Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[BruinVol]

EH, I freaked out over Plowman but I don't think she's in the wrong. Operating in the gray area is where you need to be, if there are a ton of lvl 1 and 2 violations then Pruitt was way out of line and into the red. Also making enemies on campus of those who are there to help did him in. This had to be done to avoid the quasi death penalty aka bigger reductions and a longer bowl ban.

As far as how long until this is final, that's up to the AA, I guess it depends on if they are happy with what we do.

I could see the ncaa keeping this thing going into next fall and if so that would be a killer for recruiting

 

[rocktopper16]

Gus Malzhan is also a high tier coach that has beat Nick Saban multiple times and could win more in the east than he could in the West.

The search is different because honestly, There isn’t any more teams making moves for a head coach and the names left on the board are actually better than what we’ve had in the past. These sanctions aren’t gonna scare anyone away. Tennessee is still a premier school for now and we have the shot this time around to actually change things.

 

[sona]

Pruitt's attorney says firing result of 'orchestrated effort'

Not a great handling of the matter if his lawyer is providing an accurate account of the way it played out.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

A two year postseason ban sounds bad on paper, but in reality the postseason means nothing for us right now outside of giving fans false hope.

Does anyone really think even with a grand slam hire we're winning the SEC in the next two years? There are huge holes on this roster and little development of the talent that is here.

Best case scenario, we get a coach in here who can beat a rival or two in the first two years, improve the talent and the culture, and then in Year 3 when the ban is over we can go back to dreaming about winning the East.

 

[UTK]

Not a better hire, but Herman may actually be interested and is a proven offensive mind. Campbell wouldn’t touch us with a mile long pole.

Offer 8 million. He says no to that, respect it.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

Chadwell should be the floor. Can’t wait to hear all the griping when his new age triple option gets old and our rivals laugh at that gimmick offense. I’d give him a shot but I don’t have faith it would work.

It definitely will change the type of offensive recruits we go after. We will need good blocking Rb’s for one.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

If I were a betting man, Herman has already been contacted

I’m hoping your insurance knowledge pays off. Counting on you

 

[KPT_VFL]

A two year postseason ban sounds bad on paper, but in reality the postseason means nothing for us right now outside of giving fans false hope.

Does anyone really think even with a grand slam hire we're winning the SEC in the next two years? There are huge holes on this roster and little development of the talent that is here.

Best case scenario, we get a coach in here who can beat a rival or two in the first two years, improve the talent and the culture, and then in Year 3 when the ban is over we can go back to dreaming about winning the East.

Kids want to play in bowl games. You aren’t wrong but it can’t help recruiting.

 

[ob79]

Ha touché

Almost like I have experience in dealing with attorneys, huh?

 

[SLICKYINC]

Not a great handling of the matter if his lawyer is providing an accurate account of the way it played out.

And he’s going to go all scorched earth in public. Smh.

 

[Tennessee Golfer]

Air out what? We suck at everything related to football for the last decade.

 

[UTK]

If we get a 2-3 year bowl ban, we still don't have the right leadership in place. It's as simple as that.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

So, the Monday night chat on VQ should be fun tonight

 

[PA Vol]

I say give Pruitt the $12 million if he is willing to go on record and testify about all the shady crap he did at Bama and UGA during his time there. Burn everything down. That's worth $12 million.

 

[Orange Studs]

Numerous major violations found, the NCAA doesn't play around with that kind of stuff, and knowing our luck, they'll make an example out of us.

If I understood right the University found them not NCAA? Which I am hoping will make a lot of difference their decision. Should the coaches involved be the ones to get the penalties? Not saying UT want get some but since UT admin uncovered them I hope they take it out on them.

 

[KPT_VFL]

Air out what? We suck at everything related to football for the last decade.

Seems kinda dumb to air out everything that happened in your watch at UT?

 

[VolGee4]

12 mil is a lot of $ but it ain’t worth it

No coach will want to work for this toxic university

We will save some money. Pay a $6 million lump sum and we will save $6 million.

 

[Kingston Vol]

That is a silver lining in all of this. Fulmer had to go....

I have a lot of respect for the man, and still do, but he wasn’t cut out for this job and never really wanted to do it.

He wanted power and to be football coach.

 

[LA Vol]

I would guess UT expects to settle. They usually do. It may not even get past a demand letter and nobody outside the tower will be any wiser. I'm sure UT ran the numbers and calculated this to be the most financially favorable alternative.

 

[Batman1948]

Which means he has no qualms hiring someone with past NCAA issues..... bring him on and go get freeze!

All the NCAA issues related to Tyndall were at Southern Miss and none of that was revealed until after he was hired by UT. He was not under investigation while he was at Southern Miss. Not sure who blew the whistle but one of his assistants, who came with him to UT, burned him at the stake. He sung like a canary when the NCAA interviewed him.

 

[Power T-Rev]

Herman would be a great hire at this point but he had issues with boosters at TX. How would that work out here?

Seems like boosters at Texas are a whole different level of involved

 

[rocktopper16]

I mean, if Pruitt wants to continue coaching he goes on his merry way.

 

[BruinVol]

Put Herman in a room with Rev Barnes for 24 hours.

Barnes would be big in vetting herman. All the Texas contacts would help

 

[Tennessee Golfer]

This Miles Campbell kid. I like him.

 

[SLICKYINC]

Seems like boosters at Texas are a whole different level of involved

There’s just more of them. Same level of involvement here.