Matt Campbell (Iowa State)

[NEO]

Matt Campbell will be able to name any job he wants within 1 to 2 more years.

He isn't coming here.

 

[DougAtkins91]

Should anyone remember, John T. Majors coached from Iowa State and was National Coach of the Year!

 

[LTVol]

Beating the PAC 12 champion is nothing to write home about.

Been over a decade since we "done" it

 

[ftsandersvol]

Been over a decade since we "done" it

Not surprising considering we have sucked for over a decade. However, ISU beating a 4 win PAC 12 "Champion" does not do much to bolster the ol' resume.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Lol, our current guy is recruiting to the level of Dooley, and coaching to that level as well.

He is recruiting better than Dooley or Butch

 

[Remy]

Iowa State is a average team in a bad conference, so this guy is going to come here and win in the SEC

He beat Oregon today with a bunch of 2 stars players. I did notice he really likes the tall guys, lots of 6'5" and up guys and then hangs weight on them.

 

[Nasavol]

Freeze, Malzahn, Campbell are three that immediately spring to mind. Napier, Chadwell also possibilities

Well let’s just take a look
Herman- .710%
Freeze- .663%
Malzahn- .670%
Napier- .718%
Chadwell- .528%

Napier is the only one with a better winning percentage, and it is only 3 years and at Louisiana. Your argument doesn’t hold water.

 

[Nasavol]

He is recruiting better than Dooley or Butch

You better look at that again.
Pruitt
2021- probably no better than 15
2020- 10
2019- 13
2018- 21
Jones
2017- 17
2016- 14
2015- 4
2014- 7
Dooley
2013- 25
2012- 19
2011- 14

so Putrid has been a little better than Dooley, but not by much, and his record is about the same.

 

[Border Vol]

He beat Oregon today with a bunch of 2 stars players. I did notice he really likes the tall guys, lots of 6'5" and up guys and then hangs weight on them.

That sounds like what Tom Osborne did at Nebraska.

 

[Nasavol]

Beating the PAC 12 champion is nothing to write home about.

Think about your statements for a second. Now how bad does that make this program? It is hypothetical, but no way could UT hang with ISU or Oregon.

 

[DaddyChad]

Well let’s just take a look
Herman- .710%
Freeze- .663%
Malzahn- .670%
Napier- .718%
Chadwell- .528%

Napier is the only one with a better winning percentage, and it is only 3 years and at Louisiana. Your argument doesn’t hold water.

Texas’s schedule is much easier than the sec. Texas talent is much better than coastal Carolina etc.

 

[Nasavol]

Texas’s schedule is much easier than the sec. Texas talent is much better than coastal Carolina etc.

Lol, is there any other exception you want to quote? You said you wanted a proven winner and named off some coaches, now you are trying to quantify by the competition? Coastal Carolina and Louisiana play teams in their conference, so the talent is equal, they aren’t in the big 12. And I don’t want to hear the SEC schedule stuff, did you see FL and Auburn get their doors blown off?

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

Their is absolutely no reason why the Tennessee Brass did not hire a good coach after Fulmer was let go . Ohio State fires three good coaches and always spend the money to hire another good coach.
Are stadium holds more asses than theirs.
Just pathetic.
Instead we hire three dollar store coaches.

Its more than stadium seating capacity being the issue. The boosters at some schools give money and stay out of the way. We have boosters that are more concerned of their professional football teams. And then when the decision to get a coach is made how he treats boosters and his image is more important than how he coaches football to our money people. For instance Mike Leach. Now I didnt want him but of all the hirings Currie was doing he at least had merit to the hiring. But the boosters weren't going to accept an odd bird like him so they brought Currie back. Its a huge mess trying to fix our issues. Coaches, athletic department and "friends of the program" are a huge problem compared to schools like Ohio State.

 

[Frozevol]

The orange overalls brigade doesn’t like coaches who ain’t from the south and understand dem some sec football.

Yeah, and everyone knows Saban was born in the South.

 

[Frozevol]

I know—I’m in the slim minority that wants to keep Pruitt another year. I think he deserves another season.

Yes you are the minority.

 

[Frozevol]

Should anyone remember, John T. Majors coached from Iowa State and was National Coach of the Year!

And we should have hired him instead of Bill (milk and cookies) Battle. We would have got Johnny in his prime - with unlimited #recruits - and dominated. The first of UTs many coaching misfires.

 

[ftsandersvol]

Think about your statements for a second. Now how bad does that make this program? It is hypothetical, but no way could UT hang with ISU or Oregon.

I never said we were good.

 

[Roustabout]

And we should have hired him instead of Bill (milk and cookies) Battle. We would have got Johnny in his prime - with unlimited #recruits - and dominated. The first of UTs many coaching misfires.

Yup. Probably would have avoided the decade of decay.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

You better look at that again.
Pruitt
2021- probably no better than 15
2020- 10
2019- 13
2018- 21
Jones
2017- 17
2016- 14
2015- 4
2014- 7
Dooley
2013- 25
2012- 19
2011- 14

so Putrid has been a little better than Dooley, but not by much, and his record is about the same.

 

[Myrtleturtle]

It seems that you like to put words in my mouth because I didn't mention Freeze or any other elite coach. Make your point but don't use me to do it.

Didn't do that. Don't be so sensitive!

 

[CAVPUT]

Matt Campbell will be able to name any job he wants within 1 to 2 more years.

He isn't coming here.

Agreed. This is UT. We don't get or keep nice things at this place.

 

[MurphyVol]

And we should have hired him instead of Bill (milk and cookies) Battle. We would have got Johnny in his prime - with unlimited #recruits - and dominated. The first of UTs many coaching misfires.

I have to say though, winning 31 games in Battle's first three years is one of the best stretches in UT history.

No, I'm not trying to rewrite history and I know the Battle left the cupboard bare, but that was an impressive stretch and a notch up from where Dickey had us.

 

[onevol74]

Texas’s schedule is much easier than the sec. Texas talent is much better than coastal Carolina etc.

After watching the bowl games I am not sure your first statement is correct.

 

[Frozevol]

I have to say though, winning 31 games in Battle's first three years is one of the best stretches in UT history.

No, I'm not trying to rewrite history and I know the Battle left the cupboard bare, but that was an impressive stretch and a notch up from where Dickey had us.

His failed fake punt when we were ahead of Georgia cost him his job, as I recall. But compared to the litany of bad coaching we’ve seen lately that doesn’t look so bad.
BTW- my “milk and cookies” comment refers to a story I was told by one of his former players. He said that the team was pretty notorious in those days with booze and other substances, but Battle was a genuine square and oblivious. He offered them late night milk an cookies as an enticement to not going out to the bars.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

What relationships had Butch Jones been “cultivating” with “high end talent” before he came to Knoxville? He had no problem signing top ten classes during his time here.

This years seniors were his and for the most part juniors were his.... How did our best stack up against the power teams best? This years FR and SO were totally Pruitt... Will have to wait and see how they stack up as upper classmen.