Recruiting Forum Football Talk XXXII

[JCLawyerVol]

Actually he makes difficult catches look easy (Florida over Anzalone and the Hail Mary) but he bobbles easy ones.

Pardon me. I was making a string of marijuana-related jokes. I'm immature.

 

[WallyBalls]

Am I missing something?

Did Hubbs not say the Bohn didn't appear to be a serious candidate?

 

[Kristy*]

One semi way out is to find a job that will allow/encourage you to get your masters. While you're still in school, loan payments aren't due. So, you can have extra time to pay them off without the interest penalty.

 

[InVOLuntary]

chalk it up to the ole telephone game I guess.

On a sidenote was he a gigolo or a lady boy? Asking for a friend.

I think there is an apple and the tree joke in there somewhere.

 

[BaldBiker]

Please don't quote heem.

That cuts me deep man.

 

[volatil]

... half bear, the other half cat...

Dammit I laughed way too hard at this

 

[MrVolton]

Am I missing something?

Did Hubbs not say the Bohn didn't appear to be a serious candidate?

If so, that and JJ's charges getting dropped are the leading candidates for best news of the day IMO.

 

[LaagerVol]

Another thing I've heard is that the feeling in the UTAD is that Davenport doesn't grasp the passion of the UT fan base.

Why did they hire her azz then??

 

[Rishvol]

I guess I'm not worthy to have my own thread. Ya big jerk.

Rish. Get the man another drink.

All you get

 

[Ron Swanson]

Quite a nice resume for an offensive analyst...

Gerald Brown is an American football coach who was the Atlanta Falcons Running Backs Coach from 2008-2014.[1] During his time with the Falcons, he coached 2 former Pro Bowl selecctions, Michael Turner and Ovie Mughelli. While on staff with the Falcons, the team had 2 NFC South Championships in 2010 and 2012 as well as 5 straight winning seasons with playoff appearances in 4 of out 7 seasons.

Brown has logged 22 years in coaching which also included six seasons at Indiana University Hoosiers. In his first five seasons at Indiana, Hoosier running backs averaged 1,549 rushing yards per season. In his first year, Indiana gained 1,398 yards despite not having a running back with more than 90 career carries entering the 2002 season. In 2003, BenJarvus Green-Ellis became the seventh true freshman in Indiana history to rush for 100 yards in a game and just the third freshman to reach the 200-yard plateau in a single-game.

In 1983, Brown got his coaching start at the University of Tennessee where he began as a Graduate Assistant. In 1984, he became an Administrative Assistant and served as the Volunteers’ scout. Brown was part of a Tennessee coaching staff for six seasons (1983–1988). He was running backs coach of the XFL's Memphis Maniax.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Brown_(American_football)


Butch stepping up his game.

 

[Rishvol]

Quite a nice resume for an offensive analyst...



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Brown_(American_football)


Butch stepping up his game.

No point he gets fired next year anyway- LOM

 

[jave36]

My post from last week regarding Bohn.....



We don't need some yankee academia lady trying to run our athletics. We need someone who wants to win and understands what UT means. We need a Vol.

We don't need a Vol, that kind of shortsightedness leads to bad decisions. We need a proven, successful AD with a lot of experience running an athletic program. If that person is a Vol, great. If not who cares? How many top programs have an alum as their AD?

 

[WallyBalls]

If so, that and JJ's charges getting dropped are the leading candidates for best news of the day IMO.

I took this right from Ron's post about a VQ update that talked about the former Panthers exec:

Many of you have wondered aloud about Bohn from Cincinnati. Obviously, Dr. Davenport has a relationship with Bohn, but I'm not sure the committee is very high on him.

We think some formal interviews could start as early as mid to late week.

That's pretty Hubbsian for "I mean, sure, maybe, but nah."

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

"Former NFL running backs coach Gerald Brown has been hired by Butch Jones as an offensive analyst. The brother of former Vol assistant Kippy Brown grew up in East Tennessee and attended Sweetwater High School. Brown got his start in coaching in 1983 as a graduate assistant alongside fellow graduate assistant Jon Gruden, for then Tennessee head coach Johnny Majors. Since that time, he's coached in college and in the NFL, where he spent six years coaching running backs for the Atlanta Falcons. Brown has been back in Knoxville for the last year and gives a veteran voice to the offensive staff.

