Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[BigSteve09]

The school that he helped win a championship for and took back to the big game learned to hate him enough to give him a blank check to get lost. And this all just happened.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

This makes so much sense that only Tennessee could F it up.

Right.

 

[Garren04]

Names I would be OUT on if we hired, need a proven coach and winner so keep that in mind.
O’Brien
Napier
Chadwell
Marrone
Brohm

Chadwell and Napier would have to win me over, don’t think those would be the worst hires...

 

[windrider]

Ok? 7-5 good enough for you?

For this year it would have been.

 

[Girth Brooks]

Gus gives Tennessee a guy the SEC can respect and a good number of wins each season. If he wants to come to Tennessee you take him.

No, you don’t.

If he even seeks an interview, UT comes out like:

 

[appyvol]

How is he going to do that? Is he going to bring Steele with him here? Or are those offenses averaging with a national rank in the 60s over the last few years going to do it?

He did it at Auburn, in a much tougher division consistently.

 

[eVOLve]

Gus makes too much sense. We need to get to a spot where we can consistently win 8 games, and that will make this job much more attractive. Gus will do that easily, maybe even sprinkle in a couple east titles and a playoff appearance.

Pruitt beat Gus. No.

 

[Ashevolle]

I think there are other head coaches entering their prime that would cherish this opportunity

Like?

 

[yourstruly23]

He would do better than that in year 1. In year 3 if Saltor stayed around we would be in the conversation for Atlanta. Saltor fits Gus's offense well.

No issues with Gus.. I personally don’t want Mischamp... agree about Saltor..

 

[KB5252]

I watched approximately 10 minutes if the entire game combined. My wife asked me if they were playing. I told her the game was over we already lost. She responded but you're in a good mood, are they having a good season? I told her the record, she asked why I wasn't upset, I told her apathy. It doesn't affect me any longer.

I used to eat, sleep, breathe Tennessee football. My Saturdays were owned around it. Tennessee is now an afterthought in my life. I'll always be loyal, can't cheer for any other team. But I'm not sure you could call me a fan any more....... Not sure how I feel about that.

I imagine this is a lot like relationships, how they end. You stop needing to spend time with that person, find other things to do with your time. That thought scared the hell out of me but it feels like the right thing to do........ Or at least the healthiest thing to do.

 

[Ten_Titans]

He would do better than that in year 1. In year 3 if Saltor stayed around we would be in the conversation for Atlanta. Saltor fits Gus's offense well.

Salter and Bo Nix have virtually identical recruiting profiles. Gus's offense's SUCK lol. The only way to not believe that is to not watch their games and realize they win with their defense, or have just woken up from a 6 year coma.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

How would Gus be a bad thing considering the state the program is in?

Gus sucks..he is more meh than Mehlan. For gosh sakes, if you are going to go scorched earth to get rid of Pruitt, why the eff would you do it to hire a guy that is almost universally loathed at the place that just fired him? Gus is a horrible "blech" hire.

 

[ob79]

It's amazing seeing the disagreement on here about coaches.

Someone says Freeze, someone else says "no way!"

Someone says Franklin is a home run, another says "Heck no on Franklin!"

Go down the list and you find this about everyone. There's even been people saying no way on Meyer and Campbell. Just funny to see.

Let's keep Pruitt

****DUCKS****

 

[Ten_Titans]

He did it at Auburn, in a much tougher division consistently.

Yes. With defense. Steele's defense.

 

[Ashevolle]

Pruitt beat Gus. No.

That's your analysis? One game? So Saban must be no good because he lost to Sumlin.

 

[RikidyBones]

You are all a part of a massive computer program. None of this is real. Enjoy the ride.

 

[appyvol]

Pruitt beat Gus. No.

Gus beat Saban.

 

[BleedorangeinGA]

I like what Hubbs did there. Gus is clearly his 1 or 2 choice. Hopefully Freeze is his 1.

I agree, it sounds like early info he is getting is Gus checks a lot of the boxes for the decision makers.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

No issues with Gus.. I personally don’t want Mischamp... agree about Saltor..

I agree Champ would be iffy, but hopefully if he was just a DC again he could fix issues he had at USC

 

[windrider]

Pruitt beat Gus. No.

But Pruitt can beat himself.

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

Relax boys. It’s over.

 

[Kingston Vol]

I just can’t help but think this is our guy if we miss on one or two other candidates.

Grew up on the farm in Caryville. His dad was coach at Campbell County HS and Anderson County HS for a long time. Played QB at ETSU, he camped at Neyland every summer trying to get an offer.

His wife is from Athens and her family owns a car dealership down there and are pretty wealthy/respected in the community.

Grew up a Vol fan. Knows how important Tennessee football is to this community.

He runs a unique offense, has been a head coach for a decade, and has recruiting connections all over the Carolinas.

Oh, and he’s got an undefeated team that’s the talk of the college football world.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Salter and Bo Nix have virtually identical recruiting profiles. Gus's offense's SUCK lol. The only way to not believe that is to not watch their games and realize they win with their defense, or have just woken up from a 6 year coma.

Believe what you want

 

[tnvols72]

O’Brien has a reputation of being difficult to work with.

They say thats why he couldnt keep coaches in Texas and was a azz

 

[BruinVol]

If Florida stands ANY chance in this game they’re gonna have to onside kick or something weird because they aren’t stopping Bama.

If they had let the clock run before half they would be right in this thing