Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[SweetasSoda]

He made players use a pee color chart. I mean literally was checking their pee color.

 

[UTK]

Think it's bs, Bass?

Mike basically implied Arik Gilbert was for sure transferring to UT not too long ago

 

[tnmarktx]

Yes

Campbell?

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Hubbs is saying that the Parker Group will likely gauge interest in Franklin, Cristobal, and Fickell. Has lots of respect for Elliott. I don’t see the first three coming here.

Hell no on Franklin. He is a terrible person. On the same list as Schiano and Kelly.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Was Ok St too big for Gundy?
Was Oregon too big for Kelly?
Was Clemson too big for Dabo?
Was MS St too big for Mullen?
Was Washington too big for Sark?
Thats a lazy argument either he has it or he doesn't. Getting a guy like Elliott is better than running out a failed re tread

Was Tennessee too big for Butch, Dooley, or Pruitt?

 

[1world1love]

I love vol nation. There really is nothing comparable. Not even a full week ago, Jeremy Pruitt was fired for cause and there was what was repeatedly called “an extraordinary press conference” in which we openly admitted to multiple level 1 violations. Immediately people started to embrace the inevitability of having Kevin Steele and a skeleton staff as a multi-year interim solution to get us through the turmoil.

So, in less than a week we have gone from Pruitt, the worst coach in history, to Kevin Steele and a mass exodus of players, and somehow.....amazingly we hired a rock star AD and somehow people are bitching about the prospects of us hiring Luke Fickell, PJ Fleck, or Tony Elliot. Classic.

 

[james_govols]

Not sure why everyone is shocked that it could be Elliott.

Didn't Brice mention something about Elliott? Didn't Feldman mention something about Elliott?
Didn't 247 mention something about Elliott?

Seems to me like all signs are pointing to Elliott.

 

[BJWeeks]

I'll complain about Tony Elliott when he actually accepts the job.

As someone else said, when it gets past him, it's gonna get ugly. Real ugly.

We've heard worse names in the last few days.

What is aggravating is the fact that Kiffin and Freeze would take this program back to Atlanta and they can't even get looked at.

 

[jave36]

Not good at all guys.

I'd rather have the other Clemson coordinator.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

None of those jobs were remotely close to this situation.

Riddle me this - Which one of those had just fired a coach and multiple staff for cause for recruiting violations in the midst of an NCAA investigation that coincides with the worst era in their football history?

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How many schools period have done that.
Another answer Fulmer took over Tennessee

 

[4chrissy]

Basilio also said Roger had 10 soft tacos with 4 nacho fries. Roger might be my favorite part of the show. The other day he said he at 60 mcnuggets.

That was hilarious and dang you could tell Roger was so mad!

 

[MarcoVol]

Mike basically implied Arik Gilbert was for sure transferring to UT not too long ago

Well that was before we fired Pruitt

 

[RockyTop411]

Not sure why everyone is shocked that it could be Elliott.

Didn't Brice mention something about Elliott? Didn't Feldman mention something about Elliott?
Didn't 247 mention something about Elliott?

Seems to me like all signs are pointing to Elliott.

They are. He’s been one constant.

 

[m1al]

I'm appreciative that AV posts here, but y'all need to be reasonable and use some common sense.

He was talking about who our next coach would be before we even hired DW. There's no way anything was locked up before then. I'm sure he had a few names in mind and felt good about it. But you can't make someone say yes. It is what it is.

As fast as it went, they knew DW was the guy WELL before it was announced.. Probably a few days before...

 

[HawkVol2213]

Elliot has had the best of the best players over his coaching career (Deshaun Watson, T-Lawrence), just like Pruitt at his previous stops. But what could he do with the bottom of the barrel talent here?

 

[Nashvegas31]

Mike basically implied Arik Gilbert was for sure transferring to UT not too long ago

He probably was until Pruitt stuff came out

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Was Tennessee too big for Butch, Dooley, or Pruitt?

Was it too big for Fulmer?
Second, two of those were Head Coaches so why are we convinced a HC is the answer?

 

[Jackcrevol]

tony elliott, another coordinator, is a joke

 

[VolFreakJosh]

We don’t need to hire another guy that’s learning on the job.

This isn’t the place nor the right time to do that right now.

 

[MarcoVol]

How many schools period have done that.
Another answer Fulmer took over Tennessee

This is literally my point.

Can’t have someone learning on the job during all of this. Unless, again, you miss on other targets.

 

[Ten_Titans]

I said I would wait but screw it.

Elliott has as high of a ceiling as anyone we've mentioned, and probably as low of a floor as anyone we've mentioned.

I'd like to think we could sling enough money to land a safer bet. Maybe we can't. I just don't know.

I think TE could actually develop a QB. I think our offense would obviously improve as a whole. I think he's a great recruiter.

We'll see. Sometimes I just have to forget the last two weeks and remember that whoever we hire will be better than Pruitt, and TE will definitely be better than Pruitt.

 

[Weezer]

What is aggravating is the fact that Kiffin and Freeze would take this program back to Atlanta and they can't even get looked at.

There are reasons they aren't getting looked at.

 

[SPEDVoL14]

The armchair ADs in this thread gets so old. So many generalized statements that have no factual merit.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

What is aggravating is the fact that Kiffin and Freeze would take this program back to Atlanta and they can't even get looked at.

Do we actually know that though? What programs have they won championships at before?

 

[Nashvegas31]

Not sure why everyone is shocked that it could be Elliott.

Didn't Brice mention something about Elliott? Didn't Feldman mention something about Elliott?
Didn't 247 mention something about Elliott?

Seems to me like all signs are pointing to Elliott.

That’s why it doesn’t seem right. Unless his side is such a wide open book they are telling all despite their confidentiality agreements then it doesn’t add up. It’s never that easy