Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[BeecherVol]

Today won't be the day, and LOL at a coach being lined up.

We don't even have universal agreement on whether or not to fire our current guy. Just wait til the shitshow starts when everyone wants their two cents included on the replacement.

Its like everybody has forgotten how this works.

The last coach we hired that we at least had an idea on before his predecessor was fired was Kiffin.

 

[Grey_pilgrim]

You haven't heard?

If you know you know...

 

[JMSqb11]

Lol! We averaged less than 75,000 fans in Neyland in Pruitts second season when he actually pulled some wins off. What makes you think 80-100k will pick one to see a lame duck coach who just won three games the year prior? Attendance will be the worst it has ever been next year (not including a pandemic year).

I disagree. When people get a chance to return to normalcy with no capacity requirements or gathering requirements or lockdowns, they will be out in full force for the first few times. Considering we will be lucky to have that return to normalcy by late summer, football season is perfect timing for all these limits and capacity requirements to be lifted.

There will be tons of people who will want to go do a gameday after not getting to do it for almost 2 years.

 

[Kid Deezy]

Which brings me to my real question. What would motivate him to do that other than Pruitt just sucking. There’s more to this than that.

My guess is someone booster-side told him he would get a piece of the pie after Pruitt was gone. That report didn't come from the AD it had to be a nudge from a booster.

 

[CoalVol2020]

1. Click
2. On
3. It
4. To
5. See
6. It

Click bait!

 

[Jimmy Football]

Hubbs was ON EDGE in that interview. I can’t recall him ever being that intense. Sounds like he is a tired of Tennessee as we all are!

Bowl games, +2 playoff system. Make bowls meaningful again.

 

[chavisut]

Expand the playoff to 16 teams at this point. Something needs to be changed, college football is becoming worst by the year.

Notice it got worse after the playoff began. I don’t remember many, if any, opting out of bowls either.

That said, expansion is probably for the best. I’d just rather have never even started it.

 

[BruinVol]

Hubbs was ON EDGE in that interview. I can’t recall him ever being that intense. Sounds like he is a tired of Tennessee as we all are!

Yea I just posted he was as animated as I have ever heard him

I only heard the last part about the bowl though

 

[NMVol]

Give Pruitt 20 years and he will still suck
He’s horrible

Don't have to take it that far. Just one year at a time.

 

[SLICKYINC]

Click bait!

1. Tennessee

 

[Vfl2407]

2001 SEC Title game to LSU with a backup QB is the worst loss. We are playing for the title if we win that one.

That was our most IMPORTANT loss.
GaState was our most embarrassing.

 

[volfan1631]

Phil too...

Mentorship at the pro level

 

[Brick_By_Brick]

If you know you know...

Dude, everyone in the know is aware of the Meeting.™

 

[LA Vol]

Wow Hubbs going off on the fact he thinks NO TEAMS want to play or should play in a bowl game that isn’t the playoffs

People are tired and want to spend the holidays with their families. COVID has kept some players from seeing their families for a long time.

 

[Geronimo]

Who is Clark?

 

[C-town Vol]

Here’s where I am...

I’m only at 55% that Pruitt is gone. The Fulmer statements and down playing of the investigation are my reasoning.

If Pruitt is fired...My pick for head coach, if you could give me anyone in the country (Saban / Dabo / other locked in coaches not included)........

Bob Stoops

1. Mack Brown type hire
2. Rick Barnes type hire
3. Someone mature enough and with enough clout to get the behind the scenes around the program drama under control.

But write it down, Chadwell will be our next coach.

1. The last decade we always work our way down the list, getting turned down repeatedly.

2. Freeze won’t get an interview because he is so polarizing.

3. We usually end up with someone not even originally on the radar (Dooley, Butch, Pruitt). Therefore, Chadwell would be a little better than we usually do.

4. He is from Tennessee and is sharp. He would sweep them off their feet in interviews.

Take it to the bank.
Write it down.
Chadwell is the next coach at TN.

 

[White Bread]

People are tired and want to spend the holidays with their families. COVID has kept some players from seeing their families for a long time.

Is Fulmer set to get a retention bonus on January 1st?

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Eh, Pruitt will be back next year with a new OC. Bailey will take a step in year 2 because Weinke will be gone, the young players will finally play more, over the offseason the defense will get shored up, and Pruitt will win 7-8 next year and will be back for '22. Recruiting class will rank 17th nationally, missing out on Nolen, Simpson, and the other in state big fish. He'll land a couple, but the majority will go elsewhere.

 

[C-town Vol]

Yea I just posted he was as animated as I have ever heard him

I only heard the last part about the bowl though

He went in about the offense not having an identity. Basically that the offense is trash.

 

[Brick_By_Brick]

Hubbs was ON EDGE in that interview. I can’t recall him ever being that intense. Sounds like he is a tired of Tennessee as we all are!

Hubbs is a University mouthpiece, so if he's tired of the BS then it's really hit the fan.

 

[VolInDayton]

Notice it got worse after the playoff began. I don’t remember many, if any, opting out of bowls either.

That said, expansion is probably for the best. I’d just rather have never even started it.

The eye test is also just a clause for making the best business decision. I could see an argument where regular season games became more important with a expanded playoff

 

[Nashvegas31]

He said everyone

Said kids are tired of being tested 3 times and week and having zero life. They all deserve to go home with families and hang it up for the year

he was as animated as i have ever heard him

He isn’t wrong. These bowls are pointless this year. I hope the staff polled the players on if they wanted to play. I am sure there are several that want to play. Such as young guys who didn’t get much playing time. It wouldn’t surprise me if guys like Palmer and Trey opt against playing. This game should be solely about returning players.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

Notice it got worse after the playoff began. I don’t remember many, if any, opting out of bowls either.

That said, expansion is probably for the best. I’d just rather have never even started it.

We took the best sport around and needlessly tinkered with it to make it more like other, inferior sports.

 

[orangesoda]

I disagree. When people get a chance to return to normalcy with no capacity requirements or gathering requirements or lockdowns, they will be out in full force for the first few times. Considering we will be lucky to have that return to normalcy by late summer, football season is perfect timing for all these limits and capacity requirements to be lifted.

There will be tons of people who will want to go do a gameday after not getting to do it for almost 2 years.

Or people realize after the 2 year hiatus that the sorry product on the field isn’t worth their time and money.

 

[rjd970]

People are tired and want to spend the holidays with their families. COVID has kept some players from seeing their families for a long time.

Yep. At this point forcing teams to play in meaningless bowls just reeks of money grabbing by the conferences.

I suspect at this point unless you are one of the teams or fans of the same 6 teams going to the playoffs every year then most people just don’t give a ****.