Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[JMSqb11]

no, i got the point.

it doesn't make any sense. there was no FL offer. he was making whatever he was making at MSU, and we offered, $6/7M/year for however many years, likely doubling his salary or somewhere around there.
and if iirc, the meeting with Mullen happened before the Schiano deal, so that likely means Mullen was #1 or at least #1a on our list.

so zero in one hand, our offer in the other, and he chose to wait and see would happen at FL....not even knowing that he'd even get that call, he waited.

and when he got that call, he stopped returning our calls....and took what amounted to be the same deal somewhere else. he could have gotten us in to a bidding war to see how far we'd go, and didn't. Money wasn't the primary motivator....

The money we were offering was comparable to what Florida was negotiating with to Kelly.......

So why wouldn't you wait on Florida if the offer you have a Tennessee is virtually the same that Florida is prepared to offer their next coach. Worst case, Tennessee and Florida get into a bidding war over you and you make more money.......

But yes, this is obviously revisionist history.....

 

[m1al]

“If we don’t keep Pruitt, players will transfer!”

- Deerpark

Keeping a bad HC because some players may transfer, is a terrible strategy in the long run.. It makes my head hurt just thinking about it..

 

[SpringBokVol]

Shrout to the portal per Tony B.

That sucks!!!

All the others have been fine with me, but that one stings. Dude is going to be great with the right coaching.

 

[DustyRockSolid]

Hope bailey transfers with shrout. Eric gray needs to transfer as well. Henry T should transfer. Hahahaha I love it.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

About what I thought. The problem isn’t BCS vs Committee, the problem is parity. I don’t have the answers on how to fix that, but I do know there isn’t an easy fix.

 

[butchna]

Do you not think 10 million would be worth it to land Mullen plus Grantham while coming off of Butch and sticking it to Florida, 1 of our top rivals?

Easy answer there!

It would have been Harbaugh level failure. Another Vol cautionary tale.

 

[Chuckie]

I was confused about something and figured you fine folks could clear it up for me.

Is the VOL Network part of the UT AD (i.e. is Hubbs a university employee)?

 

[DustyRockSolid]

That sucks!!!

All the others have been fine with me, but that one stings. Dude is going to be great with the right coaching.

Hope he goes to ole miss and starts next year when Pruitt loses by 30 points. I would love that so much

 

[Tennessee Golfer]

Who’s going to start the petition? We did it for Counzo and Schiano. No reason it can’t work this time.

 

[butchna]

I'd take chadwell and be optimistic. I just want pruitt goneml at least with chadwell, there is a chance he can do well. There is no chance pruitt can succeed. I already know we aren't firing him tho. I got a bunch of ole miss gear on an Amazon list. Just waiting for confirmation on the pruitt situation before I buy it. And I'll be here next year cheering for ole miss and kiffin when they urinate all over pruitt.

Why would you be on here?

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

They all know that even if they were to fail here they'd be getting that F U buyout money.

No, this is their dream job. And all of them are ten times better than Pruitt.

 

[Kingston Vol]

Shrout is not in the portal right now (12:45 PM) per a direct source.

That doesn't mean he isn't headed that way.

 

[jakez4ut]

Do you not think 10 million would be worth it to land Mullen plus Grantham while coming off of Butch and sticking it to Florida, 1 of our top rivals?

Easy answer there!

yes. it would have.

it wouldn't have mattered. he was gonna wait and see what happened at FL. and if they would pay him $10m, he'd still go there.

 

["It's Time"]

Napier turning down Auburn is all I need to know.

Our jobs about to open, it’s out in their profession.

 

[DustyRockSolid]

Why would you be on here?

I enjoy interacting with a few people here.

 

[SpringBokVol]

At least this means Harrison will play the entire game against West Virginia. No more of this stupid QB rotating garbage.

 

[yourstruly23]

Wow. Is Napier even in play? He apparently previously turned down USCe and Miss St (last year) per Auburn mods. Wonder if UT would change anything for him or he is just very happy where he is.

uh...... do we have him lined up? that makes ZERO sense.. Auburn is a hell of a job

 

[Volbucky]

At least this means Harrison will play the entire game against West Virginia. No more of this stupid QB rotating garbage.

Lol have we gone from 4 to 1 qbs?

 

[butchna]

I enjoy interacting with a few people here.

So you’d be the Jaws of Ole Miss?

 

[volfaninpa]

Call Hugh.

If he says no, call Napier.

If he says no, call Chadwell.

There's strong reasons to believe that one of these guys would take this job. Why do so many people's egos get in the way? It's disgraceful that people put themselves above the program.

 

[DustyRockSolid]

No

At least this means Harrison will play the entire game against West Virginia. No more of this stupid QB rotating garbage.

Nope. Pruitt will find a way to rotate him out or bench him.

 

[Devo182]

Dooley wasn’t good but this guy is the pits and has taken away all emotion from UT football. He’s fat and away the worst

Woah now

 

[Wickman]

uh...... do we have him lined up? that makes ZERO sense.. Auburn is a hell of a job

They wanted him to keep Steele

 

[DustyRockSolid]

Hahaha

So you’d be the Jaws of Ole Miss?

Hahahaha yeah. That pretty much sums it up.

 

[m1al]

Hope he goes to ole miss and starts next year when Pruitt loses by 30 points. I would love that so much

You're beginning to sound just a tad pathetic..