Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Unconditional Surrender]

Read it then tell us if this lines up with things you have heard. I would really hope most of it isn't true.

I hope it is. Counter-intuitively, we want a) Pruitt to have truly been a horrible personality who was killing our upside b) that he was so bad that we were looking for a good way to fire him w/o paying him and c) the violations fully justify what we did because if that's not true then no one else will want to come here.

Given what happened, the best case scenario is that he was an absolute **** show behind the scenes.

 

[give_him 6]

Probably not. But I’d suggest looking up the meaning of “row the boat” before clowning on it.

Aren't we sick of gimmicks around here?

 

[pierce60]

SIAP.....

 

[BigSteve09]

I was just being stupid with my answer, but I bet I get the right answer more times than not on this question.

You're right about that. I think at one point he represented 11/14 SEC head coaches. And Fulmer. Saban and his entire coaching tree, including our most recent coach. Pretty crazy.

 

[SLICKYINC]

Aren't we sick of gimmicks around here?

Again, if you look it up and still have this response, I’ll entertain the conversation.

 

[BigSteve09]

SIAP.....

Oh that's cool

 

[VolInDayton]

what kind of O? Option, spread, Flying V?

His MN teams ran the ball very well between the tackles. Not small undersize offensive lines

 

[Johnny Majors' Ghost]

Fleck would recruit like a madman here. He brings excitement, experience, and is without a doubt a proven winner. He definitely fits what Boyd and Plowman are looking for.

 

[jp1]

SIAP.....

Thats sad.....we have sucked so bad in there lately we've changed it to a golf course.

 

[buffaloblue]

I go to work for a few hours and I come back to Fleck. Ok then.

Got some reading up to do but he doesn’t get me excited.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

“Not that fast. AD maybe end of the month, I would think more like Valentine's Day.”
- Hubbs

Good God if that’s true then we are totally screwed

 

[Souce]

 

[MoCo_Vol]

He hasn't won big there since 17 and is on the back side of his career. He hasn't had the same success since they moved to the Big 12. Patterson should have been hired in 2010 but Hamilton sailed that ship

Look, if you want a proven track record who hasn’t had any NCAA related issues there are maybe 6 names higher than Patterson.

Only 3 losing seasons in 21 years & has won conference championships in 3 different conferences during that time.

 

[HankHill]

Read it then tell us if this lines up with things you have heard. I would really hope most of it isn't true.

Yea i mean it lines up for sure. Most places Pruitt has been people couldn’t stand the guy.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

Good God if that’s true then we are totally screwed

Coach by Christmas

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I go to work for a few hours and I come back to Fleck. Ok then.

Got some reading up to do but he doesn’t get me excited.

Culture builder. Program builder. Won his side of the B10 in year 3. Runs a modern offense

 

[jp1]

You're right about that. I think at one point he represented 11/14 SEC head coaches. And Fulmer. Saban and his entire coaching tree, including our most recent coach. Pretty crazy.

I wouldn't want to even know how much money that dude has made off of our University, let alone how much he has made from the rest of college/pro sports.

 

[HankHill]

Fleck would be nothing more than a loud out.

Based on what?

 

[SpringBokVol]

The sexton comment didn’t rule out a sexton client to me. They could already have one lined up and the rest have to wait

 

[CoachClick]

Thats sad.....we have sucked so bad in there lately we've changed it to a golf course.

Better than a parking lot I guess.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

Look, if you want a proven track record who hasn’t had any NCAA related issues there are maybe 6 names higher than Patterson.

Only 3 losing seasons in 21 years & has won conference championships in 3 different conferences during that time.

He's a defensive guy, on the back side of his career and the SEC is an offensive league now. Square peg meet round hole

 

[scvolfan7]

Don't check in much on WMU and Minn football. Records are good. No experience in the south, and he seems very corny though. What makes him stand out more than some others?

He recruited Rashod Bateman out of Tifton, GA and coached him into being a first round pick. Plus he coached up Corey Davis. He’s a damn good coach

 

[give_him 6]

Again, if you look it up and still have this response, I’ll entertain the conversation.

I am going to entertain the "Ignore" button.

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

He wins. Football is football. Where it takes place is irrelevant. Took both programs to their highest win totals in a season. Elite WR coach. Played WR in the NFL. Got NFL WRs at both stops... even while an assistant at Rutgers. Straight up Grinder.

I’ll take him as a WR coach then. Hard Pass on HC.

And agree to disagree on “where” winning in football is irrelevant.

 

[BigSteve09]

Fleck would recruit like a madman here. He brings excitement, experience, and is without a doubt a proven winner. He definitely fits what Boyd and Plowman are looking for.

I don't think we would lose any of our QBs and I think he would develop our WRs. He had some decent skills guys come out of there. He also built their defense into a formidable unit, especially their secondary.

Above all else, he knows how to handle the media. I do think that he has the qualifications to be the head coach at Tennessee. I would imagine that he presents well to players and families.