Today's OC List According To "Some Media".....

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orangeblooded2 said:
Freddie Kitchens — Cleveland Browns offensive coordinator
I still don’t think Kitchens is a realistic option for the Vols, because of the reasons mentioned here. But because of his relationship with Pruitt, we can’t totally rule him out.

Rhett Lashlee — SMU offensive coordinator
Lashlee served as Auburn’s offensive coordinator from 2013-2016. He left for UCONN after 2016 so he could call plays and install his own offense. UCONN’s offense improved immensely with Lashlee running the show in 2017.
The only thing about this hire is there’s really no reason to delay the announcement. And I can’t imagine there’s much of a buyout to deal with.

Eli Drinkwtiz — NC State offensive coordinator
We haven’t heard much about Drinkwitz since early during the search. But he runs the type of offense that Pruitt likes. It’s balanced and they control the clock (NC State was among the top 15 schools in time of possession this season). I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s still in the mix.


Brandon Streeter — Clemson quarterbacks coach
Streeter’s name was rumored early, but there hasn’t been any officially reported contact between him and Tennessee. However, I think he’d be a solid hire for the Vols. He’s essentially the offensive coordinator in waiting at Clemson, so it wouldn’t be easy to convince him to leave.
Clemson is in the College Football Playoff, so that part would line up with Matthews’ report.

Kendal Briles --- Houston Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator
Outside of the baggage related to the Baylor Bears, Kendal Briles is the hottest commodity out there. We know that the Florida State Seminoles are interested in him, and it looks like he interviewed with the Vols.

As a result, it’s very possible that the two schools are in a bidding war for the offensive genius. If they are, that’s a bidding war the Vols are likely to win seeing as how they have been able to shell out money for their assistants in the past.

But such a bidding war would indeed take time, and that could be why they haven’t found their guy. Heck, even Mike Yurcich and Eliah Drinkwitz would probably want to do some serious negotiation with Tennessee football before taking the job.



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IMO, all fake news
 
#54
#54
Mayfields stats in Cleveland

Split Cmp Att Cmp% Yds Y/Att TD INT Rating
w/ Haley 130 - 223 58.3% 1,471 6.6 8 6 78.9
w/ Kitchens 112 - 153 73.2% 1,406 9.2 11 4 114.4
 
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Wait... I thought all the Chicken Littles were crying about Briles going to FSU? Am I to understand they are still trying to land an OC too?
 
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JonGrudensAgent said:
Think Kitchens is doing good enough with Mayfield now that Hue Jackson is out of the picture to parlay it into sticking with the Browns or another OC job in the NFL.
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According to NFL Yack-Back, If Browns come to terms with Bruce Arians to be HC he is quoted as saying he would only consider the job if Kitchens stays with the Browns.
 
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NATHAN05 said:
Florida State offensive coordinator search intel

This is from the Florida State SB Nation website..........reading into it, sounds like there may be a little more baggage with Briles than some more prominent programs are willing to deal with. And there may be some more negative to come.........almost seems like they've pumped the brakes on Briles too.

On the flip side, I kind of have a SLIVERof hope that Briles still comes (IF WE CAN CLEAR HIM) here based on the fact that it seems that Briles will want to Bring Lebby as his QB coach from UCF and we know its rumored that Pruitt met with Lebby. I understand I'm just grasping at straws. But WANTING to believe Matthews narrative that we "have our guy / 95% done" I wonder if we are waiting until all the skeletons are dumped out of the closet before announcing and officially signing him?

THIS IS JUST A THOUGHT / TRYING TO PIECE A JIGSAW PUZZLE TOGETHER
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He must have been a REAL BAD boy for FSU to turn him down. After the Winston cover up. Are you kidding me?
 
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I'm going to throw another "what if" out to VN. What if the "hire" is in fact such a name/coach that regardless of when its announced it will be big enough no one will care? A hire no one saw coming.
 
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Nashvol2 said:
The only reason I can think that this is a good idea is if we are about to make a "let down" hire. Maybe we can keep some of the early signees before we drop a no namer on them.
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What if the guy he’s bringing in wants to bring a lot of his own staff? Our staff, right now, is busy recruiting.
 
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General_Neyland said:
I'm going to throw another "what if" out to VN. What if the "hire" is in fact such a name/coach that regardless of when its announced it will be big enough no one will care? A hire no one saw coming.
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This is UT we are talking about.
 
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I can't help but laugh at the term "chicken littles", brother, the sky fell years ago. Turns out Chicken Little was right.

I also can't help but laugh at the report that Pruitt want's the OC to be a recruiting wizard...so he's not going to hire him until after signing day. Bizarroworld indeed.
 
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