Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Jimmy Football]

That's code for spending too much time on here.

Time well spent!

 

[VolGee4]

He’s been pretty successful at wake forest

He hasn’t hired anyone in the big sports except Steve Forbes. Forbes is ok, but he still hasn’t been to the NCAAT in 5 years.

Clawson and their baseball coach were already there.

 

[swchandler1988]

Man what about @tonybologna

 

[05_never_again]

He was doing exactly what the Haslam’s (and Bev) wanted him to do. He got fired because Bev had no idea where he was. Bev got heat because he was incompetent at hiring a coach. She eventually went away too.

At first he was, yes. When the Schiano hire that Haslam wanted fell through, Currie started doing his own thing for several days, which was when they called him back and fired him.

Currie's time at Tennessee certainly won't be mentioned in any textbooks as a fine example of being an AD, but he was set up to fail. He had an impossible job with that football hire because the initial decision(s) really weren't his, and when those blew up that made it so much harder to conduct an actual search.

 

[Tennessee Golfer]

Man what about @tonybologna

Thanks.

 

[Weezer]

Who is SS?

Might they just be piggy backing off Richard G West post?

Must be @Shiny Sparkles.

 

[LoudOrange]

Man what about @tonybologna

I was on coacht.com checking high school football scores '23 season and there was one update provided by a user with that name.

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

I was on coacht.com checking high school football scores '23 season and there was one update provided by a user with that name.

Makes sense - he used to start all the HS recruit threads back in the day didn’t he?

 

[Orangeredblooded]

Speaking of the old grumor days. Who was the poster from Dyersburg that got mad because TN didn't land Chris Russell. And something about buying him pizza.

I feel it’s okay to @ him since he is no longer allowed in the RF @Orange defense. If I’m wrong forgive me, I’m tired. Work, yada, yada….

Edit: my apologies, I should’ve read during the grumor days. Sorry.

 

[VolGee4]

At first he was, yes. When the Schiano hire that Haslam wanted fell through, Currie started doing his own thing for several days, which was when they called him back and fired him.

Currie's time at Tennessee certainly won't be mentioned in any textbooks as a fine example of being an AD, but he was set up to fail. He had an impossible job with that football hire because the initial decision(s) really weren't his, and when those blew up that made it so much harder to conduct an actual search.

He went AWOL.

What we learned from documents exposing Tennessee Vols A.D. John Currie

After reaching a settlement with the university, a series of documents were released exposing many things about for Tennessee Vols A.D. John Currie.

allfortennessee.com

 

[peaygolf]

You don’t have the like to post ratio needed to address me in that tone.

There are several “newbies” striking matches in the RF today……

 

[vols 30]

Makes sense - he used to start all the HS recruit threads back in the day didn’t he?

Yep. Even when they showed no interest in UT or vice versa.

 

[peaygolf]

Speaking of the old grumor days. Who was the poster from Dyersburg that got mad because TN didn't land Chris Russell. And something about buying him pizza.

That’s my single favorite thread in my VN time.

 

[Jackcrevol]

There are several “newbies” striking matches in the RF today……

@Weezer ate some bad dog meat again didn't he?

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

That’s my single favorite thread in my VN time.

There was like 7-8 Grumors threads, right? I vaguely remember there being like a Grumors I, Grumors II, Grumors III, etc. I could be misremembering…

 

[BigSteve09]

enemy of the program

 

[Jackcrevol]

enemy of the program

**** 'em

 

[tnvols72]

I remember MIT posting pics of bitcoin and expensive bourbon. He tried so hard. Those were interesting times.

Was he the one with the cherry desk?

 

[Butch Jones]

Who is SS?

Might they just be piggy backing off Richard G West post?

Is it Sean Sinclair from Basilio?

 

[Butch Jones]

At first he was, yes. When the Schiano hire that Haslam wanted fell through, Currie started doing his own thing for several days, which was when they called him back and fired him.

Currie's time at Tennessee certainly won't be mentioned in any textbooks as a fine example of being an AD, but he was set up to fail. He had an impossible job with that football hire because the initial decision(s) really weren't his, and when those blew up that made it so much harder to conduct an actual search.

He did hire Tony V and iirc the Pirate (RIP) was lined up to come here. Would have loved that hire, good or bad results.

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

He was doing exactly what the Haslam’s (and Bev) wanted him to do. He got fired because Bev had no idea where he was. Bev got heat because he was incompetent at hiring a coach. She eventually went away too.

He got fired because he was the fall guy for what had become a laughing stock of the sports world for upwards of 2-3 weeks. That search needs its own 30 for 30.

 

[VolNash17]

No one wants to mass transfer build the way ole miss has. Just want elite players in the portal. No discounts. Quality over quantity and to be more aggressive in securing that elite talent.

 

[Christian Lowe]

He did hire Tony V and iirc the Pirate (RIP) was lined up to come here. Would have loved that hire, good or bad results.

The Tony hire is the best hire of the century for this school and like it or not, he made it.

 

[hjeagle1vol]

Must be @Shiny Sparkles.

Think I met her at the a girls of Glitter Gulch on the Vegas strip

 

[05_never_again]

He went AWOL.

What we learned from documents exposing Tennessee Vols A.D. John Currie

After reaching a settlement with the university, a series of documents were released exposing many things about for Tennessee Vols A.D. John Currie.

allfortennessee.com

He was called back and fired because he went off script. If you trust your AD to do his job, you don't flip your lid during a 6-hour Wifi outage on a plane and tell him to come back during a coaching search.