bleedorange25
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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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Expect another student riot tonight if Troy Calhoun is hired. The students aren't about to let this happen to our football program.