Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[KB5252]

Let me first start by saying I like many of you feel underwhelmed. While I always knew this was a tough sell to the right coaches, I held out hope that a new AD could shift the perception enough to land a quality head coach.

I think it's obvious to anyone with any awareness we struck out on quite a few candidates before landing where we did. I'll give White credit, he kept the misses discreet and it out the public eye as well as anyone could.

We must take a deep breath push past the initial disappointment, and get behind the hire. He is signing on to a very difficult situation many others didn't want. I hope he can keep what team we have together and close with a few of the instate kids this cycle. We have to pull in the same direction, get on or get out of the way. It's the direction we're going like it or not

 

[Smokeyshowl66]

Still don’t like how this looks for DW, DP & RB. Also have serious questions about JH and his ability to recruit in the SEC. But IF the coaching staff is credible and experienced, this will be much better than Pruitt. Just not what I expected. And it’s going to be a really hard sell from the top given the expectations they set. Their credibility is shot.

And if this is all misdirection, I’ll take all of this back. LOL

 

[ACvol3]

No. They scored less points the last 3 years than they did the year before Frost left.

They also went from 13 wins to 6

I think I just read he’s been too 6 in the nation in scoring the last 3 seasons. If that’s true, it’s pretty amazing... especially paired with what he did at mizzou

 

[yabo]

This is part of my problem as well, we were promised the moon and we didn't even land in outer space.

We didn’t even get off the launch pad

 

[VolInDayton]

Terrible take. They lost by a combined 12 pts in 3 of their 4 losses

Great moral victory.

 

[Jackcrevol]

They are going to love him when they run Sonny Dykes up to the podium.

Tennessee football will continue to be ****ed until Haslam's are out.

 

[volinbama256]

Oh so we were gonna hire someone with head coaching experience and success in the SEC?

folks comparing his success in a B-C conference --- Power 5 would make more sense.

 

[orangerush]

No way DW came here to hire a coach he’s hired once.

Double dipping should be illegal.

 

[TNDCVol]

I wouldn’t be so angry if we didn’t have someone sayin his dreams were coming true by turning in violations to get rid of Fulmer/Pruitt and that’s it’s all part of the master plan. Then we hear it’s all going as planned we have been working this for weeks prior and don’t worry guys I’m over the moon. Blank check homies money never an issue again. Like we are about to announce King Kong and then we got a chimpanzee instead.

Otherwise I would be the optimist that pairing Heupel and Steele might actually work. Inwouldnt even have been as mad if we paid buyout then hired him. Instead I feel duped and really upset we screwed ourselves with NCAA by being snitches

Like I said earlier, the expectations that got laid out really set us up for a huge letdown.

 

[RyanWalkerPGH]

Basilio and Jon Reed are both unhinged on their basketball postgame shows

 

[Brick_By_Brick]

Wow, all this drama over an unverified AP tweet.

I DGAF who we hire so long he gets us back to winning.

 

[Outofmyvolcanmind]

guy looks like a tool

He is a great OC................ but that's where it begins and ends............ Not the face of UT football... LMAO

How do you look?

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Already, some of you are talking yourselves into Heupel being a great hire just like you did with Pruitt.

We could have hired a crappy AD and he could have made the same hire but for less money.

Hilarious.

 

[ACvol3]

Still don’t like how this looks for DW, DP & RB. Also have serious questions about JH and his ability to recruit in the SEC. But IF the coaching staff is credible and experienced, this will be much better than Pruitt. Just not what I expected. And it’s going to be a really hard sell from the top given the expectations they set. Their credibility is shot.

And if this is all misdirection, I’ll take all of this back. LOL

I’m glad we will finally be able to put up points. Our lack of offense the past few years has been unbearable

 

[Orange Studs]

I wouldn’t be so angry if we didn’t have someone sayin his dreams were coming true by turning in violations to get rid of Fulmer/Pruitt and that’s it’s all part of the master plan. Then we hear it’s all going as planned we have been working this for weeks prior and don’t worry guys I’m over the moon. Blank check homies money never an issue again. Like we are about to announce King Kong and then we got a chimpanzee instead.

