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bignewt said:
Hi all, been a while I know we are at defcon 1 but

After a lot of toil and tragedy my second novel The Alternator is now live on Amazon:


amazing cover by @LeBleu

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What if murder wasn't a mystery? For one young man, it is always decided by a simple code of chance taught to him by his mentor, a gruff truck driver named Petty who once took him under his wing. Now a trucker himself, the map savant travels the quickest routes coast to coast through 1990s America listening to the Top 40 countdown and holding the fate of those he encounters in the palm of his hand. Are the rules there to allow the natural order to assert itself or to keep a traumatic past from feeding his dark impulses and spiraling him out of control?


All profits will go to Young-Williams Animal Shelter in honor of my late wife.

Thanks and Go Vols
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In for 1. Sorry for your loss.
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bignewt said:
Hi all, been a while I know we are at defcon 1 but

After a lot of toil and tragedy my second novel The Alternator is now live on Amazon:


amazing cover by @LeBleu

slugline:
What if murder wasn't a mystery? For one young man, it is always decided by a simple code of chance taught to him by his mentor, a gruff truck driver named Petty who once took him under his wing. Now a trucker himself, the map savant travels the quickest routes coast to coast through 1990s America listening to the Top 40 countdown and holding the fate of those he encounters in the palm of his hand. Are the rules there to allow the natural order to assert itself or to keep a traumatic past from feeding his dark impulses and spiraling him out of control?


All profits will go to Young-Williams Animal Shelter in honor of my late wife.

Thanks and Go Vols
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Sorry for your loss. If you ever need an ear....
 
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Still a few pages behind. Don't think Bob Stoops is the right answer to this--especially if you are floating 6-7 million per year
 
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The thing about our situation is that we have absolutely no leverage. So I think that makes it less likely that we are going to get a big name that doesn’t have a connection to us. Reportedly Chadwell and Freeze have an affinity for us. Maybe Kiffin would find it redeeming and cathartic to come back and right his wrongs. And we’re probably in a pretty similar situation for AD.

Outside of those situations or something similar, even if the administration tries their damnedest to make hires that will resurrect the program, they may have no option but to do a 1 or 2 year bandaid. I hope not...I hope someone can pull a rabbit out of their hat and shock all of us.
 
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bignewt said:
December, I was reticent to share on here, I'm not a fan of people airing their personal stuff in here. It's been devastating but I have a support system. Don't take anything for granted.
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Sorry for your loss. As someone who revealed his personal loss on here months after the fact, it feels better and gets better. Day by day.
 
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butchna said:
Which one? He’s worked in several variations since Baylor. Everywhere he’s gone, results have followed. Maybe it’s all happenstance but I wouldn’t mind a little rabbit foot in our offense which has been crap since 2017.
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He had 1 successful stop at UCF before heading to Ole Miss, I think it's more Lane than it is Jeff. JMO
 
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bignewt said:
December, I was reticent to share on here, I'm not a fan of people airing their personal stuff in here. It's been devastating but I have a support system. Don't take anything for granted.
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I'm so sorry to hear that newt...Sending a prayer up for you..

God bless you and yours..
 
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bignewt said:
December, I was reticent to share on here, I'm not a fan of people airing their personal stuff in here. It's been devastating but I have a support system. Don't take anything for granted.
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So sorry for your loss, friend. May God, who is good and wise, grant you peace and grace as you recover.
I'm comforted by Jesus' promise: "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live..." John 11:25
You have my prayers, and please reach out to someone whenever you need help.
 
