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#78
#78
kptvol said:
On an unrelated matter, I hope anyone that said we'd have a hard time finding another coach capable of doing better than Phil is watching Ball State dominate NIU.
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Thank god Ball State wasn't on our schedule.
 
#79
#79
emainvol said:
Thank god Ball State wasn't on our schedule.
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why? what's the real difference between 6 and 7.

Further, do you not think the UCLA game becomes more of a national embarrassment each week?
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#82
#82
We should not assume that successful NFL coaches would be guaranteed success in NCAA. They are very different from one another. The big question marks will be, can he recruit? Can he work with and develop 18-22 year olds as opposed to 22-38 year olds?
 
#83
#83
Brave Volunteer said:
We should not assume that successful NFL coaches would be guaranteed success in NCAA. They are very different from one another. The big question marks will be, can he recruit? Can he work with and develop 18-22 year olds as opposed to 22-38 year olds?
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there are no guarantees, period. Our successful college coach spent the last 10 years falling from the mountaintop. It happens. Coaches struggle, circumstances dictate outcomes, bad breaks, etc, etc.

However, the likelihood is that a successful NFL coach will be a successful college coach. The belief about his inroads to the NFL alone is a bigger recruiting tool than anything any college coach has to offer.
 
#84
#84
dimera23 said:
Why is it so horrible to consider the long term health of our University and the lasting legacy of our program when choosing our next head coach? Does UT mean anything to you beyond wins and losses?
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Sure, but that necessarily entails the traditional inbreeding that some feel is necessary to grow the program. It's a global economy, and the days of restricting your choices to home-grown are gone, unless you are satisfied with mediocrity versus winning. If there's someone out there that's a great coach and who currently bleeds orange, by all means hire them. But please enlighten me as to whom that individual might be?
 
#85
#85
dimera23 said:
Why is it so horrible to consider the long term health of our University and the lasting legacy of our program when choosing our next head coach? Does UT mean anything to you beyond wins and losses?
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UT football outside of wins and losses does not mean much to me. If your team is not winning, why play the game? I've said it before if we want family time we do not need the coaches' salaries to do it.
 
#86
#86
Lexvol said:
I'm ready for a coach that steals candy from babies and slaps orphans. The program has gotten too soft!
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:lolabove: I agree. I think Phil's just gone soft from all those Smokey Dogs he's been eating at half time.
 
#87
#87
TreeGreen said:
UT football outside of wins and losses does not mean much to me. If your team is not winning, why play the game? I've said it before if we want family time we do not need the coaches' salaries to do it.
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Well then, sir, you and I have completely different values when it comes to Volunteer football. I don't judge you for your opinion, but UT means a whole lot more to me than wins and losses.

Of course, I want the Vols to win, but I'm not going to love them any less when they lose. I bleed Orange and White win or lose. I'm in the stands when we're 7-5, 5-7 or 11-2. I'd be in the stands if we were winless as fired up as if we were undefeated. But that's just me.

I want our next Coach to, first and foremost, want to be at Tennessee. I want him to love the program, honor the tradition and preserve the family. After that, he needs ot be a winner. I believe that there are numerous coaches out there who fit the bill. We just need to be patient and dilegent in our search.
 
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