Recruiting Forum Football Talk XLVII

[drylo]

If we're going to pay $8M, is Gundy really the best guy to offer? That's game-changing money.

Agree, but baby steps.

 

[HankHill]

Not a fan at all of gundy. 45-42 games don't work in the SEC but under the circumstances you have to be excited about this.

Eh sec isn’t the 3 yards and a cloud of dust conference it was 8 years ago. Prettt much everyone runs some variation of the spread and goes up tempo at times.

 

[snowvols]

It appears the buyout is only $3 million

Termination by Gundy (without permission): Gundy will pay OSU $3 million in liquidated damages. The buyout will be reduced by $1 million if the contract is not automatically extended, but will increase back to $3 million if the term is later extended back to five years.

 

[volssam]

Worked out well for the last Oklahoma State coach to go to the SEC

Do it ! Let's go!


I would like to know if 8.4 a year could get Petersen to come first though.

 

[Specs]

>$8mil...fml

think of where we could be if we just started here

Hell, who could $8mil buy as of this writing?

 

[unioncityvol]

Gundy is an A+ home run guys

 

[LA Vol]

We don’t have a choice now. If we’re wanting established successful coach.

Petersen? Patterson? Fisher? Shaw?

Don't get me wrong-- we'd be lucky to get him. But $8M buys a lot of luck.

 

[volsfan_17]

I'm no insider on the coaching front by any means. However, my brother was a GA under Gundy for 2 years. Dez Bryants sophomore and junior seasons.

I visited a couple of times and will tell you that of Gundy can do what he's done in Stillwater, then he could absolutely do it here. Stillwater is a cool small town about an hour outside of OKC. Not a whole lot there at all. If he can get guys there and have success, then I believe with the resources here he would be a home run hire.

Only met him once on my visit, but between my interaction and my brothers time there, not a bad word was mentioned of him.

Mind you, because he's been so loyal to OK state, t Boone has paid him like a mid level coach. There's tension there.

Plus OKC is nothing to write home about either, IMO.

 

[Dust10]

Not a fan at all of gundy. 45-42 games don't work in the SEC but under the circumstances you have to be excited about this.

They work if you're the team that scores 45.

 

[Z06VolinWV]

So we will pay Gundy 8+, but won't pay Campbell's buyout, or outbid UF for Mullen? I call BS!
Throw 8 plus at Peterson if that's the case!!

 

[Aesius]

Could see Gundy feeling like he's capped out at OSU. Can't beat OU consistently even when they get a new coach. Always little brother in the state.

Ziti, does the man need to reset his clock? I say yes.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

[twitter]https://twitter.com/Kieran_Steckley/status/935542757711638530[/twitter]

If this is true then Currie/Haslam are no longer in charge of this search imo

 

[StoVol]

We all are man. It’s all good.

No excuse, I normally remain poised when other people freak out but I’m like Jesus watching the money exchangers in the Temple right now.

 

[pierce60]

I will begin to get somewhat excited about Gundy when national guys (i.e. Feldman) start really talking about this.

 

[drvenner]

If that rumored offer is true, Mike Gundy is the next head football coach at Tennessee.

Yep. And we will be supremely criticized for over-paying for him. They will probably claim we are going to bankrupt other teams' ADs because they will not be able to afford to keep up in the burgeoning market. Then, they will say it's our fault that ticket prices will increase, blame us for the impending ESPN bankruptcy, and too many players having CTE.

 

[BigZiti09]

Could see Gundy feeling like he's capped out at OSU. Can't beat OU consistently even when they get a new coach. Always little brother in the state.

Ziti, does the man need to reset his clock? I say yes.

He absolutely does.

 

[Aesius]

Yep. And we will be supremely criticized for over-paying for him. They will probably claim we are going to bankrupt other teams' ADs because they will not be able to afford to keep up in the burgeoning market. Then, they will say it's our fault that ticket prices will increase, blame us for the impending ESPN bankruptcy, and too many players having CTE.

Bob Ley will have a groundbreaking Outside the Lines report on why the Tennessee Volunteers have ruined college football.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

Currie about to redeem himself to me. Get it done John!!

Currie is dead to me regardless.

 

[drvenner]

If Gundy is named coach, first round of SHOTS are on me!!!

Just name the time and place.

 

[AAVFL]

I will begin to get somewhat excited about Gundy when national guys (i.e. Feldman) start really talking about this.

Agreed, or Hubbs says something like the talks with Gundy has intensified or is heating up.

 

[Jimmy Football]

If this is true then Currie/Haslam are no longer in charge of this search imo

I don't know. Anti-Haslam sentiment is growing quickly. It's out there now more than it has ever been.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

If we hire Gundy, Volnation are the heroes. We stopped the garbage that would have been Schiano and demanded better. If we land him, we got better.

Volnation are the heroes, not Currie

 

[Vols2DaWall]

Gundy would be quite the upgrade from Schiano. Could he recruit here?

 

[Aesius]

It will be the gut punch of all gut punches if he turns us down. And it would be so, so Tennessee.

 

[BigZiti09]

No excuse, I normally remain poised when other people freak out but I’m like Jesus watching the money exchangers in the Temple right now.

Dude I am posting “burn baby burn” in regards to our athletic department. I think it’s driving everyone mad.

Besides, I make people mad here on the reg. Don’t mean to but it just happens. All good.