Team meeting in Colorado Springs

#127
#127
I don't think he is going to bring the opinion, He was in the NFL with the Texans before he was AF's head coach. He runs that offence to make AF happy. He will run Tennessee in a pro matter. I think He will retain most of this staff. If not well it is going to be a long road for TN.
 
#128
#128
ignorant?! you guys had your eyes set on stoops cowher and saban?...You guys best case scenario is the capital one bowl evey year
 
#130
#130
AJeray4TN said:
Ok...fine... I agree. I was able to get behind Kiffin, so I will get behind Calhoun too, if hired. I love this program, and I will support its coach. If we lose recruits over this, then they didn't want to be here to begin with. Let's make UT a program that picks kids again, instead of a program where kids have to pick us.
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I like your attitude! GBO
 
#131
#131
If it's Calhoun, I have no idea why people automatically assume that he'll bring triple option here.

F's sake....
 
#133
#133
if it's calhoun, can he recruit?
who would he bring with him and can they recruit?

...has this already been covered in another thread?
 
#134
#134
rolltide1190 said:
ignorant?! you guys had your eyes set on stoops cowher and saban?...You guys best case scenario is the capital one bowl evey year
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Stoop, Cowher, and Saban? Have you only been on here for five minutes? Lots of idiots make up lots of rumors...doesn't mean the whole fanbase buys into it.
 
#135
#135
This sounds just like last year. Some people wanted the new coach, some people wanted someone else, no one was truly happy.

Why don't we suck it up, act like Volunteers, and welcome him if he is the new coach? You complaining about it on some web forum isn't going to change anything.

Let's draw a line in the sand... are you WITH the University or are you NOT WITH the University?

If they hire him... he's OUR coach. Rally the wagons, and let's go.
 
#136
#136
VolunteerHillbilly said:
If Hambone hires the Air Force coach, then I say the guy gets absolutely no slack for anything that has transpired. If he cannot salvage a Top 15 recruiting class (at worst) and win at least 7 games next season then he needs to be 1 and done (our choice, not his). I do not know this guy. I do know that Air Force has not beaten a ranked opponent in the time that he has been there. I do know that the kinds of players that UTK needs to attract to compete in the SEC are not going to respond to military discipline. Who is he going to bring in that can recruit? Do guys at the service academies really even recruit in the same sense as other programs?
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The only saving grace is if Kippy Brown, Jim Chaney and James Cregg stay on staff and explicitly state that he will run an NFL Pro-Style offense. He almost has to keep the remaining staff.


If not, we will not finish with a Top 15 class with Calhoun coming in. It doesn't matter what he is or is not going to run, people are going to associate him with the Option.
 
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#138
DC Vol said:
The only saving grace is if Kippy Brown, Jim Chaney and James Cregg stay on staff and explicitly state that he will run an NFL Pro-Style offense. He almost has to keep the remaining staff.


If not, we will not finish with a Top 15 class with Calhoun coming in. It doesn't matter what he is or is not going to run, people are going to associate him with the Option.
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What defense did Bill Parcells run at West Point as DC and what offense did he use when he was HFC at Air Force before going to the Giants' organization as DC?
 
#139
#139
You might as well forget about keeping recruits...period exclamation point. Calhoun is the perfect hire. He will be used to the subpar talent Tennesee will have and be able to point them in the right direction.
 
#140
#140
Expect another student riot tonight if Troy Calhoun is hired. The students aren't about to let this happen to our football program.
 
#141
#141
Brave Volunteer said:
Well what would be the positives to hiring Calhoun?

1.) Great disciplinarian = We will continue to play fundamentally sound, mistake free football.

2.) Seems to get the most out of the talent he has = Our players will not be under developed the way they were under Fulmer.

3.) Has NFL experience = meaning he has NFL ties and can bring in assistants with NFL experience as well. That would allow us to continue to sell the NFL angle to recruits.

I guess my biggest concern with Calhoun is how good of a recruiter he will be and can he put together a staff that will be able to recruit like Kiffn's staff did. I'm just scared that the minute Calhoun's name is announced, the rest of our commits will disappear.
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If the dude can get teenaged boys to commit to five years in the Air Force after they finish playing football, then he should be able to bring them to Tennessee. Whoever said he didn't have to recruit because the academies are by appointment is wrong.

By the way, we don't want his staff to recruit like Kiffin's staff did. We want the same results with above board tactics.
 
#144
#144
Give him a chance.

If this is who we are getting then so be it. The guy is known for discipline and hard work. Several experts have said he is an offensive guru. This thinking that all he knows how to do is run the option is getting old. Look at his past before making the claims.

My concern is can he recruit because recruiting at AF is totally different. With that being said, keep what we have on the staff now and help him recruit. I was scanning the AF boards and all they talk about is how is players love him.

With that being said, he has a good DC who is looking around as we speak and supposedly has a great O-line coach that he may be able to bring (god knows it looks like we are going to need help there the way things are looking right now).

Bottom line, if he is our guy, even if some our players leave, support him. Look at the bright side, the last military guy we hired to coach did pretty well.
 
#145
#145
Don't forget that Calhoun coached seven years at Ohio before going to Wake Forest...where he somehow managed to get Ben Mauk (from tiny Kenton, OH) to come to.
 
#147
#147
God forbid Tennessee hire a man who might recruit athleticism AND character. Tennessee needs a coach like Calhoun if for nothing else to clean up their program. Going the outlaw route hasn't seemed to work.
 
#148
#148
3 Rocky Top Cove said:
If the dude can get teenaged boys to commit to five years in the Air Force after they finish playing football, then he should be able to bring them to Tennessee. Whoever said he didn't have to recruit because the academies are by appointment is wrong.

By the way, we don't want his staff to recruit like Kiffin's staff did. We want the same results with above board tactics.
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recruiting athlethes for the academies is different than for the SEC
 
#149
#149
Some posters have commented that recruits will not be drawn to the "military-style" discipline. Have we not heard for years about how tough Saban is on his players and coaches? All of the press leading up to the NC game was about how he had his team on lock down.

Tennessee is still a state university...and is an AWESOME place to go to college. In no way, shape, or form does it resemble a miltary academy. I have a buddy that graduated from West Point...those guys truly know what discipline is.
 
#150
#150
Midfielder10 said:
Expect another student riot tonight if Troy Calhoun is hired. The students aren't about to let this happen to our football program.
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The same students that wouldn't pack the student section for home games this year?

I don't have any problems with Calhoun... as long as he keeps Chaney, Kippy, Thompson, Cregg, and MH brings in another big time recruiter....GARNER...
 
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