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the bad news... this is kinda long. the good news....probably won't be a ton of posts from me today, so you can get it all out in one shot.... :)

the AD is going to be an experienced AD, per CDP's comments at the press conf....i've always pushed Ingram. but i'm intrigued by Danny White...the Oregon guy...can't be terrible can he? if that's the pool we're swimming in....i think we'll be good.

as for the head coach, i'll stick to what i said yesterday about having more insight/clarity once the AD is hired, but i'll go back to the comments she made about 'this isn't the place where you try things out'...and integrity.

so, assuming those two things are driving factors in the decision, and NOT knowing who the AD is yet, i'll hedge and say Chadwell fits the "try things out" moniker, and i'd lean away from him for that reason.

i'd lean way far away from Freeze because of all the integrity talk. it's hard for me to believe Kiffin would get serious consideration for the same reason, but i want Kiffin, so i'm willing to exclude him from that discussion..but i do so at my own peril.

i like the idea of bob stoops, cause situationally, sure it would make total sense to hire him for that big money, and just give him the keys to the car. except you're not giving him the keys to the car, because there's 2/3 of a staff already on the payroll. so i don't know how realistic that is.

Napier isn't coming for the reasons that have already been put out there....he wants control, he won't get it.

when it comes to Steele....he fits the "try things out" moniker as well, but the caveat to that is he's a long time SEC coordinator, and the staff changes being made would kinda fit what a steele hire would look like, interim or not. i think in the end, Steele isn't the guy, but he's here if they need him...so i wouldn't rule it out 100%, but safe to say he's not at the top of the board. if we wind up there, it's because we 'wound up' there.....

so who's left as targets, realistic or not?
Marrone is off the board.
BOB...i'm not against it, but at this point, isn't it basically a forgone conclusion he's at Bama too?
(saban hiring former NFL head coaches as position coaches....oof)

fickell
campbell
fleck
herman
clark
brown
caldwell?

as i type this out, and not knowing who the AD is, Kiffin still makes a ton of sense. we have some leverage with him given how it ended the first time, and he checks most of the boxes for qualification. someone would have to make a judgement call on the integrity side of things, and some folks here in town would need to more or less get out of the way...but with Plowman and the right AD, that could happen.

maybe it's because that's what i want to happen? but it does actually make sense.....and it'd be FUN to watch him come back, make things right and get us good again.....it helps solve several problems in recruiting....

anyway....i dont think that happens in the end.

and i won't be mad, really, no matter what happens. gonna be some choppy waters to get thru on this, and there's a ton of moving parts still....not even counting the NCAA portion of the investigation....

tl/dr....give it time, reserve judgement for a minute. as for the transfers out...i do think that had more to do with what their options would be if they stayed vs them quitting on TN. and blaming Kevin Steele for what is happening on that front is just stupid, so stop doing it. lol.
 
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bignewt said:
Hi all, been a while I know we are at defcon 1 but

After a lot of toil and tragedy my second novel The Alternator is now live on Amazon:


amazing cover by @LeBleu

slugline:
What if murder wasn't a mystery? For one young man, it is always decided by a simple code of chance taught to him by his mentor, a gruff truck driver named Petty who once took him under his wing. Now a trucker himself, the map savant travels the quickest routes coast to coast through 1990s America listening to the Top 40 countdown and holding the fate of those he encounters in the palm of his hand. Are the rules there to allow the natural order to assert itself or to keep a traumatic past from feeding his dark impulses and spiraling him out of control?


All profits will go to Young-Williams Animal Shelter in honor of my late wife.

Thanks and Go Vols
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My condolences, such a nice way to honor your wife.
 
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bignewt said:
December, I was reticent to share on here, I'm not a fan of people airing their personal stuff in here. It's been devastating but I have a support system. Don't take anything for granted.
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Damn, Newt, sorry for your loss. I’ve found this place can be short escape from reality when I’ve needed it. Hope you find some peace and I’m looking forward to reading your new book ✊
 
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Volsfaninva917 said:
He had 1 successful stop at UCF before heading to Ole Miss, I think it's more Lane than it is Jeff. JMO
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He was part of the machine at Baylor not named Briles and now obviously a bigger part than previously believed. When he popped up as an OC candidate before the Chaney hire, I felt similar to you. I’ve adjusted with additional information.
 
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