....for now.

 

[MrVolton]

I think Fulmer and the Mays Bros will have an easier time selling Ty Simpson on Marrone’s offense than Chadwell’s offense.

 

[Glocker_Alum_2005]

Solid post.

The VolNation rumor cycle in a nutshell:

(1) Completely unsubstantiated rumor posted on VolNation ->
(2) Crappy sports media says they heard a rumor after reading it on VN ->
(3) People see rumor in media, think it's legit, and start sharing with other people; after all if it's in the media it must be true! ->
(4) Someone posts on VN about the rumor, after hearing it from a friend, who heard it from the media, who stole it from VN

Could be wrong, but I swear this is the cycle for like 80%+ of rumors.

 

[Dudleys87]

Seems clear to me that if it isn't Pruitt then it's Marrone

Why in the world would you ask his opinion if he wasn’t going to be here?

At this point:

Marrone: HC
Chaney: OC/OL
Graham: RB
Tee: WR/ Passing game coordinator
DC: Pruitt
DL: Gardner
LB: Steele
CB: Ansley

Because it’s a mess nobody really knows.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I love freeze but there’s a lot of risk there, much much more than you are acting like. The majority of the fondness for him is because he won two meaningless games against Alabama. It’s still very impressive but there’s more to it.

You also don’t need to have recruited well in the sec before being hired in order to infect recruit well. It’s been proven time and time again.

I could also make the argument that winning nfl playoff games (or really any games) with Blake bortles or Gardner minshew is more impressive than anything any other realistic candidate has done.

I could make a better argument that dozens of NFL playoff games and even a few SBs over the years have been won by mediocre coaches with sucky QBs.

 

[ETennGal]

Fundraising levels and overall athletic department success suggest otherwise.

Then why ask coaches to take a pay cut? Plenty of money right? You start taking your fan base for granted and you end up with crowd sizes like GA Tech and Miami.

 

[SLICKYINC]

UT could trot out Ernest T. Bass as head football coach and folks would be on fire for the guy come fall.

Yeah, fans showed what they thought of the Schiano trot. How’d that work for em, chief?

 

[HankHill]

I could make a better argument that dozens of NFL playoff games and even a few SBs over the years have been won by mediocre coaches with sucky QBs.

Bortles has been healthy scratches on teams. If it weren’t for covid protocols he wouldn’t even be on a roster. He’s that bad.

Just wait McGill. He will win you over. Not worried about that.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

On the road to having dogs in the trenches again on both sides of the ball. Steele and Marrone give you that.

I thought you hated boring uncreative offense..

 

[tn88volfan]

Just throwing this out there.....I hope all Bama and Ohio State fans get incurable crabs and chiggers in their crotches at the same time.....carry on