Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[buffaloblue]

42 years old, proven offensive coach with current head coaching experience.

Maybe the unpopular hire is the right hire.

I will give him a chance and at a minimum our offenses should be incredible to watch.

What’s done is done and it’s only fair to support him or we will just make his job more difficult.

 

[KeepinUpWithJones]

I'll support him if he's the guy, but how do you hire him with Herman sitting out there with no buyout.

Herman’s got baggage

 

[VolInDayton]

too bad there's a defense part of the game too... where does their defense rank?

It's the downfall of teams that pass it over 50 times a game.

 

[Rishvol]

I wonder how much "it's a rehire of his old coach after being a coaching search firm" is making this seem worse than it is?

That's the biggest (and probably only if I'm being honest) complaint that I have about this hire

 

[RyanWalkerPGH]

This was the pool of candidates and AV was touting "FU money" the only one worth that kind of money was Franklin. God almighty he bamboozled everyone yet again.

 

[TrippieRedd]

Wonder how Atlanta Vol is going to spin this

That they hired their white whale and tell all of us to quit bitching when in reality they hired some clearance sale coach

 

[volinbama256]

@HankHill

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

After sleeping on it, this hire is better on paper than I expected at the beginning of the search.

Heupel is boring and not much fun to look at, but I watched some interviews last night and he seems personable.

We will score points - that will make us competitive. I’m going to need to see the staff and I’m really hoping he puts an emphasis on in-state recruiters.

He needs to keep Jay

 

[TrippieRedd]

This was the pool of candidates and AV was touting "FU money" the only one worth that kind of money was Franklin. God almighty he bamboozled everyone yet again.

Yup

 

[JCP201]

"Hire a top notch OC, that's all Pruitt needs"

To be Fair, before he was hired in our last wonderful search, we had been talking about Pruitt's problems with temper --and who can't get along with Mark Richt? Apparently, Pruitt couldn't.

 

[Ace]

Thamel has said it. They’re talking it on Nashville radio. Heupel is the hire.

1. Like it or not, we had rumors and leaks that White fished in bigger waters and didn’t get a bite. I believe it. I believe the NCAA stuff + how our administration nuked Pruitt scared off almost everyone.

2. Remind yourself, there are more than 1 coach who can improve and win at TN. Heupel was NONE of our candidate du jours on VN, but there is a path to him winning here. Whether he finds it or not, time will tell.

3. White is not just here to make this one hire. He is here to clean up a PUTRID culture across the board with UT athletics. For all the “Fulmer could have made this hire” talk, you are really missing the big picture of what White is tasked with. It will be a process. This hire is not an indictment on his future effectiveness. It was him playing the hand he was dealt. An awful hand.

4. We will score a lot of points, which means you always have a shot.

5. At this point, every player / coach who stays in this mess and who chooses to come to this mess deserves our deepest appreciation and loyalty. Put your big boy/girl pants on, suck it up, remember what it means to be a Tennessean and a Volunteer, and rally.

Pruitt nuked himself.

 

[eVOLve]

Wonder how Atlanta Vol is going to spin this

I always fall for it. He’ll get us hyped for a coach/payer and then we get the rug pulled out from under us.

 

[gardners_51609]

I am excited to see the staff. Our last coaches had trouble succeeding and one of the big reasons was they wouldn’t let their coaches do their job. Get good coaches, cast a vision and then get out of the way and let them do their job.

 

[Smokey123]

He wasn’t the head coach.

He was the OC....

 

[Nashvegas31]

Wonder how Atlanta Vol is going to spin this

He probably can’t. He went too far over the moon and crashed.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

iM oVeR tHe MoOn!!!

 

[Ericvol2096]

Biggest Quote from Pete Thamel.


Fn Gump. What a b*tch.

Great job @Atlanta VOL hope your happy

 

[Geronimo]

I’d say I’ll see y’all again for this in 3 years but they’ve probably had to guarantee 5 bc of the sanctions. I hope I’m wrong, but I’m physically sick.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Cough cough.

We actually have a coach who can use this talent now. First time in 14 years

 

[WebbCobb]

He’s a better candidate than Pruitt was but, once again, the process leads to disappointment. After interviewing candidates new to White, he quickly moves to hire his most recent HC. It looks like he couldn’t get anyone so he made the quickest hire he could. Had he done this right away, it looks like a plan. Right now, it looks like desperation

 

[5FingerVolPunch]

This was the pool of candidates and AV was touting "FU money" the only one worth that kind of money was Franklin. God almighty he bamboozled everyone yet again.

Really looks like White didn't even look at anyone unless he was already familiar with them. That's lazy as ****

 

[mthomp88]

He probably can’t. He went too far over the moon and crashed.

Volzown as well

 

[84Volfan]

This seems like an elaborate scheme by DW to boost UCF at the expense of Tennessee. We've been sold

 

[Power T-Rev]

That they hired their white whale and tell all of us to quit bitching when in reality they hired some clearance sale coach

We were shopping at the thrift shop for coaches. Can't really blame White, though. Fulmer and Pruitt tanked this program pretty bad

 

[mthomp88]

You guys will love the hire
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