Charlie Strong

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I'm not speaking to some of the anti-Strong crowd, but why would you stop cheering for your team just because you don't agree with the coaching hire? Sure it's not wrong to question whether he's the right guy or ready, but I've seen some posters on here saying they won't go to anymore games or won't support the program. I don't get it. Support the coach until he proves he's not worthy of support. If the fans quit because they wanted a different coach, that doesn't solve anything. That won't bring Gruden to UT. It will only make the program worse.

BPA, Best Player Available is almost always acceptable when players are drafted into the NFL. Why isn't that true for coaches? Best Coach Available. What if Strong is the best coach available? Some say OH I WANT GUNDY or I WANT FISHER or I WANT GRUDEN, but that's assuming those guys are available. They may not be. Just because they are listening to offers doesn't mean they're available, just ask Les Miles.
 
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Exiled said:
I have asked the same question several times...no response as of yet. I even gave them the names of 2 U.S. Army All Americans that came to Louisville, but haven't been able to find ALL those All Americans he speaks of. Good luck with getting an answer.
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How many have we brought in recently? Not many. Now compare our program to their's, historically.
 
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jasonvol18 said:
Skeeter has been saying and Larry is in the Cliff Notes. Damn good soon to be hire!
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I don't buy any of it until it happens. Many said Gruden was absolute.

I'll wait for the only person that matters to say who the coach wll be....Hart.
 
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I'm not saying he would be an awful hire, but the way posters are hyping him up they are setting him up for a big big fall. He will have enough trouble beating Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. When you add Oregon, Oklahoma, and Nebraska to the mix. He will be gone in 3 or 4 years.
 
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Exiled said:
I have asked the same question several times...no response as of yet. I even gave them the names of 2 U.S. Army All Americans that came to Louisville, but haven't been able to find ALL those All Americans he speaks of. Good luck with getting an answer.
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Seriously this is only his 3rd season. I swear some fans..This would be an awesome hire
 
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orangepeopleeater said:
I'm not saying he would be an awful hire, but the way posters are hyping him up they are setting him up for a big big fall. He will have enough trouble beating Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. When you add Oregon, Oklahoma, and Nebraska to the mix. He will be gone in 3 or 4 years.
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Why do people write coaches of before they even get here? Who's to say Gruden wouldn't have been an epic fail?
 
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Gruden would have been a home run hire for right now, but I never felt great about his long term potential. Don't get me wrong, I was all for it happening, but something inside me just doesn't trust that Gruden would have ever had Tennessee's interest in mind. I think we are better off without him. Charlie Strong would be a stand up triple for right now. If we hire him and he's successful here (which I think that he would be), we could have solid coaching stability for a long time.

Strong has been prepping for a job like this for 25 years. He's perfect. He is not Derek Dooley. He will recruit well. He will get our defense playing hard and disciplined. We are such a sleeping giant right now. Recruits want to come to Tennessee. It's an awesome place to play football. We just need someone good, with potential who knows the SEC. We don't need Nick Saban to get this thing turned around.

Call me crazy, but I think Strong could do it. We would be competing for the SEC East next year in my opinion, which may seem like a low goal for a lot of fans, but it's a long ways from where we were this year. #UTSTRONG
 
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Exiled said:
Very good. The names I gave you earlier. Now where are ALL the other ones?
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Firstly, I wasn't responding to you.

Secondly, It is Louisville. The fact ANY AA's are coming into a Basketball school, in the Big East, in Kentucky, speaks volumes about Strong.

If y'all don't understand that, I really can't tell you anything else, because y'all aren't capable of grasping this concept or using logical thinking in any capacity.
 
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OakRidgeVol said:
I'm not speaking to some of the anti-Strong crowd, but why would you stop cheering for your team just because you don't agree with the coaching hire? Sure it's not wrong to question whether he's the right guy or ready, but I've seen some posters on here saying they won't go to anymore games or won't support the program. I don't get it. Support the coach until he proves he's not worthy of support. If the fans quit because they wanted a different coach, that doesn't solve anything. That won't bring Gruden to UT. It will only make the program worse.

BPA, Best Player Available is almost always acceptable when players are drafted into the NFL. Why isn't that true for coaches? Best Coach Available. What if Strong is the best coach available? Some say OH I WANT GUNDY or I WANT FISHER or I WANT GRUDEN, but that's assuming those guys are available. They may not be. Just because they are listening to offers doesn't mean they're available, just ask Les Miles.
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I think you have to support whoever is hired. However, I can see some of the restraint also. People have had a few years of terrible coaches and reaching for another maybe with a VERY Inexperienced HC makes people frustrated based on the past few years.

Just my thoughts.
 
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orangepeopleeater said:
I'm not saying he would be an awful hire, but the way posters are hyping him up they are setting him up for a big big fall. He will have enough trouble beating Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. When you add Oregon, Oklahoma, and Nebraska to the mix. He will be gone in 3 or 4 years.
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I disagree, we need to get behind our coach. Yes, the SEC is tough and next year we play a tough schedule. But look how Dooley did against some of those teams. On the road, He took UGA and USCe to the wire, with any Defense we would had won both. The Oregon situation could change drastically if Kelly leaves. The SEC really puts life to the saying "any given Saturday." Cheer up man, good times ahead...
 
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VFL44 said:
Why do people write coaches of before they even get here? Who's to say Gruden wouldn't have been an epic fail?
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Gruden might have been. There are no arguments here ... so you want to test drive every new coach that comes through. That worked for Alabama i guess. Tennessee will keep trying before it finally break open the check book and hires a proven coach.
 
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jordan4vols said:
I hope so....of course the larry info in the cliff notes is a supposed forwarded email. Don't know if we can trust that
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You should trust me on this. Larry and my stepfather go way back. I've been getting forwarded emails from him for a while. Actually, this was my source when I made the declaration about 3 months before the fact it happened when I said "mike Hamilton will resign in June". Not sure if you can search that far back on my posts, but I called it dead on when no one even speculated such a thing.

I don't bring info often only bc I've been a grudenite. I wasn't keen on believing everything Larry sent me cause I feel like he's in the same circle as most Knoxville media (Hyams and Hubbs), and Larry had been pretty adamant from the get-go that Gruden was maybe less than 5% possibility. Still think the email from Larry can be taken with grain of salt, as I still have hope we land Gruden, but thought I'd pass on the direct email from him. How do I know it's from him since it was forwarded to me? Cause his email address is on it and it hasn't changed.
 
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First we feed off Sabans left overs, now lets try Meyers. I think he will be OK, has to improve where we were.
 
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