USC offensive coordinator Tee Martin

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#101
Stoked said:
I'm all in on Tee! He would absolutely kill it in recruiting here. Surround him with a good staff and he'd do great here. His total offense is ranked 13th this year, which isn't too shabby.
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Much much easier to recruit at USC than at Tennessee
 
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dbr25 said:
Tee just isn't experienced enough. He's been an OC what, 2 years? Now If he goes somewhere as a HC and built a program up for a couple years,(like Frost, Fuente, M.Campbell) I'd say heck yeah go get him. Right now, he'd be a risky hire for us. Not saying he couldn't do the job, just not enough evidence yet for me.
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No one is ever ready until they get a chance...give Tee HC, get a good OC, and throw cash at Steele for DC. Boom
 
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The only chance Tee has of being a highly successful head coach is to go the Dabo route. Hire a great staff, including two rock star coordinators, be a cheerleader, and recruit your butt off. If he does that, he can be successful here.
 
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I would definitely be onboard with Tee provided we give him a proper experienced high level staff. Fulmer had Cutcliffe and Chavis so why couldn’t Tee succeed with coordinators of that caliber? I certainly would take someone who has a vested interest in the University over someone who views it as simply a paycheck. Yesterday proved we can definitely do worse since our inept AD is still unfortunately running the search.
 
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Boston Vol said:
The only chance Tee has of being a highly successful head coach is to go the Dabo route. Hire a great staff, including two rock star coordinators, be a cheerleader, and recruit your butt off. If he does that, he can be successful here.
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That's what most successful head coaches do.
 
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dbr25 said:
Tee just isn't experienced enough. He's been an OC what, 2 years? Now If he goes somewhere as a HC and built a program up for a couple years,(like Frost, Fuente, M.Campbell) I'd say heck yeah go get him. Right now, he'd be a risky hire for us. Not saying he couldn't do the job, just not enough evidence yet for me.
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I'm sorry, but some of you need a reality check. Tennessee has become that proving ground for coaches. We just don't want to admit it because it doesn't make us feel good. Frost at UCF, Fuente at Memphis or VT, Campbell at Iowa St.; unfortunately, all those programs are pretty on par with Tennessee over the past 9 years.

In the last 9 seasons...

UCF is 71-42
VT is 79-39
Memphis is 49-60
Iowa St is 42-68
Tennessee is 53-50

It's about time we just accept what we are and aspire to get back to where we were instead of pretending we never left that mountaintop. If the last 24 hours haven't been a stone cold reality check about who we really are in the national scope of things, then I don't know what can convince you that we aren't some college football megapower anymore.

And to be clear, I'm not saying to accept mediocrity as a final result. I am saying that we need a paradigm shift of what we currently are, and what we can logically expect right now in our current state.
 
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In light of the circumstances, I think hiring Tee would be a pretty good move. He'd have a strong mentor for managing all the non-football things associated with being the Vols HC in CPF. He'd have the support of most all of the fan base. We know he can recruit.

Personally, I would think he would have as much of a chance of being successful as any candidate that is realistic at this point.

If the boosters were willing to throw big money at a big hire, hopefully they'd be willing to throw big money at assistants to help him succeed.
 
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SaintLouisVol said:
In light of the circumstances, I think hiring Tee would be a pretty good move. He'd have a strong mentor for managing all the non-football things associated with being the Vols HC in CPF. He'd have the support of most all of the fan base. We know he can recruit.

Personally, I would think he would have as much of a chance of being successful as any candidate that is realistic at this point.

If the boosters were willing to throw big money at a big hire, hopefully they'd be willing to throw big money at assistants to help him succeed.
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Other than his playing days, his being a very good OC at USC, and his lack of interest in the job prior, I don't know much about Tee.

Without HC experience, as others have stated, he would need a strong staff. I do believe that he would have a good chance at uniting the fan base.

The biggest obstacles might be his wife and his estimation of the value he brings. I may be way off base, but it seems he came with an attitude when he interviewed previously. Again, I might have misread that.
 
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Boston Vol said:
The only chance Tee has of being a highly successful head coach is to go the Dabo route. Hire a great staff, including two rock star coordinators, be a cheerleader, and recruit your butt off. If he does that, he can be successful here.
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That's how Phil did it. It can work.
 
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Hubbard said:
Other than his playing days, his being a very good OC at USC, and his lack of interest in the job prior, I don't know much about Tee.

Without HC experience, as others have stated, he would need a strong staff. I do believe that he would have a good chance at uniting the fan base.

The biggest obstacles might be his wife and his estimation of the value he brings. I may be way off base, but it seems he came with an attitude when he interviewed previously. Again, I might have misread that.
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I don't recall very much about his previous interview at UT, but I can't hold anyone at fault for having a bad attitude considering who his boss would have been. Jones apparently talked a good talk, but as with anyone like that, some people just see right through it. Maybe Tee did just that?

As for his legitimate interest in the job, I have no idea.
 
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smokey0625 said:
Who we getting better?
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Don't know that we will. And I'm not deadset against Tee at all either. I just think I'm more likely to get my family to all agree on the same movie or restaurant or whatever (which they never will) than to get this bunch around here to agree on anything. And that's not hatin', that's just knowin'.
 
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pismonque said:
Don't know that we will. And I'm not deadset against Tee at all either. I just think I'm more likely to get my family to all agree on the same movie or restaurant or whatever (which they never will) than to get this bunch around here to agree on anything. And that's not hatin', that's just knowin'.
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True. At least he’s an up and comer that we all definitely share good memories of. I’d get my gruden feeling of a guy I know I can cheer for. I know I would decide to spend money to watch tee coach.
 
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Based upon record alone would people be calling for his hire. Ok his offense is pretty good. So do we bring all high scoring OCs across the country into play based upon the offense output ? Do not most offenses in the PAC 10 have a pretty good scoring average ? What makes Tee a standout, his name or where he played college football ?
 
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