I say Petrino as HC, keep our offensive staff

[DynamiteMcGhee]

I agree, so why don't we get Petrino and win for 3-4 years? I think he would stay for awhile, but if we had success over the next few years, why wouldn't we take him?

Because winning isn't worth the circus his premature departure would cause.

 

[chumleypm]

Because winning isn't worth the circus his premature departure would cause.

Ok, lets lose for the next 3-4 years and see the circus then.

 

[Vol67]

Ok, lets lose for the next 3-4 years and see the circus then.

He is scum and has proven it.

Louisville - Left it a mess
Falcons - left in the middle of the night
Arkansas - hired his mistress for more face time or whatever and left Arkansas in a mess

UT hires him and it will be the last dime and cheer they ever get from me. OH and PS the booster don't want him either. Guess you'll have to find another team to root for that might hire him

 

[chumleypm]

He is scum and has proven it.

Louisville - Left it a mess
Falcons - left in the middle of the night
Arkansas - hired his mistress for more face time or whatever and left Arkansas in a mess

UT hires him and it will be the last dime and cheer they ever get from me. OH and PS the booster don't want him either. Guess you'll have to find another team to root for that might hire him

I will support who we hire. but first:
Louisville-Winner
Falcons-No good
Arkansas-Winner
Maybe we will hire him and weed out some people who aren't dedicated, I don't know. What I do know is he is the best coach available to us at this time. For everyone wanting the best for UT, your gonna take Strong over Petrino? Whatever, I'll support him, but if we miss on Petrino it's our own fault.

By the way, I would take a bullet to the face before I would root for anyone but the VOLS.

 

[DynamiteMcGhee]

Ok, lets lose for the next 3-4 years and see the circus then.

Louisville got 3-4 years of winning out of Bobby Petrino and it has taken them 5-6 seasons to make any kind of noise again. Arkansas got 3-4 years of winning out of Petrino and had to settle for 4-8 with an interim coach running a team that should have been in a fight for the SEC West. Tennessee can't afford 3-4 years of winning under Bobby Petrino if it means going right back to losing as soon as he leaves or UT has to fire him. The guy wins big, but he leaves messes that are even bigger. It's like being dangled from a building while wearing a faulty harness. Louisville didn't know it was faulty until it snapped and they plummeted. Arkansas took their chances and the harness still snapped. Atlanta lasted about ten seconds. After three failures, I'm not strapping into the damn thing.

 

[chumleypm]

Louisville got 3-4 years of winning out of Bobby Petrino and it has taken them 5-6 seasons to make any kind of noise again. Arkansas got 3-4 years of winning out of Petrino and had to settle for 4-8 with an interim coach running a team that should have been in a fight for the SEC West. Tennessee can't afford 3-4 years of winning under Bobby Petrino if it means going right back to losing as soon as he leaves or UT has to fire him. The guy wins big, but he leaves messes that are even bigger. It's like being dangled from a building while wearing a faulty harness. Louisville didn't know it was faulty until it snapped and they plummeted. Arkansas took their chances and the harness still snapped. Atlanta lasted about ten seconds. After three failures, I'm not strapping into the damn thing.

Are you saying those teams were bad after he left and good while he was there?

 

[Cdywolfe]

He is scum and has proven it.

Louisville - Left it a mess
Falcons - left in the middle of the night
Arkansas - hired his mistress for more face time or whatever and left Arkansas in a mess

UT hires him and it will be the last dime and cheer they ever get from me. OH and PS the booster don't want him either. Guess you'll have to find another team to root for that might hire him

For what it's worth I would gladly trade you for him.

 

[DynamiteMcGhee]

Are you saying those teams were bad after he left and good while he was there?

They are good for a short amount of time. After he leaves them hiring yet another coach, they tend to suck. Tennessee can't afford another stretch of mediocrity just so we can get a couple of 9 win seasons. Petrino is more risk than he is reward. If you would look past his W-L record you might get that.

 

[Sudden Impact]

Lane Kiffin Crap Clone

 

[lilesrt]

If Dave Hart hires Butch Davis and passes on Bobby Petrino then we officially know that Tennessee is destined for failure. Our administration does it to themselves. The objective is to hire a coach who wins football games and does it in a way that doesn't break the NCAA rules. Bobby Petrino ran a clean program at Arkansas. What he did was morally wrong. It had nothing to do with the NCAA. The problem with Tennessee is that we are trying to hire a Sunday School teacher AND a head football coach all in one. No wonder this approach hasn't been successful.

 

[chumleypm]

They are good for a short amount of time. After he leaves them hiring yet another coach, they tend to suck. Tennessee can't afford another stretch of mediocrity just so we can get a couple of 9 win seasons. Petrino is more risk than he is reward. If you would look past his W-L record you might get that.

I look at where he's won, and players he's won with. There is no possible way anyone can know what he will do in his next job, he could leave after a few years or stay for many. It's hard for me to believe after all his mistakes he wouldn't try to stabilize himself if given the chance. He isn't in a position to negotiate his contract much, I think we could protect ourselves in that aspect. What makes everyone so sure our next hire won't leave in a few years no matter who it is? We are trying to hire other teams coaches, Strong has just been a HC 3 years, so is he dooming Louisville to mediocrity if he comes here? So is UT or Strong the scumbag in that situation? Coaches come and go all the time, maybe Petrino could have handled leaving those jobs more professionally, but he was leaving anyway.

 

[Sudden Impact]

Pay out the a$$ for a NFL DC, move Sal to LB coach and save the buyout cash. IMO its it would get us back to winning ballgames without risking enormous amounts of cash that we can't afford right now. I just don't trust Hart with this huge of hire.

Liked by accident..... I trust hart more than I do you with this kind of thinking...... Party man gets us in trouble.....

 

[Cdywolfe]

I look at where he's won, and players he's won with. There is no possible way anyone can know what he will do in his next job, he could leave after a few years or stay for many. It's hard for me to believe after all his mistakes he wouldn't try to stabilize himself if given the chance. He isn't in a position to negotiate his contract much, I think we could protect ourselves in that aspect. What makes everyone so sure our next hire won't leave in a few years no matter who it is? We are trying to hire other teams coaches, Strong has just been a HC 3 years, so is he dooming Louisville to mediocrity if he comes here? So is UT or Strong the scumbag in that situation? Coaches come and go all the time, maybe Petrino could have handled leaving those jobs more professionally, but he was leaving anyway.

Let's look at Gruden for instance, since he seems to be the popular candidate in most people's eyes. You're fooling yourself if you think he'll stay at UT for 15+ years and end his career here. If we hired Gruden we would be fighting rumors of him leaving every single year and like it not after 3-5 he'd jump back to the NFL. Any coach we hire we're taking a risk in losing them sooner then we want if the have success. Why not hire somebody like BP who you know is going to win and really has no reason to want to bail if he has success? What's he gonna do? Go back to the NFL. I highly doubt that.