Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[mr.checkerboards]

I wondered that. Freeze should be the floor. It better be Campbell or better if they’re “working” on something.

Stoops too maybe

 

[vol9799]

Look, people are locked into their narratives and I'm not invested in changing anybody's opinions. Everybody's entitled.

But I'll say this: firing with cause is very difficult and generally neither prudent nor financially advantageous. Fired coaches hire counsel and threaten to sue if terms aren't met. And every major program has things it doesn't want coming out in discovery. Because a fired coach will hold nothing back and may add a few embellishments, after leaking juicy tidbits to the media. And the reality is, when coaches color outside the lines, someone other than the coach knows about it, so you have problems up the chain.

See: Butch Jones.

Programs pay out contracts and have confidentiality agreements, because in a litigious society, it's the practical solution.

So people need to take Don Henley's (Eagles; Hell Freezes Over; Get Over It) advice with regard to lawyers if we want to be able to fire all these clowns for cause?

 

[mr.checkerboards]

So if they're working on something
Meyer. Campbell. Stoops. Briles. Fleck

 

[Kingston Vol]

Urban.

Urban will never, ever take a job that requires this much work.

 

[vol494]

So if they're working on something
Meyer. Campbell. Stoops. Briles. Fleck

Briles and fleck ain’t worth that squeeze. IMO

 

[DustyRockSolid]

I am no prophet. And I certainly am just like the rest of you...I care about all things TN. I’m here to give you hope that there are some folks who are fed up with this administration and staff and that same group is working on trying to put together something where the juice will be worth the squeeze. Very influential folks are involved in this process..you can choose to believe or you can choose not to...that’s up to you.

Will you tell us which coaches would be great hires and which ones YOU would go after? I'm very curious about your opinion on this.

 

[quadlee21]

I assume that was sarcastic considering the guy isn't even rated.

Dude's not rated on 24/7... is he going to be done in 3 months cause he quit once camp starts...I'm confused?

Read his posted note. He says for the next 3 or 4 years. lol its like he knows he is going to make it

 

[05_never_again]

At what point do we stop being a blue blood in football? Over a generation removed from success? I’d say We gettin pretty dang close

IMO, it's when people stop asking "When is Tennessee going to be good again?" Both fans and people outside the program.

We aren't there yet, but are heading in that direction.

 

[justwatch123]

If we get freeze.... next years instate class will be locked down.

This is 10000000x correct

 

[quadlee21]

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MY COACH

 

[Aesius]

Urban will never, ever take a job that requires this much work.

Only way he even considers it is with Saban-level control, and he may get that at a USC type job anyway.

 

[Orange Studs]

I am no prophet. And I certainly am just like the rest of you...I care about all things TN. I’m here to give you hope that there are some folks who are fed up with this administration and staff and that same group is working on trying to put together something where the juice will be worth the squeeze. Very influential folks are involved in this process..you can choose to believe or you can choose not to...that’s up to you.

YES!

 

[Batman1948]

The rock painters are missing the mark imo.

HIRE FREEZE! Should be the next message.

It appears someone does have more paint than the rock painters. Every time they paint Fire Pruitt, it gets painted over . It's kinda funny. I have the live stream of the rock saved on my computer and I watch it all the time now . Right now it looks like a first grade student painted it--front and back

 

[TrippieRedd]

If we get freeze.... next years instate class will be locked down.

we get khristian zachary as well. need a pass rusher lol

 

[revjayp]

I agree, but Freeze would be easy to get if they wanted to go in that direction.

He's not someone you work for like they seem to be hinting is happening.

But the work may not be with Freeze. It may be with Sankey.

 

[Ron Swanson]

I agree, but Freeze would be easy to get if they wanted to go in that direction.

He's not someone you work for like they seem to be hinting is happening.

All that talk is just talk. We all know none of those bigtime pipe dream coaches are coming to UT. Urban, Stoops, etc. Every fanbase thinks they’ll get those guys and they hire guys like Beamer, Napier, Chadwell, or fired retreads. Maybe it’ll happen this time but I’m not buying it. We’ll be lucky just to have Pruitt fired and a guy like Napier when this is all said and done.

Of course we could have Freeze but apparently they won’t hire him.

 

[reeceb73]

Urban will never come back to the SEC. Too challenging and he doesn't need it. I don't think he coaches again, but if he did it would be USC or TX type program. Maybe Notre Dame because it's supposedly his dream job, but I just don't see him on the sidelines again.

 

[DustyRockSolid]

I agree, but Freeze would be easy to get if they wanted to go in that direction.

He's not someone you work for like they seem to be hinting is happening.

They are too good to hire freeze. He will end up in the SEC and dominate us. And I would bet money he never gets in trouble again. We will continue to suck.

 

[HankHill]

But the work may not be with Freeze. It may be with Sankey.

Any coach is going to have to be worked on even if they really want a job. There’s so much more that goes into it. You have to do so much legal digging into the head coach and anyone he even hints at bringing with him, then you have to talk numbers and salary pool, when will they start, NCAA compliance stuff. It’s a process that’s for sure.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

This is amazing news.

 

[BruinVol]

This is amazing news.

Great news

Prayers answered

 

[revjayp]

While we’re casting coaching electoral votes, put me down for Kiffin. We never had swag like he brought and haven’t had any since. I want to be feared. He brings that. Sanctions be damned. Lol.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Urban will never, ever take a job that requires this much work.

It wouldn't really though. His names carries a lot of weight. Win 8 year 1 and he's recruiting top 5 easy. He's in Atlanta no later than year 3

 

[Kingston Vol]

All that talk is just talk. We all know none of those bigtime pipe dream coaches are coming to UT. Urban, Stoops, etc. Every fanbase thinks they’ll get those guys and they hire guys like Beamer, Napier, Chadwell, or fired retreads. Maybe it’ll happen this time but I’m not buying it. We’ll be lucky just to have Pruitt fired and a guy like Napier when this is all said and done.

Of course we could have Freeze but apparently they won’t hire him.

You know I agree with you on this.

I think it goes something like this:
Call Campbell and Fickell, get turned down.

Call Gus, we are a logical fit. If the money is right, we have a deal, in my opinion.

If he wants to take a year off, we drop down to Napier and Chadwell. I would take either of those guys over Pruitt, but I'm not sure the administration would feel the same.

 

[tn88volfan]

Will you tell us which coaches would be great hires and which ones YOU would go after? I'm very curious about your opinion on this.

a good start would be, being able to identify QB1 and QB4