'21 AL WDE Dylan Brooks (Auburn transfer)

[BigOrangeTrain]

Matter of time.

I will believe it when I see it

 

[butchna]

I will believe it when I see it

Wouldn’t want you to read it through Braille.

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

Workin like heck

 

[MoB_MoVols]

Tennessee’s signing day took longer to get done but for the most part things went according to script. Everyone is still waiting to learn about Dylan Brooks. In our estimation it’s a matter of when and not if. Auburn has definitely been working to get him on the phone as they push prospects to not sign until at least Friday if not February. That’s how they worked Byron Young as they are telling recruits that Kevin Steele could have the job by Friday. Young went ahead and signed with the Vols anyway.

-VQ

 

[BowlBrother85]

-VQ

There is some internet scuttlebutt that Dylan Brooks has already signed with Tennessee, but Tennessee's coaching staff is using Brooks as payback with Auburn for the dishonest situation last December involving Jay Hardy. With Malzahn being recently fired, I'm not sure that would still make sense, but I have read that speculation in multiple places. Who knows? Maybe that line of thinking is misguided, but it's floating around out there, so I thought I would bring it up as a possibility.

 

[m1al]

Keep him and you lose much more?

I really, really, really want to believe the "decision makers" realize this.

Also, would Salter bail IF they were to hire Freeze or another splash offensive mind? Has he that firmly hitched his wagon to Pruitt?

 

[BowlBrother85]

Keep him and you lose much more?

Right. A few recruits shouldn't influence a decision like this.

 

[matts42012]

Pruitt is safe until the end of 2021

No

 

[tnhunter 10]

No

If Pruitt is gone, im assuming we already have a replacement lined up?

 

[matts42012]

If Pruitt is gone, im assuming we already have a replacement lined up?

Been talking back channels

 

[tnhunter 10]

Been talking back channels

Any names?

 

[csprig9]

Been talking back channels

No offense
But this sounds very much like the whole Gruden fiasco
Back channels?
This is not good IMO, back channels gave us kiffy, Dooley and Pruitt
Our leadership and donors as a whole have failed badly when it comes to the football program hires lately .... SO TELL YOUR BACK CHANNELS TO GET IT RIGHT FOR A CHANGE

 

[reVOLution33]

No offense
But this sounds very much like the whole Gruden fiasco
Back channels?
This is not good IMO, back channels gave us kiffy, Dooley and Pruitt
Our leadership and donors as a whole have failed badly when it comes to the football program hires lately .... SO TELL YOUR BACK CHANNELS TO GET IT RIGHT FOR A CHANGE

Kiffin was a good hire.
Dooley was a knee jerk hire.
Pruitt was one of the last people willing to take the job. Lol

Some of you guy from the FF come in here with no knowledge of recruiting and spout sh*t to see if it sticks. Please don't be morans, if so just do it in the FF.

 

[Weezer]

Kiffin was a good hire.
Dooley was a knee jerk hire.
Pruitt was one of the last people willing to take the job. Lol

Some of you guy from the FF come in here with no knowledge of recruiting and spout sh*t to see if it sticks. Please don't be morans, if so just do it in the FF.

Kiffin wasn't a good hire at the time. He's a good coach, but when we hired him, he was still so immature. Still is, to a degree, but he's a better coach now than he was then. He's learned more where the boundaries are, and doesn't cross them quite as often.

 

[jwilliams]

Keep him and you lose much more?

I'm curious what you think we'd lose by firing him after a bad 2021 season that we would have kept by firing him this year?

 

[KPT_VFL]

Been talking back channels

I could save them some money and time by running the search. Would be one phone call to Mr. Freeze.

 

[jwilliams]

I could save them some money and time by running the search. Would be one phone call to Mr. Freeze.

Lord help us...

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

No

Fired mid-season?

 

[csprig9]

Kiffin was a good hire.
Dooley was a knee jerk hire.
Pruitt was one of the last people willing to take the job. Lol

Some of you guy from the FF come in here with no knowledge of recruiting and spout sh*t to see if it sticks. Please don't be morans, if so just do it in the FF.

Have just as much knowledge as you
Haha, and Don’t insult me as being a FF poster
That’s the “Matt Jones” section of volnation

 

[TrippieRedd]

No

Bye Sunday ?

 

[miket4god]

Been talking back channels

Baloney

 

[butchna]

I'm curious what you think we'd lose by firing him after a bad 2021 season that we would have kept by firing him this year?

You don’t wait to get better. You LOSE the time that could be spent in a winning effort. You LOSE players already in the program and make them consider other options. You LOSE recruits that could potentially hasten your ascension in the conference. And you LOSE some fans which includes families of LOST players and LOST recruits. There’s more. Maybe I’ll provide an update after my coffee.

 

[butchna]

No offense
But this sounds very much like the whole Gruden fiasco
Back channels?
This is not good IMO, back channels gave us kiffy, Dooley and Pruitt
Our leadership and donors as a whole have failed badly when it comes to the football program hires lately .... SO TELL YOUR BACK CHANNELS TO GET IT RIGHT FOR A CHANGE

Your quoted guy wasn’t involved in all of that. Has a good rep on here. It’s not always all or nothing.

 

[jakez4ut]

You don’t wait to get better. You LOSE the time that could be spent in a winning effort. You LOSE players already in the program and make them consider other options. You LOSE recruits that could potentially hasten your ascension in the conference. And you LOSE some fans which includes families of LOST players and LOST recruits. There’s more. Maybe I’ll provide an update after my coffee.

yeah, this too, is a consideration. if you can get the right guy now, knowing what we know about the 22 class.....and what we all think about it's importance to the next 3-5 years of the program, it may well be better to just go get that guy now. getting him next fall, that's too late.

of course, that depends on your confidence level in getting who you want now...................if you can, do. if you can't...............? may have to start making decisions FOR pruitt in regards to the staff....

 

[butchna]

yeah, this too, is a consideration. if you can get the right guy now, knowing what we know about the 22 class.....and what we all think about it's importance to the next 3-5 years of the program, it may well be better to just go get that guy now. getting him next fall, that's too late.

of course, that depends on your confidence level in getting who you want now...................if you can, do. if you can't...............? may have to start making decisions FOR pruitt in regards to the staff....

These elite 22 kids aren’t going to wait for us to get our future shizz together. They sign on around the oncoming spring and summer if general trends hold true.