Otherwise I would be the optimist that pairing Heupel and Steele might actually work. Inwouldnt even have been as mad if we paid buyout then hired him. Instead I feel duped and really upset we screwed ourselves with NCAA by being snitches

Yeah we were lead to believe that we were going to "swing for the fences" "money isn't a issue." We are all waiting on a big hire and then we fined out that we get a coach from UCF and pay for his buy 4 mil buy out. Now we will be stuck with him for 5 yrs. So disappointing, Such a let down.

 

[InstrumentalVol]

Not completely buying until it comes from somewhere besides Volquest.

It has come from numerous outlets at this point. Ryan Callahan just pretty much confirmed it as well.

"I'm not prepared to say that UCF coach Josh Heupel will be hired as Tennessee's next football coach, but I feel pretty confident in saying he is the leading candidate for the job, based on everything I've heard so far tonight. New Tennessee AD Danny White has apparently had smoke screens in some of his searches in the past, so I guess we can't rule out anything just yet. But I think this is legitimate, and right now everything is trending toward Heupel being the hire."

 

[aRmo]

Great moral victory.

Keep them comin scooby

 

[DustyRockSolid]

Uncle Lou saying what most of us are. Bad hire. His team is getting worse each year. Perfect fit for Tennessee.

 

[KPT_VFL]

"Everything is trending towards Huepul being the hire" - Ryan Callahan 247

Its over. Start looking to staff yall

Welp. Played again.

 

[VOLCLASSOF2014]

I usually agree with most of you all, but I’m actually pretty surprised at the majority response to Heupel. Especially with Lebby and Steele/Odom possibility... that would be more than just ok. That would be a great combo. Plus Heupel has been in the SEC before and did very well at Missouri. He’s not the sexy name but I’d about guarantee he’d have us back in the top half of the SEC again if not better with his ability to put points on the board. It’s like Kiffin without the baggage.

 

[VFL28]

Already, some of you are talking yourselves into Heupel being a great hire just like you did with Pruitt.

We could have hired a crappy AD and he could have made the same hire but for less money.

Hilarious.

We could have kept Fulmer and gotten the same result.

 

[BearCat204]

Terrible take. They lost by a combined 12 pts in 3 of their 4 losses

Not to mention they had 10 opt outs for the season including 3 starters and 4 #2's

 

[BP4Prez]

folks comparing his success in a B-C conference --- Power 5 would make more sense.

So who you got that was a realistic candidate? That was power 5?

 

[BleedorangeinGA]

I wouldn’t be so angry if we didn’t have someone sayin his dreams were coming true by turning in violations to get rid of Fulmer/Pruitt and that’s it’s all part of the master plan. Then we hear it’s all going as planned we have been working this for weeks prior and don’t worry guys I’m over the moon. Blank check homies money never an issue again. Like we are about to announce King Kong and then we got a chimpanzee instead.

Otherwise I would be the optimist that pairing Heupel and Steele might actually work. Inwouldnt even have been as mad if we paid buyout then hired him. Instead I feel duped and really upset we screwed ourselves with NCAA by being snitches

For as much grief as Bruin gets, if this holds up he has been feeling this way since early December.

 

[Ttucke11]

We can? Who? They’re not hiring Kiffin or Freeze. Forget them.

They offered Franklin 8 mil a year!! 8 mil! He said no. Fickell and Campbell wouldn’t even answer the phone! Gus told us not to bother calling him.

Maybe Chadwell is better, idk, but for some reason our AD doesn’t believe in him.

Well that’s the problem right? Won’t give Freeze or Kiffin a chance. They are objectively more experienced and more than likely better coaches. Now he has good reasons not to hire them, but to say better coaches wouldn’t take the job isn’t true.