Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[jordan4vols]

I don’t have a guess. That’s a weak answer. I wore my friend out this morning trying to get the name. The best I have is what I shared. There’s a single candidate that is the focus. He is interested, and has a relationship with White already. He’s also being visited tonight or tomorrow morning. If he falls through, they’ll keep moving. My friend expressed 90% confidence that it’s done, meaning we get the first choice. I’ve been wavering on who choice one is all day, and I don’t bring anything special to that guess than anyone else. I’ll share anything else I hear as soon as I hear it. The whole AD got religion on confidentiality the minute we hired White.

Gotta be Kiffin, Campbell, or Fickell if it’s choice #1

 

[SweetasSoda]

Man it’s so refreshing having grown ups in charge.

It is! Instead of hoping they can get a good one, I am wondering which good one are they going to get. Notice the difference in coaches being interested this time instead of going around begging Gundys?

 

[jakez4ut]

Anyone listen to VQ power hour? We are about to hire big folks. Hubbs caught Plowman after the PC and asked “so your telling me you didn’t talk to another candidate not a single one besides White?” She told him she is used to academics where everything is out in open and goes through boards and this was first time it was a hush hush deal. She said the best advice she got from talking to people was to pick your guy. Go all in and make him tell you no. So that is what she did.

yeah. i like that. a lot.

 

[UTwild82]

These have been hilarious. Well done.

 

[preacherwebb]

I don’t have a guess. That’s a weak answer. I wore my friend out this morning trying to get the name. The best I have is what I shared. There’s a single candidate that is the focus. He is interested, and has a relationship with White already. He’s also being visited tonight or tomorrow morning. If he falls through, they’ll keep moving. My friend expressed 90% confidence that it’s done, meaning we get the first choice. I’ve been wavering on who choice one is all day, and I don’t bring anything special to that guess than anyone else. I’ll share anything else I hear as soon as I hear it. The whole AD got religion on confidentiality the minute we hired White.

Okay, a few things here:
1) Stay in this thread
2) The AD being tight lipped is a refreshing change that will help keep us from looking like we've looked for years
3) I hate the AD being tightlipped
4) Keep dropping info as you can
5) Thanks

 

[SLICKYINC]

i'm not advocating for elliot...

but, he is widely considered a great football coach, has been on the short list for several programs and nfl jobs, and would bring an immediate name in recruiting that many top recruits would listen to...that part is not all together different than what pruitt brought, but as we've now learned, that's all he brought to the table, and w/out anything behind it, that's not enough.

i think Elliot is a few rungs ahead of pruitt as coordinator candidates go.

so that's the approach i would take with it, if it were him. there's a path for success there.

the knock...his coaching connections can't be all that extensive, as he has never coached outside the state of South Carolina, so what does he do for a staff? and he's never run a program, so how does he get over that hurdle?

in the end, i think we're going after a sitting head coach, as was previously stated by those that matter.

Gave you like for work put into that.....

 

[NoogaVol96]

Lane called White today

 

[VolInNorthCack]

Looks like we have a few Stephen King fans...

 

[jakez4ut]

Gave you like for work put into that.....

lol. i'll take it.

 

[SLICKYINC]

These have been hilarious. Well done.

These are part of the reasons why the RF is the RF.

 

[Voltrapnbama]

Lane called White today

Says who?

 

[ClasslessVol]

I don’t have a guess. That’s a weak answer. I wore my friend out this morning trying to get the name. The best I have is what I shared. There’s a single candidate that is the focus. He is interested, and has a relationship with White already. He’s also being visited tonight or tomorrow morning. If he falls through, they’ll keep moving. My friend expressed 90% confidence that it’s done, meaning we get the first choice. I’ve been wavering on who choice one is all day, and I don’t bring anything special to that guess than anyone else. I’ll share anything else I hear as soon as I hear it. The whole AD got religion on confidentiality the minute we hired White.

Danny White is doing a damn good job of keeping things close to the vest.

 

[Wickman]

Lane called White today

Wait what

 

[jakez4ut]

I don’t have a guess. That’s a weak answer. I wore my friend out this morning trying to get the name. The best I have is what I shared. There’s a single candidate that is the focus. He is interested, and has a relationship with White already. He’s also being visited tonight or tomorrow morning. If he falls through, they’ll keep moving. My friend expressed 90% confidence that it’s done, meaning we get the first choice. I’ve been wavering on who choice one is all day, and I don’t bring anything special to that guess than anyone else. I’ll share anything else I hear as soon as I hear it. The whole AD got religion on confidentiality the minute we hired White.

pretty sure i like both of those points.

 

[CobbVol]

If it's Tony Elliot I will give him my support and hope for the best even though he wouldn't be at the top of my list. Basically, I am going to defer to Danny White's expertise and insider knowledge of the industry even if I have arrived at a different conclusion. I still think the hype around Elliot right now is agent-driven, being fed to national sportswriters to get his name out there and raise his profile.

May be the case. But I think White already interviewed him 4 years ago for the UCF job and thought highly of him in the process.

 

[Govolsman98]

Lane called White today

You serious Clark?

 

[Batman1948]

Wildcard: Cristobal

He wants back in the south and is pulling 5 stars out to Oregon, has them looking pretty good and won Pac-12 coach of the year.

NIKE money will pull 5 stars from anywhere

 

[Adam2014]

Any truth the the unsubstantiated rumor that Wanya is only coming back because he did not have grades to get into OU? Again, just something I’ve heard people saying.

-AP

LOL... He went through all that trouble to drop a top 3 and he did not even have the grades to get into the school he picked.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Gotta be Kiffin, Campbell, or Fickell if it’s choice #1

Sounds like your choices lol.

 

[WarMachine]

I’m so excited for Vols football.

And I hope Middleton puts it all together and kills this year and gets himself drafted.

Not like Aaron Hernandez, just to clarify.

 

[De La Cloobs]

I don’t have a guess. That’s a weak answer. I wore my friend out this morning trying to get the name. The best I have is what I shared. There’s a single candidate that is the focus. He is interested, and has a relationship with White already. He’s also being visited tonight or tomorrow morning. If he falls through, they’ll keep moving. My friend expressed 90% confidence that it’s done, meaning we get the first choice. I’ve been wavering on who choice one is all day, and I don’t bring anything special to that guess than anyone else. I’ll share anything else I hear as soon as I hear it. The whole AD got religion on confidentiality the minute we hired White.

Well at least give us the guys you've been wavering on all day. Feed the Sarlac Pit that is our anticipation even if it's mere scraps from the table.

You're great BTW. Thank you

 

[SLICKYINC]

Lane called White today

 

[bigorangecrush89]

Gotta be Kiffin, Campbell, or Fickell if it’s choice #1

I don't think any of those three have ties to White, which is what SF said.

 

[TrippieRedd]

If we hire Tony Elliot we will be back here in 3 years.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Lane called White today