Josh Heupel emerges (old thread)

[peaygolf]

.....were not HC before. Ok perhaps true, but this is not a job fill that can be gambled on as has been done for the past 4 hires. Of course everyone is a gamble......even Freeze, Kiffen, and other "big names". I honestly think you miss the difference. If the average fan from TN has some hope in a new hire.......a guy who has more than a mediocre record, or a guy who had actually shown he can run a decent sized program, or a guy who grew up 30 minutes from Knoxville and who LOVED the vols. I think we might give that kind of guy a little more leeway.

I hate it, but whoever is hired is going to be a gamble. No top tier coach is taking the job. Maybe Gus? But I’ve seen a lot of negative comments about Gus on VN.
It’s going to take a while to get UT back to relevance........but can be done.

 

[ACvol3]

I would be reasonably optimistic with Heupel.

Stoops/Leach disciple. National champion quarterback. His offense did well in the SEC when Missouri ran it. Nearly 80 percent winning percentage at UCF.

Apparently the default mode here is "freakout" no matter who is hired if it's not Freeze.

He’s had some ridiculous offenses as head coach and as OC at mizzou. The dude knows what it takes to score points

 

[peerless98]

I'd rather have Josh Heupel over that scumbag Franklin.

I can't stand Franklin, but I don't think the university can risk hiring anyone that is not almost guaranteed to win.

 

[VoLunTiTan7]

About the only positive thing I can say at this point is that he is probably better than CJP.

 

[HiltonHeadVol]

I'd rather have Josh Heupel over that scumbag Franklin.

Your choice of course. But you, sir, do not value being relevant again in football. I don't care for him either, but sonofabeech wins. And I trust DWhite to ride a close watch on whomever is hired (unlike Phil)

 

[SMU Vol]

UCF fans would be thrilled if Heupel was hired away

 

[Border Vol]

I can't stand Franklin, but I don't think the university can risk hiring anyone that is not almost guaranteed to win.

Franklin is not guaranteed to win quickly neither is anyone else with the sword of Damocles hanging above the football program. To think so will possibly bring on a big case of disappointment

 

[peerless98]

That is strong Peerless98. Ok, I'll defer to you on this. Hope you were encouraged at whomever's name was on it.

FTR: I have no idea who the contract is for, only that it was drafted today. I hope it is a home run hire.

 

[peerless98]

Franklin is not guaranteed to win quickly neither is anyone else with the sword of Damocles hanging above the football program. To think so will possibly bring on a big case of disappointment

Border, that's why I used "almost guaranteed". Surely you believe Franklin is less risk is terms of success on the field, don't you?

 

[Border Vol]

Your choice of course. But you, sir, do not value being relevant again in football. I don't care for him either, but sonofabeech wins. And I trust DWhite to ride a close watch on whomever is hired (unlike Phil)

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Frost took over a team that went 0-12 the year before. Heupel took over a team that went 14-0 a little different right?

Let’s take a good look at what Frost took over.

2012- 10-4 (7-1) division title
2013- 12-1 (8-0) conference title
2014- 9-4 (7-1) conference title
2015- 0-12

Yeah Frost took over a terrible situation didn’t he?

 

[Godfatha]

How do you pronounce Heupel?

Hoopel

 

[CountVolcula]

Y'all liking that grand slam coaching hire yet?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

UCF fans would be thrilled if Heupel was hired away

So?

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

As I read these posts....the Suicide Watch List grows...

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Is it ironic the clown favors Ronald McDonald?

 

[Border Vol]

Border, that's why I used "almost guaranteed". Surely you believe Franklin is less risk is terms of success on the field, don't you?

I don't even think about James Franklin being head coach of Tennessee.

 

[GSD82]

Y'all liking that grand slam coaching hire yet?

No such thing here, they always go bargain basement

 

[DWright39]

The Gruden stuff was all BS that lead up to the Schiano stuff then everyone freaked the hell out because it was all a lie that came from here! I don't care if people freak out on here, so be it but to go down to campus and act like a bunch of mouth breathers is BS. Attacking a coach and his family on Twitter is 100% BS. This place is so toxic now because of what Fulmer and Pruitt did and maybe when that report comes out you'll have a better understanding of just how sh!tty this situation is.

Regardless of how pissed I will be if the hire is bull$#it I don’t condone attacking a coach or his family on social media or any other platform. If people want to raise hell do it at the people responsible for hiring them. You can’t blame a coach for accepting a job.

 

[leon]

“The ink is not on the contract, but Josh Heupel is emerging as the guy with the best shot at this job.” — Austin Price

Did Jamey Chadwell turn the job down? My first choice from the beginning.

 

[NeylandX5]

Would be a huge disappointment

Who do you want? Not saying that you are wrong. Honestly I don't know most of these coaches' names because I mostly follow the SEC. From what I have read Heupel would be an upgrade over Pruitt (not that it takes much). Just looking for info and maybe what to expect. Go Vols!

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

This is a BS thread, AP is trolling everyone.

If he is not , it is BS a thousand times over.

 

[Orange defense]

Close to being right? That’s like the pilot saying “I got close to the runway.”

You have zero cred and again, I can’t believe your post about Miles wasn’t nuked.

It just came across a sports talk show. WCMT 101.3 Martin. They talked about it for a little bit.

 

[peerless98]

I don't even think about James Franklin being head coach of Tennessee.

Fair enough

 

[VolArmy74]

He’s had some ridiculous offenses as head coach and as OC at mizzou. The dude knows what it takes to score points

He went 12-1 at UCF in year one even though they lost the superstar QB who had over 4000 yards for Frost, to a major knee injury. They still went 12-0 into the bowl game and lost 40-32 to LSU with a true freshman at QB. That 13-0 Frost team had about a half dozen NFL players on it. The 2018 team he inherited had 1. Milton probably would have made it before his knee injury. Instead of returning to UCF in 2019 he transferred to Florida State.

 

[FallCreekVols]

That is one painful press conference.

I see your point.