Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[cHiZzLeVOL]

Like I said, good chance we’re hiring a potato.

Fully loaded potato?

 

[seaofORANGE22]

I think if the NCAA punishment is bad you hire Chadwell because we're likely going to be at a talent disadvantage for at least a few years. His offense would give us a chance.

 

[Blake25p]

Well Mark Ingram was released by the Ravens last night so he’s currently out of a job

 

[mrmax86]

Nah

Nah

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

Then the people making the hire are idiots.

Yeah I don't know what indication any of us have received over the last 10-12 years that tell us anything different than what you have so plainly stated. It will continue with this next hire too.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

About the snitch:

Wasn't AV or a coup attempt.

A person complained to someone who worked directly for Plowman about players getting improper benefits and not giving a crap. They told Plowman and she acted. Genie out of the bottle. A little bitchin' that got to the wrong people.

I was told the name of both people. It serves no purpose to say them because it will bring an avalanche of hate down on them and their family.


I was told yesterday that it is out there and will break. Tifwiw.

I saw a name last night and I really hope it is not that person

 

[Ttucke11]

Hubbs just said on Podcast upwards of 50! level 1 and 2 violations. We are about to get hammered.

Wow. Pruitt isn't getting a dime.

 

[mrmax86]

Hubbs just said on Podcast upwards of 50! level 1 and 2 violations. We are about to get hammered.

Were they all from the same event? I have heard mention of the paintball game being an issue.

 

[tomq_123]

Kiffin really does seem like the perfect candidate for our head coaching vacancy.

• He has proven himself to be capable of program building since he left Alabama.
• HE WANTS TO BE HERE.
• He left us in the lurch, and we spiraled after. Some of this is his doing. He can come make it right.
• It wouldn't/shouldn't matter to him that we will likely have some size of NCAA hammer dropped down on us, even if it's a bowl ban and/or scholarship reduction.
• His son's middle name is Knox.
• He brought Chaney here, and would likely continue a relationship with him (preventing further staff turnover).
• VFLs like Jay Graham, Tee Martin, Kevin Steele, Kevin Simon, etc, will stay and coach for Lane.
• He coached with Steele at Bama for 2 years (2014/2016).
• He brought Tee Martin to USC, where they coached together for 2 years (2012/2013).
• He is a proven recruiter and is RELEVANT, which would be great.
• He had a successful 2020 at Ole Miss.
• This time around, he'd be here for the long haul.

Can't wait for him to put up USC, Bama, FAU and Ole Miss posters all over the Anderson training facility.

 

[RikidyBones]

Hubbs just said on Podcast upwards of 50! level 1 and 2 violations. We are about to get hammered.

I'd wager most of those are level 2, if even accurate and may be a situation of one event causes a chunk of them.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

The guy had information yesterday about an hour before the news broke and you still don’t believe he has a connection to the program?

He wasn't even first on this site, not to mention other sites.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

Hubbs just said on Podcast upwards of 50! level 1 and 2 violations. We are about to get hammered.

Hopefully Pruitt gets the Donnie Tyndall treatment and they leave us alone since we handled business

 

[Dustin4Vols]

Did you really just use the words "Fisher" and "not sexy" in a sentence? C'mon man.
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The mustache gets me off

 

[LA Vol]

Two things: 1. I'm okay with both of these options. 2. "Quickly" is the opposite of what AP said, so I also think it will be quickly.

When it's decided and when it's announced aren't necessarily the same. The UT-Steele talks were backchanneled the week before it was announced and they already had a verbal before it went public. Not hard to do when the relationships are already in place. There's no point in dragging out the AD hire, since it's better all around to wrap up the Fulmer business quickly. But things are far from normal, so anything is possible.

 

[snowvols]

Bill O’Brien seems to align most with what the Admin wants and the ability to win football games. Was a disaster as GM of Texans, but in his 6 full seasons as HC, they won the division 4 times. Winning record as NFL HC, but most importantly, took over one of the few college programs that was more dysfunctional at the time than we are.

Being able to win at Penn State immediately after the Sandusky scandal was a miracle. Also landed Hackenburg for his second year, one of the top QB’s in the country that year. Hack’s best year was by far with O’Brien in his freshman year.

You want someone that has proven to be able to stabilize a former great program during a rough time, no better candidate. Has big time NFL ties, which is a plus. I’m sure Manning is a fan and he would go a long way in helping us land Simpson and Arch.

My concern would be that he might leave for the NFL after 2 or 3 years here if successful. But even still, if he were to stabilize the program, it would be a win for us.

The SI article that came out recently about the Texans problems blames Easterby, not O'Brien for that trade.

 

[seaofORANGE22]

O'Brien was a college head coach for 2 years. He stabilized Penn State in a tough time. But let's not act like he had this unbelievable run there. He became bowl eligible twice when everybody thought they wouldn't be able win a game. 15-9 record. He didn't stick around long enough to find out if he would win more. Impressive stretch but it was short lived.

He has a terrible NFL reputation. I don't want that guy anywhere near us. Bama is a great place for him. I'm out.

 

[mrmax86]

Can't wait for him to put up USC, Bama, FAU and Ole Miss posters all over the Anderson training facility.

?

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

He wasn't even first on this site, not to mention other sites.

Who was first in this site and off this site.

 

[NMVol]

Pretty easy to tell when an insider is all about his "cred" at the expense of the program.

 

[seaofORANGE22]

Luke Fickell doesn't get enough love in here I don't think. We should keep bringing him up.

 

[Orange Studs]

I think he would work in college. He’s a great evaluator of talent. Drafted a lot of great players and would win in living rooms. Would trust him to basically run program as more of a GM and let his coordinators do most of the leg work. He would be very very comparable to mark richt imo. You’ll see why in this video. Fantastic guy.

This would be a home run right here!

 

[VolInDayton]

O'Brien was a college head coach for 2 years. He stabilized Penn State in a tough time. But let's not act like he had this unbelievable run there. He became bowl eligible twice when everybody thought they wouldn't be able win a game. 15-9 record. He didn't stick around long enough to find out if he would win more. Impressive stretch but it was short lived.

He has a terrible NFL reputation. I don't want that guy anywhere near us. Bama is a great place for him. I'm out.

He won his division 4 out of 7 years.

 

[Dudley Smith]

The last time we hired an under achieving coach that Texas fired, it worked out pretty well for us.

Hey, last time we hired a coach from Pitt it worked out well. Let’s go get Pat Narduzzi.

If only it were that simple.

 

[TheTimeIsNow]

Honestly, if we're really about to get hammered. Just give the job to Kiffin. Players will play for him no matter what and tickets would sale. He might have 2 crappy years because of sanctions but it would be a fun 2 years of points being scored by the boat load.

 

[Vols4us]

Gilbert is another Bammer. Give me Ingram and then let’s get to finding a coach

Agree. Not only another Bammer, a basketball guy. He could never be trusted with football coach hires or give direction to the program. Give me Ingram 100 time in a 100 between the two.