Tony Elliott Appears To Be a Target

[DarkAvenger]

my "UT is about to make another stupid blunder" senses are tingling again.

Go to the doctor, you might be confusing it with epilepsy.

 

[SGMVols]

Good press.

Or maybe because every football and basketball coach he’s ever hired has been successful.

 

[loservol]

This administration isn't dumb and weak enough to let you morons dictate their hire. As the old regime did.

so they listen to you guys instead, who have been proven wrong about every IT coaching hire.

 

[SGMVols]

my "UT is about to make another stupid blunder" senses are tingling again.

Perhaps you should give up day drinking.

 

[Tennman615]

If he hires Elliot we revolt!! We have proved before in 2017 we fans the silent majority can make change happen.

Don’t think that’s going to work this time.

 

[loservol]

Or maybe because every football and basketball coach he’s ever hired has been successful.

So why come to UT and screw a perfect record with the wrong hire?

 

[VolArmy74]

You can’t argue those programs were in the trash because they weren’t. Most were perennial 7-9 wins a year... we struggle getting 6 wins backs to back.

Oklahoma had won 6, 5, 3, 4, and 5 games before hiring Stoops from Florida's staff. Florida State had 3 6 loss seasons in 4 years heading into Jimbo and they got 4 years probation for major violations Bowdens final year with several lost scholarships.

 

[SmokeyDog1973]

We haven’t had 4 consecutive winning seasons since 2001-2004 think about that for a second we need a legitimate coach who can turn this thing around and the culture not a unproven product of the system coordinator those gambles hardly ever work out and certainly haven’t for us.

 

[TNnative]

No, we don’t revolt... that situation was entirely different.

Really. If they hire Elliot, I am not griping at all. If he can't right the ship, gripe about that.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Well we were a laughingstock long before that. Brick by Brick ring a bell? Champions of life? Five star hearts and Dooleys ceramic orange dog he brought to practice

The orange dog was brilliant. The other crap was lame.

 

[VolnJC]

 

[VolArmy74]

Beggars can't be choosers, but I think Pruitt should've been the first and last coordinator experiment. They are being lumped together because they were/are coordinators at elite programs.

Which is dumb and unfair.

 

[Volsfan4243]

I don’t think you can hire a first time HC, even if it is a high profile OC. White needs to call Freeze and discuss an incentive laden contract, morality clauses, and staff. Freeze could keep Tee and Jay on staff to try and keep a few players. I know integrity is paramount for the UT Administration but Freeze learned his lesson and would be a coach who truly wants to be in Knoxville. I hope this is what happens but I am not very optimistic.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Which is dumb and unfair.

you're both right. Doesn't matter because we're getting Freeze.

 

[Fore]

So what IF Frost is hired and Elliott is named OC and HCIW and this whole Elliott is top target is smokescreen? I have a hard time believing White would pass him up from a smaller school to be first choice at a bigger school with trouble looming, White is not an idiot, I believe he's bringing in somebody nobody sees coming why I say Frost

Please, for the love of god, just stop.

 

[knox73]

Schlabach: The incredible underdog story of Clemson's Tony Elliott

This is the type of man you like to see have success. Wish him the best at whatever path he chooses. Incredible life story to say the least!

 

[volman128]

Which is dumb and unfair.

I mean, I understand (and agree with) your point about DC vs. OC, but I don't think it's dumb and I certainly don't see how it's unfair.

 

[loservol]

No he's not!

 

[volman128]

Perhaps you should give up day drinking.

Every UT fan should be day drinking at this point, lol.

 

[loservol]

Schlabach: The incredible underdog story of Clemson's Tony Elliott

This is the type of man you like to see have success. Wish him the best at whatever path he chooses. Incredible life story to say the least!

I will wish him all the best in sinking someone else's team.

 

[VolArmy74]

I mean, I understand (and agree with) your point about DC vs. OC, but I don't think it's dumb and I certainly don't see how it's unfair.

Judging Elliott's potential as HC because Pruitt was an idiot doesn't seem unfair to you?

 

[All4TN]

Clemson OC Tony Elliott to Tennessee Would Make Sense

 

[Fore]

so they listen to you guys instead, who have been proven wrong about every IT coaching hire.

They damn sure won't listen to low IQ, malcontents like yourself. When he said keep the negative off of social media he was referencing you.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Schlabach: The incredible underdog story of Clemson's Tony Elliott

This is the type of man you like to see have success. Wish him the best at whatever path he chooses. Incredible life story to say the least!

holy smokes that's some rough times.

 

[VolArmy74]

I’m not sure why people are so convinced he’d be a bad hire. He might be a great HC. But For me it has more to do with risk. Also, Tennessee has a ton going for it except for credibility. You address both concerns by hiring an experienced head coach.

With our current situation we are sitting at the poker table with a 2-7, hoping for a miracle. The bigger play is getting someone to accept the risk to their career by coming here while we are holding a losing hand.