Additional sources indicate to Volquest that Jones and his football cabinet have made it a priority to enhance his staff with more veteran coaches in the analyst and quality control positions. Adding that the NFL experience is desired as Jones finishes up his staff for the 2017 season.

As for the vacant wide receiver coaching position, former Miami assistant Kevin Beard remains the front runner after interviewing at Tennessee over the weekend. He currently coaches receivers for Florida International and former Miami head coach Butch Davis."

- Price

I like it. This is a very good staff Butch has assembled imo

 

[RikidyBones]

"Indirect contact" aka just about everything short of a formal interview.

I used that phrase freshman year one morning. I haven't had that much to drink since that night and learned what beer goggles were...

 

[BigZiti09]

We don't need a Vol, that kind of shortsightedness leads to bad decisions. We need a proven, successful AD with a lot of experience running an athletic program. If that person is a Vol, great. If not who cares? How many top programs have an alum as their AD?

I say that because we have too many people interested in things besides winning. I want someone who genuinely wants to win and will put that first and foremost.

I don't trust the powers that be to hire someone like that no matter how qualified the candidate may seem. They want someone they can control. Not someone who wants to win.

That's why I say we need someone who loves this university and would kill themselves working to make us the best we could possibly be. We need a Vol.

So in other words, if we had a normal and functioning athletic department I would agree with you. But we don't. And we hire people like this Cincinnati lady who don't understand the culture and will screw it up if given the chance.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

Very true. Still think some of the political infighting is what's causing this perceived dysfunction.

Probably very accurate. It's ridiculous!

 

[VOL-uh-tile]

Us hiring Brown isn't a preemptive move for a change next year is it?

 

[chargervol]

I agree. If not Blackburn a guy like that could be good here. Especially if Peyton okays it

Saved you the trouble and got the wisdom straight from the FF.

Nope. this guy is trash also.
Two of my personal favorites
"The T would be for travesty with this hire" and
"Nothing good ever came out of Charlotte, ever"

No you don't have to check his actual resume or acumen.

 

[SergeantVol]

I say that because we have too many people interested in things besides winning. I want someone who genuinely wants to win and will put that first and foremost.

I don't trust the powers that be to hire someone like that no matter how qualified the candidate may seem. They want someone they can control. Not someone who wants to win.

That's why I say we need someone who loves this university and would kill themselves working to make us the best we could possibly be. We need a Vol.

So in other words, if we had a normal and functioning athletic department I would agree with you. But we don't. And we hire people like this Cincinnati lady who don't understand the culture and will screw it up if given the chance.

This. Our fan base is so fractured that we need a Uniter at the AD position. This would go along ways to heal us.

 

[drvenner]

Why did they hire her azz then??

Because Tennessee.

 

[Kristy*]

Why did they hire her azz then??

If nobody else will, I will say it; because she is a female. With all the Title 9 crap, a woman was going to get the nod if all else was equal or even close to equal. All JMO.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Saved you the trouble and got the wisdom straight from the FF.

Nope. this guy is trash also.
Two of my personal favorites
"The T would be for travesty with this hire" and
"Nothing good ever came out of Charlotte, ever"

No you don't have to check his actual resume or acumen.

Lol

 

[Chief Vol 13]

I say that because we have too many people interested in things besides winning. I want someone who genuinely wants to win and will put that first and foremost.

I don't trust the powers that be to hire someone like that no matter how qualified the candidate may seem. They want someone they can control. Not someone who wants to win.

That's why I say we need someone who loves this university and would kill themselves working to make us the best we could possibly be. We need a Vol.

So in other words, if we had a normal and functioning athletic department I would agree with you. But we don't. And we hire people like this Cincinnati lady who don't understand the culture and will screw it up if given the chance.

I totally agree. I'm a bit of an old school thinker regarding this issue in the the sense that I think it needs to be a Tennessee guy. A Tennessee guy won't accept mediocrity in any sport, especially football. Without having that emotional investment, 7 or 8 wins a year is gravy as long as the bottom line is healthy. When Dave Hart finally leaves the position you think he's gonna keep living in Knoxville or go back to Tuscaloosa? My money is on the latter.

 

[LotteryPick]

Us hiring Brown isn't a preemptive move for a change next year is it?

Brown could be a guy that just wants less responsibility.

Coaching since the 80's sounds exhausting, IMO.