Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Jersey Vol]

Go wish our new coach a happy birthday.

Looks like he uses the same tailor as Mike Farrell.

 

[Rizzo924]

Believe he was planning on coming to Tennessee, along with Steele and Garner. If we can get past this stupid investigation, and keep Jeremy, pretty good chance it’ll happen.

"Jeremy"

 

[Jersey Vol]

The main risk if you name Tee interim coach is that he's going to want the job at the end of it. Would be a hard conversation to have when we needed to move on. But big boy programs have big boy talks when they have to.

You never how kids will respond to a coach though. I don't necessarily think he's ready, but I was open to hiring him last time around when we were in chaos. Thought he could be a stabilizer and I still think that. He could be a good CEO coach for all we know. Nobody thought Dabo was ready either.

Hire good assistants and let them do their job. Motivate and inspire and spread good things into the world about the program. Tee could do those things. Can he manage a gameday? Don't know. There would be some learning curves. But he might do a better job than some of us think.

I would rather hire him than some outsider we've got to google and cross our fingers on.

I hope we don't have to go interim, but if we do I would rather go with Jay Graham than Tee.

 

[Vols2DaWall]

You rednecks ready for fahr week??

 

[Devo182]

People saying they’d be satisfied with 8 win seasons with the occasional 9-10 year seasons are FOS.

You’d be calling for that coaches head too.

Bingo. It happened with Butch.

THAT SAID, avoid a disaster season (4-8) and they'll survive. Somehow our coaches are always on the brink of a total collapse.

 

[BeecherVol]

I also wonder if the main reason some are dead set on keeping Pruitt isn’t just because firing him would mean admitting they were wrong.

I'm sure there is some of that.

Whether we want to hear it or not if he succeeded it wasn't going to be quick and would require him "learning on the job". Something he wasn't doing apparently.

 

[SpringBokVol]

My give a damn is broken

 

[Ten_Titans]

I don't think I've ever put anyone on ignore faster than that Tennessee Stud troll. Would be cool if y'all would too so I didn't just see a bunch of people arguing with themselves lol.

 

[BeecherVol]

Bingo. It happened with Butch.

THAT SAID, avoid a disaster season (4-8) and they'll survive. Somehow our coaches are always on the brink of a total collapse.

Jones problem (specifically year 4) was going 8-4 with a 10 or 11 win roster. And then he wondered why people were pissed when he lost to SC and Vandy.

 

[Ten_Titans]

I also wonder if the main reason some are dead set on keeping Pruitt isn’t just because firing him would mean admitting they were wrong.

Of course. To compound that, if the rumors are true that Phil is spending most of his time around the football team, then he probably feels like one of the coaches. At that point you are basically asking him to fire a staff that he feels he is a part of, and there is zero chance he could be objective about that.

 

[Weezer]

Hurd was ~400 yds away from being the career leader in rushing yards in UT history. Had he stayed he would have been the all time leading rusher in the history of the university. Definitely not a scrub and probably doesn’t get the appreciation he deserves.

(I’m a Gallatin guy and he went to Beech so that’s hard to admit).

Biggest reason he gets criticized is the way he left. He quit midgame. I don't blame him for hard feelings towards Butch, but he quit on his team in the middle of a game.

 

[MrVolton]

I'm sure there is some of that.

Whether we want to hear it or not if he succeeded it wasn't going to be quick and would require him "learning on the job". Something he wasn't doing apparently.

Yeah I don’t expect anybody to get us to Atlanta before year 5 at the earliest, but I expect some progress by year 3.

 

[Deebowbear]

Does anyone think Dan Mullen will be in play by the end of the week?

 

[Smokeytom]

Anybody else follow Kevin Simon on Twitter? I wonder if he knows it shows his followers the tweets he likes lol.

YIKES. LMFAO!!

 

[quadlee21]

Well The Nation sucked tonight. I expected more they seem to ignore the elephant in the room tonight

 

[Ace]

My give a damn is broken

49 years ago I became a Vols fan while watching Holloway play QB versus LSU in the old Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl. I have seen ups and downs and highs and lows. Do not give up. We were really down in late 70’s and early 80’s and then in 1982 it started to turn around with an upset over Alabama. We are one good HC away from a turn around. Football is funny, you never know how the ball is going to bounce. It is about time for the ball to bounce our way.

 

[Ten_Titans]

Anybody else follow Kevin Simon on Twitter? I wonder if he knows it shows his followers the tweets he likes lol.

SMH.

The TN incompetence is boundless.

 

[Vols4us]

Its Charter.

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Agree - could have worded it differently. The offices and billing all say Spectrum, however, it's Charter Communications.

 

[KB5252]

Once I realized who you are, I totally ignore anything you say unless it’s followed by a message to rise above hate.

Who is he? other than a troll that is

 

[Devo182]

He should get another year. He will get another year if these violations aren’t tied to him.

A head coach that is -100 points after THREE seasons should be given a fourth year?! He is literally 100+ points behind DEREK DOOLEY. He is 300 points behind Butch.

What kind of drugs are you on?!

 

[butchna]

Who is he? other than a troll that is

“Rise above hate” means the Andrew Ray comic book guy.

 

[Ace]

I hope we don't have to go interim, but if we do I would rather go with Jay Graham than Tee.

Chaney - he is undefeated as an interim

 

[nicksjuzunk]

This thread be like

Poster X: How would everybody feel about hiring a literal sack of potatoes?

Forum:

 

[butchna]

A head coach that is -100 points after THREE seasons should be given a fourth year?! He is literally 100+ points behind DEREK DOOLEY. He is 300 points behind Butch.

What kind of drugs are you on?!

Placebos laced with unicorn urine.

 

[revjayp]

My give a damn is broken

How about your Shive-a-git meter?