Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Power T-Rev]

I don't wanna close my eyes. I don't want to fall asleep, cause I miss you Kiffin and I don't want to miss a thing

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

They had the 12th ranked offense in the country with Kelly Bryant.

And multiple other 5 star players on that offense. Come on guys. This is the same as praising Bama’s defense under Pruitt

 

[85SugarVol]

Ugh... Tony Elliot

 

[volfan1631]

So Stoops owns property in Isle of Palms and Chicago, and our plane has gone from TYS to Myrtle Beach to Chciago....what does this tell yall

He has more money than i do.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

The good thing is, it isn’t going to be Elliot unless we miss on other guys that we are targeting. So if it falls to Elliot, then we’ll all be fine with giving him the shot. I’m just glad he isn’t a top target

 

[Dudleys87]

Is Bob Stoops anyone's ideal candidate?

I could see him being a major letdown. Make him one of the highest paid coaches in the country only to find out the game has passed him by.

And you criticize me.

 

[Ron Swanson]

Ugh... Tony Elliot

Don’t worry, he’s not getting the HC job. It’s just something for people to talk about until the new coach is hired.

 

[KB5252]

So he has his vetted list, met with “leaders” for their input on said list, real search starts now

I doubt he asked their input on coach. Most likely he asked them what they felt needed improvement, their concerns etc. I seriously doubt he brought a list and went over it with them.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

But my point is you don’t have the spot light being a head coach at other places that you even do being a coordinator somewhere like Clemson. Definitely not anything close to the spot light of being the head coach here. Being a good head coach somewhere else doesn’t translate to being a good headcoach at a big program. Look at Scott frost.

If Frost had went to Florida..he would still be seen as a good head coach.

 

[volsagain]

At least Sark has experience at major programs at HC. We have no idea what Elliot would be

We just went down that road , hope we get a head coach that's proven.

 

[Power T-Rev]

3-7

Killing it.

Hank and I have different meanings of the phrase "killing it."

 

[SweetasSoda]

Would you have liked a Sam Pittman hire

No, that is why it was so devastating that Pruitt lost to someone that is only going to lead a team to some good upsets.

 

[Sleegro]

totally agree with this. in fact, i'll go one step further and say it WAS/IS the biggest issue with how we've done this in the past. we've had a ton of turnover at president, chancellor, AD and in the athletic dept in general....and pretty much at every transition, the next guy/gal got the can kicked to 'em. and this is the first group that seems to have picked the damn thing up and thrown it in the garbage.

will it work out? i don't know...but i at least like how this group has started.

can you imagine being part of the old guard right now? donors/boosters cut off.....media...cut off.............

ish has changed in the last 72ish hours. the trick is making it stick.

Those are all
I was trying to be more diplomatic but totally agree.

 

[VolInNorthCack]

What did I miss? Been spreading gravel. Did we hire coach whatshisface yet?

 

[KPT_VFL]

I’m still going to say this hire comes out of left field whether that’s good or bad idk.

 

[Deebowbear]

Guys, AV said that he is over the moon. That was just yesterday. That was after the TE outreach rumors. He said it will be a head coach and don't worry. He also posted with smiles and apparently in good spirits.

He would not come around here with all of that optimism and affirming other positive posts/intel from others if we were to be anything other than hopeful and excited.

Relax. Let the pros that we (finally) have in place get this done. Look out for Chris Lowe. Look out for AV. They are quiet for a reason right now, while all the other media around the program are throwing anything against the wall.

Good news incoming, just chill.

Dabo sweeney

 

[utvolmaniac]

Aaaaand Bass is back up the rollercoaster!

Bass' reaction to all the coaches names being thrown around:

 

[snowvols]

And multiple other 5 star players on that offense. Come on guys. This is the same as praising Bama’s defense under Pruitt

That was one of their weaker teams. Etienne was a FR, the WRs were Deon Cain, Renfrow, and Ray Ray McCloud I think. None of their OL were NFL players that season.

 

[Mike4Vols]

SIAP ... Prepping us for a hire to get our temperature on this guy? Or a smokescreen for the real hire? Something’s going down...

Report: Tennessee interested in Clemson OC Tony Elliott as head coach

 

[BigSteve09]

Why Matt Campbell likely won't be the Tennessee Vols' next head coach

Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott is one name that’s been mentioned by national writers, but I tend to think that information is coming from Elliott’s agent.

Campbell is a midwest guy. He’s an Ohio native who coached at Bowling Green and Toledo before landing at Iowa State in 2016. Campbell has never coached in the south and has no connections to the SEC. He’s also rebuffed recent overtures from NFL teams that were showing interest.

It’s hard to imagine Campbell passing up opportunities for this long only to take a job at Tennessee.

I think it’s much more likely that Campbell is happy to bide his time at Iowa State until a job like Michigan, Notre Dame, or Ohio State comes open.

Landing Campbell would be a dream for Tennessee — I think he’d have a lot of success on Rocky Top.

Just speculation but interesting point of view

 

[jakez4ut]

Don’t worry, he’s not getting the HC job. It’s just something for people to talk about until the new coach is hired.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I think kiffin is much more of a risk than Elliot. When has he actually shown to be a great head coach?

He hasn't..ever..I will.never understand the pathetic Kiffin lust on here.

 

[Aesius]

eh. could he rattle off 10 straight years like he did at OU? probably not.

but could the guy run a program, well, for 10 years? put together a great staff? recruit? add instant credibility to the brand?

i'd be so excited if it was bob stoops. but yeah, he would check every box, twice. lol. that would be like bringing in Barnes, in basketball. it just fast forwards thru a lot of the "stuff" a new HC or "new to the SEC" coach would have to go thru....

i mean, he'd be perfect. but no way that's happening......

Hiring Stoops would be more like hiring Bill Self after he was away from the game for 3-4 years. Stoops is elite. Won 80% of his games over a nearly 20 year career.

 

[HankHill]

If Frost had went to Florida..he would still be seen as a good head coach.

I agree with you. I think Nebraska is a dead zombie. They just don’t want to admit it.

 

[Ace]

We are following airplanes and DW is in Knoxville talking to players