Should have hired: David Cutliffe

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With the exception of arguably being correct about Turner Gill, that is the biggest piece of dumbassery I've ever seen written by someone getting a check to comment on sports.
 
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I think Cut is a good QB coach, but it was time for us to move away from the Fulmer network for good. Plus, we've already seen that he isn't really that effective as a head coach when his QB's last name isn't Manning. There's no way he would have been a better head coaching hire than Kiffin, and he wouldn't have assembled a staff nearly as good as Kiffin's either.
 
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and his prior stint as a USC assistant didn't exactly teach him to survive in the dog-eat-dog world of SEC recruiting.
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I stopped reading at this. He seems to have done just fine so far. And, while I wouldn't have been upset to see coach Cut return, I don't think he would have us in the same position this season.
 
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I find it quite interesting that later on they say that Washington should have hired Kiffin instead of Sarkisian. They knock on Kiffin in our part because he had never been a head coach in college and he wouldn't be ready for the SEC, but then go on to say he still should have been hired by another Div-I BCS school. Really doesn't make that much sense to me.
 
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What a total idiot. So far Kiffin has certainly shown is lack of recruiting ability........ Oh, and the enthusiasm around the program from the players is certainly down....
 
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I just saw this as well...and then he goes on to say Kiffin should have gone to Washington and that his NFL experience makes him better than Sark. But his NFL experience isn't good for UT???

Well, I guess he got what he wanted, we read his story and are now talking about it.

Darn it!
 
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I would have taken the same approach if Cutcliffe had been hired that I planned to employ if Fulmer had been retained. I'd have used my VASF donation for airfare and spent the fall going to OU and Miami games.
 
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I also fail to see how Kiffin was the perfect fit for Washington, but completely wrong for Tennessee.
 
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SGMVols said:
I think Cut is a good QB coach, but it was time for us to move away from the Fulmer network for good. Plus, we've already seen that he isn't really that effective as a head coach when his QB's last name isn't Manning. There's no way he would have been a better head coaching hire than Kiffin, and he wouldn't have assembled a staff nearly as good as Kiffin's either.
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NO doubt Cut is a great Q-back coach, disciplinarian, etc....but no way he assembles a staff half as good as Kiffin, no way he can recruit half as good as Kiffin, plus he's old, had heart problems, and lazy with recruiting (did I mention that??) :eek:lol:

Other than that, he would have been great......:crazy:
 
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FO.CO. VOL FAN said:
I find it quite interesting that later on they say that Washington should have hired Kiffin instead of Sarkisian. They knock on Kiffin in our part because he had never been a head coach in college and he wouldn't be ready for the SEC, but then go on to say he still should have been hired by another Div-I BCS school. Really doesn't make that much sense to me.
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You beat me too it. Totally contradicted himself on that one.
 
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hatvol96 said:
With the exception of arguably being correct about Turner Gill, that is the biggest piece of dumbassery I've ever seen written by someone getting a check to comment on sports.
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Agreed. Will Muschamp to Auburn? I'm sure they would have loved that if he was available.

As long as we are being unrealistic then UT should have hired Bellicheck away from the Pats and brought Pete Carrol and Norm Chow in as coordinators.
 
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Cut would have been the safe pick for the next 5 years and then we would have had to do it all over again.

Kiffin was the ballsy pick. If it works out (which I think it will) it could go down as the greatest hire in UT history...maybe at least of this era.

I am glad Hamilton didn't play it safe.
 
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Bad article with bad info. Some of his suggestions are absurd, and not plausible.
 
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SGMVols said:
I think Cut is a good QB coach, but it was time for us to move away from the Fulmer network for good. Plus, we've already seen that he isn't really that effective as a head coach when his QB's last name isn't Manning. There's no way he would have been a better head coaching hire than Kiffin, and he wouldn't have assembled a staff nearly as good as Kiffin's either.
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That move would have put us regularly at the bottom of the SEC with Vandy, KY, and Miss . Cut is a good coach but he doesn't have the right energy for today's SEC and he wouldn't have been able to recruit well enough except at QB.

The only way Cut would have worked out is if he brought Trooper back to recruit and replaced Chavis with a powerhouse DC who could recruit.
 
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gainesvol82 said:
Agreed. Will Muschamp to Auburn? I'm sure they would have loved that if he was available.
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Not as much as I would have. Muschamp is going to be an utterly disgraceful failure as a head coach. I just hope Texas is actually stupid enough to go through with that idiotic arrangement.
 
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tums said:
What a total idiot. So far Kiffin has certainly shown is lack of recruiting ability........ Oh, and the enthusiasm around the program from the players is certainly down....
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Funny thing is that Kiffin said he wanted to go to Washington after he left the Raiders because he's a UW alum. Guess the Orange just got in his head, but I think the right decision got made.
 
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SpringBokVol said:
Cut would have been the safe pick for the next 5 years and then we would have had to do it all over again.

Kiffin was the ballsy pick. If it works out (which I think it will) it could go down as the greatest hire in UT history...maybe at least of this era.

I am glad Hamilton didn't play it safe.
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Exactly. With Hamilton knowing his job would likely be on the line, he knew he needed to swing for the fences with this hire, and he did just that.
 
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hatvol96 said:
With the exception of arguably being correct about Turner Gill, that is the biggest piece of dumbassery I've ever seen written by someone getting a check to comment on sports.
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who doesn't know what he's talking about. Notice how all these sports sites have these young guys writing columns/opinion pieces about college football and other things. I've got nothing against youth--but if you're going to put your opinions out there, you better know your stuff.

First, Cut is a good coach--but he is not dynamic enough for UT, IMO, and not yøung enough either. Granted, there is nothing AT ALL dynamic about Fulmer--and he had an exceptional run during his first 10 years running the Vols. (How he did it, I do not know--because he's not all that smart, not dynamic, but for a while he got the job done.) Cut would never have put together the staff Kiffin has. So Hammy made a very smart choice, IMO, with Kiffin. The proof will be in the pudding, but he's already got the Vols on a very good track.

As for Kiffin going to Washington, I'm not sure he would have taken that job. It's too cuts below UT and the SEC. And I doubt Monte Kiffin would have left the NFL for a job with the Huskies. It was the attractiveness of UT and the SEC that lured him.

RE Syracuse: Marrone is not well known, but he is a very good and very experienced coach. Gill might have had an edge as a recruiter.
 
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No thank you on the retreads. We've had enough retreads, good ole boys, orange overall wearing (hat vol's favorite quote) keep it in the vol family garbage to last a lifetime.
 
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