Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[KPT_VFL]

They gave up like 750 yards in one game, an NCAA record.

And we already did that with a defensive minded coach.

 

[BleedorangeinGA]

That AP update is hilarious. No way it’s actual real information. I mean...

- We know White met in Atlanta with some folks but don’t know who. But names that “pop up” are Sonny Dykes and Elliott. Lol what.

- There were in deep talks with James Franklin but he’s staying at PSU because of locker room upgrades. what?!

- Oh and White better not take Steele for granted because that will hurt his feelings and he’ll go elsewhere.

Is this real life? That has to be 100% made up nonsense. Not a chance AP knows anything relevant to this coaching search.

 

[hotcypress]

Dykes went 8-5 in his best season at Cal. Still had a losing record in conference play. This has to be a joke. It has to be.

 

[BP4Prez]

F it just go with TE and stay off of the Dykes train. We should have known better. I'm still holding out some hope but seriously we have the worst luck.

Think that’s what they are wanting. Getting people on board with Elliot

 

[NoogaVol96]

 

[Boston Vol]

If we go by our insiders and what they have said, that means Dykes would have been one of our top 2 choices and we would have been in talks with him for weeks.

Do we believe that? And where did all the Dykes talk start at?

The first I saw Dykes name mentioned was the article by Brice on Saturday.

 

[KPT_VFL]

I 100% would have given Pruitt another year with a different QB than to hire Sonny Dykes. He’s probably laughing his ass off.

 

[PolkVol]

@Stoerner Fumbles ... your friend still saying hire has been made?

 

[omghulkhands]

Not groundbreaking info, but just got a text from a current player who said the team is still in the dark and doesn’t know who it’ll be. Sounds like we don’t have a hire made yet if they still know nothing.

They find out when we do

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Not hearing anyone complain about Franklin anymore with this scuttlebutt about Dykes.

 

[Jimmy Football]

First, I'm skeptical on all of this. But I will say this - this isn't the way it works. DW does not appear to be the kind of guy that takes a job and then gets pushed around and told not to hire the guy he wants, particularly given his track record. I'd be on a plan back to Orlando to take my old job back and forget the whole thing. (and yes UCF would take him back no questions asked).

He said himself it was all conjecture. I wouldn’t be surprised if conjecture is all we’re getting anywhere, at the moment.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

You can use Fisher as the floor but Freeze isn’t even in the convo. Idk why you guys keep mentioning his name. He isn’t the type of person DW hires.

But somehow Franklin is?

 

[ACvol3]

AV said listen to Low. We did, not what we wanted to hear. AP, not what we want to hear, Feldman, not what we want to hear, Thamle, not what we want to hear, TB is stupid. All of these guys are telling us who the actual candidates are but we don’t want to believe it. It’s Elliot or Dykes and I wouldn’t be surprised if Elliot gets cold feet and it falls to Dykes

What a train wreck that would be... white better pull something out of his a

 

[BP4Prez]

Here is what's going to happen. DW, for whatever stupid reason locks in on Dykes. Plowman and Boyd say hell no. DW resigns. Steele is named interim for 2021 by our interim AD and we are left in here wondering WTF just happened.

You just gave me a bad feeling.

 

[tnmarktx]

I 100% would have given Pruitt another year with a different QB than to hire Sonny Dykes. He’s probably laughing his ass off.

Pruitt's one of the worst HC's in UT history.

 

[snowvols]

If we go by our insiders and what they have said, that means Dykes would have been one of our top 2 choices and we would have been in talks with him for weeks.

Do we believe that? And where did all the Dykes talk start at?

I'm not positive, but I think national guys like Feldman and Thamel have mentioned him from the time White was hired.

 

[pierce60]

The chasm between James Franklin and Sonny Dykes is astounding! Like it’s not even believable that they couldn’t identify ONE sitting HC between those two to be comfortable with???

 

[SpringBokVol]

I really question White if Franklin was his whale. That’s just awful.

 

[VFL28]

Pruitt's one of the worst HC's in UT history.

Bet he would still be a better hire than Dykes.

 

[Face]

James Franklin turning down UT because of locker renovations is the most far fetched thing I’ve ever heard. Complete nonsense and made up

If he turned it down because of upgrades, then yeah. thats dumb. If he leveraged his interview into getting the upgrades he wanted..... that's extremely believable.

 

[KPT_VFL]

Pruitt's one of the worst HC's in UT history.

I don’t care.. we could have fired him next year without ratting on our own program.

 

[SLICKYINC]

If you think this freak out is bad. You should see VQ right now. Epic..

 

[justinvol88]

If it’s truly between Elliott and Dykes. You just overpay and roll the dice with Elliott.

I totally disagree. Not that I’m a fan of Dykes at all but at least with Dykes you’ll have a solid QB and score points. With Elliott there are no guarantees any part of our team would be strong. Much like Pruitt.

If you’re not overly talented, it makes more sense to play to a system and an identity.

 

[Deebowbear]

Latest SF---yuck

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I’m going to give you my best read on this based on a good deal of inference. Im not getting this from my friend or his sources, but I’m connecting dots. I think we made a big offer to Franklin or Campbell last night. I think it got very close, but probably didn’t happen. That deal has been in the works for weeks. I believe it failed due to investigation.

I believe they flew to a neutral location today, met three candidates, and settled on one.

My friend has talked about Elliot and his relationships to players and coaches here since we hired DW. I think DW has a high degree of comfort with him. That said, I think boosters and and chancellor prefer an HC. That may have pushed us to choice 3.

I believe my friend that we have a deal. I believe we missed on 1. I genuinely hope it’s 2, and they bent to let him hire a coordinator. If we get to 3, I don’t like the choice I’ve heard, but they are current HC’s.
This is all conjecture."

Why wouldn’t the coach be able to hire his on staff ,if That’s The case of not hiring your staff e will never get a good coach

 

[Ttucke11]

How are we deciding on Elliot or Dykes when we have the freaking AP coach of the year that would take it before we went to bed?

Dykes over Chadwell is a total UT move. Will confirm everyone up top is a p****.