Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

Is Rucker signing today? Any leak on Brooks/Lewis?

 

[McGeesPub]

VQ now has a thread about Chavis being available. This is where we are folks.

Available for what?

 

[JohnnyD1024]

Then the argument could be made that he is the OC version of Pruitt. Thats what we will hear if we hire him

Except Napier will have 3 years of head coaching experience along with coordinator experience at two different power 5 schools.

 

[Weezer]

It sucks that just the other day we were laughing about Auburn and their "coaching search" and now there are rumors they're going to pull a penguin out of their ass with a solid hire. I really hope those rumors are wrong.

 

[TrippieRedd]

Except Napier will have 3 years of head coaching experience along with coordinator experience at two different power 5 schools.

I'm not saying I don't want him. I just feel like that's what we will hear.

 

[HankHill]

Kiffin, Napier, Fickell would all be solid choice B's

My tiers would be:

Home runs: Campbell (not happening), Freeze, and Fleck.
Great Hire: Fickell, Wittingham, and mark stoops
Solid/Safe: Malzahn, Chad well, Gary Patterson, and Paul Chryst.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Available for what?

OP hasn't specified. But Mustang package jokes are in full effect.

 

[BigSteve09]

 

[Ace]

Sure. Could see former letterman Mark Ingram having the same priorities tho.

This is the move UT needs to make. Fulmer needs to go and we need an experienced AD who loves UT

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Chavis is candidate for Maryville College HC

That would be cool. Small school he could retire at.

 

[TrippieRedd]

?

 

[Batman1948]

Sure. Could see former letterman Mark Ingram having the same priorities tho.

I've always thought Charles Davis would make a good AD but he's made his bones in broadcasting and he's really good at it too.

 

[HankHill]

Kind of my point. Fulmer is wishy washy on firing Pruitt. I don't think Dickey would have had any qualms about it after everything Pruitt has been given. I could be wrong, but that was never the impression I got from the man. Of course, I only met him a couple of times.

I don’t think anyone knows for sure how fulmer really feels about firing/keeping Pruitt. He sure as hell has not backed Pruitt like UCLA AD did chip.

 

[JohnnyD1024]

I'm not saying I don't want him. I just feel like that's what we will hear.

I don't see how? In Napier we would be hiring a head coach to be our head coach and not coordinator to head coach like Pruitt.

 

[Voltrapnbama]

?

Don't get sucked in, he is playing with your emotions. Haha

 

[Volfanatic_20]

Is Rucker signing today? Any leak on Brooks/Lewis?

Hubbs Earlier today

Rucker is rumored to be announcing on the 22nd which is next Tuesday. No one has a time table on anything with Brooks at this point.

 

[Orange Studs]

Napier is Butch 2.0

 

[mr.checkerboards]

My tiers would be:

Home runs: Campbell (not happening), Freeze, and Fleck.
Great Hire: Fickell, Wittingham, and mark stoops
Solid/Safe: Malzahn, Chad well, Gary Patterson, and Paul Chryst.

Im a fan of the list, 3 differences for me though.
1. Kiffin im still a fan of his, don't think it evver happens though.
2. Chadwell im still out on.
3. Mark Stoops very interesting, he's done well at UK, I could see giving him a shot here.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Kiffin, Napier, Fickell would all be solid choice B's

Kiffin would be a home run.

Likely the best we could hire after our decade of dysfunction.

I’d love a Napier hire as well. But not near as much.

 

[HankHill]

No schools that win at the highest lever or on a consistent basis are doing so on the "get by" level. I agree tho for the time being it's best if Fulmer stays in the AD role.

To give you an example:

With Dooley/butch: we had 1.5 practice fields not counting the indoor and about 12 roughly off field football coaching spots.

With Pruitt: we have 3 practice fields not counting indoor (which is brand new now) and about 25 of those spots.

 

[franklinpence]

Kiss our ass, A&M

I’m way behind, and I assume this has already been fixed, but if not...FYP.

 

[Volfanatic_20]

Im a fan of the list, 3 differences for me though.
1. Kiffin im still a fan of his, don't think it evver happens though.
2. Chadwell im still out on.
3. Mark Stoops very interesting, he's done well at UK, I could see giving him a shot here.

Too soon on Chadwell. Could be wrong but would feel better about Chadwell next season if we didn't make a move now just for him to prove himself again next season.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

To give you an example:

With Dooley/butch: we had 1.5 practice fields not counting the indoor and about 12 roughly off field football coaching spots.

With Pruitt: we have 3 practice fields not counting indoor (which is brand new now) and about 25 of those spots.

Where did we add a practice field?

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Too soon on Chadwell. Could be wrong but would feel better about Chadwell next season if we didn't make a move now just for him to prove himself again next season.

Agreed give me 9-10 next year then we can talk Chadwell.

 

[HankHill]

Im a fan of the list, 3 differences for me though.
1. Kiffin im still a fan of his, don't think it evver happens though.
2. Chadwell im still out on.
3. Mark Stoops very interesting, he's done well at UK, I could see giving him a shot here.

I would love kiffin but i think it’s more likely we hire bellicheck than kiffin again.

Stoops is the 3rd best coach in the SEC imo behind saban and Mullen and i think it’s a tossup between him and Mullen. What he has done at Kentucky is so impressive and he is a great developer, is very resourceful/creative and identifies hidddn talent maybe as well as anyone in the conference.