Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[seaofORANGE22]

No offense, but who gives a **** about ESPN anymore. They're in a tail spin

I didn't think any media opinions matter anymore. There's too much noise. Everybody is media. Or nobody is. Just win. Or don't win. That's all that means anything.

 

[MrVolton]

But if CP has a winning record next year even if its 7-5 they will give him another year cause Fulmer has some love affair going with him.

The game passed Fulmer up when he was still HC here, and the same flaws he had then are still there (failure to adapt to changes in the game and poor personnel decisions). He still thinks it takes 7 or 8 years for a guy just to show some tangible improvement. It’s also why he was chasing defensive-minded candidates the whole time when he hired Pruitt.

 

[gordonr24]

Saban took him aside and said if we win I'm retiring. What would he do in that situation?

Alabama is a little more talented currently than Texas, but I ain’t following a legend, even if I inherit a goldmine. I’d take the Texas job.

 

[Aesius]

nothing will happen till necks week, or even till this investigationw is over. tea leaf -Bra

Beside. We need a proven winner. Herman doesnt do anything for us.

We aren't getting whatever your definition of a proven winner is.

 

[volbeast33]

Just curious what makes you think "Texas can be so difficult" while you "can see him improving here?"

You think Texas is harder than TN? In schedule? In fan/booster support/expectation? What?

A rule of thumb would be: if you can't excel in a lesser conference, you likely won't even in a harder conference. Is that not logical?

I’m not sure about anything which is why I’m partially on the Herman train..... about the Texas job, I have just heard that it can be really difficult dealing with everything that you have to do as coach at Texas.

 

[BruinVol]

Damn I can see it now. The ncaa is going to put us and Texas as 1/2 seeds in a regional. Texas is finally really good and I’m sure the ncaa would love that story line

 

[Ace]

I was at that game also and it was a great game. The one thing that I remember from Bourbon Street that night was a guy dressed in a tux, with tails and a top hat, that was orange and white from head to toe. That sounds like it might look bad but it was really a good look on him. I've never seen anyone in an orange tux since

Hey, that was me. Jk

 

[CoachClick]

Ole Miss is going to route us next year with our current situation.

 

[Vols2DaWall]

Herman is such a fantastic option compared to someone like Chadwell or Napier. I'd take him over Gus too. No baggage like Freeze.

It's a no-brainer.

 

[Jackcrevol]

We aren't getting whatever your definition of a proven winner is.

I'm of the go after Campbell or Malzahn camp.

Empty the coffers. If they say no. Marry the devil, Freeze.

 

[engineerVOL]

Why the Herman lust? You guys confound me sometimes..

We like no buyouts
#BuyoutU

 

[Ace]

I have heard the possibility of Brian Kelly to Texas

 

[seaofORANGE22]

Would love to see what Herman could do here.

 

[seaofORANGE22]

I'm of the go after Campbell or Malzahn camp.

Empty the coffers. If they say no. Marry the devil, Freeze.

I would go
Campbell
Freeze
Herman
Napier

 

[MrVolton]

I’m not sure about anything which is why I’m partially on the Herman train..... about the Texas job, I have just heard that it can be really difficult dealing with everything that you have to do as coach at Texas.

Sometimes a change of venue is all a man needs. Bring Herman on.

 

[Ace]

It does not matter who becomes available, Pruitt is our HC in 2021

 

[UpstateVol613]

If Sark is indeed the hire I fully expect Herman to go to Bama as the OC to rehab his image and Bama gets him for pennies on the dollar.

 

[Jackcrevol]

I would go
Campbell
Freeze
Herman
Napier

im of the gotta take our time and get this right camp. But im also of the we cannot fall another year behind.

So, **** it. Just do it. Time of mental masturbation is over.

 

[Batman1948]

Are we really going to spend the next few months repeatedly saying there's no way Pruitt can win 7 or 8 next year? I get that the odds are not good, and this year gave little to be encouraged about, but there is a chance. Is it going to do any good to say it will never happen? I understand everyone is afraid he will be kept if he wins 6, but he could win 4 to 8.

There's a culture, in our fan base, that also needs to change. Unfortunately, I think that's gonna be impossible. People, who tend to be negative, are pretty much always gonna be negative. I'm an optimist and I try to see the good instead of the bad in everything. I don't know when UT will compete for championships again but trying to run off coaches every three or four years is probably not the way to get it done.

 

[Glocker_Alum_2005]

If Sark is indeed the hire I fully expect Herman to go to Bama as the OC to rehab his image and Bama gets him for pennies on the dollar.

He is not Sark or Butch no rehab needed.

 

[RiotVol]

If Sark is indeed the hire I fully expect Herman to go to Bama as the OC to rehab his image and Bama gets him for pennies on the dollar.

And Sexton continues to swim in money like his name was Scrooge McSexton...

 

[CoalVol2020]

 

[MrVolton]

There's a culture, in our fan base, that also needs to change. Unfortunately, I think that's gonna be impossible. People, who tend to be negative, are pretty much always gonna be negative. I'm an optimist and I try to see the good instead of the bad in everything. I don't know when UT will compete for championships again but trying to run off coaches every three or four years is probably not the way to get it done.

As soon as you know a guy is not the guy, you need to make a change or the hole you dig just gets deeper. College football is not the same animal it was in 1987. The fans wanting a decent product, yet repeatedly being denied is not the problem at all.

 

[I4Jay]

Brando saying Sark turned the Texas job down

 

[windrider]

It’s amazing how times have changed..... fans wanted Phil fired bc he lost to Florida most years..

I wasn't one of those fans that wanted him fired, but the fact remains we've been in a dumpster fire since then with our fourth loser coach. So yes, for now, I would take 8-4 which will be a huge improvement over the last "final Four coaches" we have had and then look forward to better days when we can once again compete with Florida, Bama, and Ga.