Recruiting Forum: Football Talk XVI

[LaagerVol]

Most have caught on to it. Rip LV and the likes will be plentiful. LOL.

Sad that u actually take pleasure in being "that guy"

 

[LebanonVolunteer]

Maybe Azzani is gone. Durden and Debord (DD's) will be co oc's.

Someone claimed if CZA did not get OC he was gone. Guess we'll see.

 

[orangesoda]

All very fair questions. I'm at a loss right now.

I guess all these guys blowing the phone up to want to coach here was cbj blowing smoke!!! Unreal he hired this guy! Hell maybe we are going back to the pro-style!

 

[InVOLuntary]

David Blackburn is the AD at UTC. Worked in UTK's AD office going back to Fulmer. VFL. Many of us hope he replaces Hart when he moves on or retires. Most likely the info has legs.

Blackburn = Skeeter (according to some)

 

[tim]

Maybe Butch knows more than we do. What in the hell says anyone knows more than Butch regarding the state of UT Vols football?

 

[LebanonVolunteer]

Sad that u actually take pleasure in being "that guy"

I just don't let it bother me.

 

[74volz]

If true with DeBord being hired, then Butch just hammered the first nail in his coffin..

 

[Ttucke11]

And you think recruits will be excited by this?

Why not? Guy who OC'd for Chad Henne and Tom Brady who also has NFL connections sounds alright to me. Especially since most big recruits main goal is the NFL.

 

[CNeagleVolFan]

Has anyone actually officially reported this??

 

[MockingVol]

If Debord was 40 years old with a full head of hair you guys would love his resume.

I wouldn't be ecstatic for two mains reasons:
1. He has no experience coaching this system.
2. He is not a coach that is familiar with the QB position. The last time he had anything to do with QB's was in 85.

Those two factors were what Butch listed as his two most important requirements yet Debord doesn't fill either. The only way this hire would make sense is if Mahoney is let go and we hire a pure QB coach while also making Azzani Co-OC.

 

[rekinhavoc]

Maybe Butch knows more than we do. What in the hell says anyone knows more than Butch regarding the state of UT Vols football?

A lot of posters believe those Holiday Inn Express commercials.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Why not? Guy who OC'd for Chad Henne and Tom Brady who also has NFL connections sounds alright to me. Especially since most big recruits main goal is the NFL.

You think 18 yr old kids care about what a guy did in the 90s?

 

[LebanonVolunteer]

Has anyone actually officially reported this??

VQ has a thread titled where it's confirmed by Basillio. That's money right there. LOL

 

[UTProf]

And you think recruits will be excited by this?

Nick Saban, Steve Spurrier, Gary Pinkel, and Les Miles, to name a few, are all older than him. Even our very own, Steve Stripling is older than him.

 

[jobiwan]

It's Debord, guys. ****.

No offense, easyTD, but you did miss on Sapp last weekend. Appreciate your info, just not panicking yet.

Also, apparently Basilio is reporting similar. So you've got that going against you!

:hi:

 

[InVOLuntary]

If Debord was 40 years old with a full head of hair you guys would love his resume.

If Debord had actually worked in football the last several years I'd be more optimistic.

 

[AF_VOL]

Has anyone actually officially reported this??

Nope...not sure if EZ is just reporting what is being said in the FF.

 

[TNrockytop4ever]

Not that I doubt you Eazy, but I definitely think this process should've lasted longer than just 2 days. Surely they would've interviewed 10 people or so.

 

[BigZiti09]

VQ has a thread titled where it's confirmed by Basillio. That's money right there. LOL

Yet I've seen nothing from Basilio on Twitter. Nobody gets more crap thrown at him than Basilio.

 

[jobiwan]

If true, however,

 

[UTProf]

All very fair questions. I'm at a loss right now.

Where did you hear he'd been hired anyway?

 

[Ttucke11]

You think 18 yr old kids care about what a guy did in the 90s?

Well he coached in the NFL in 2012 so...did you just miss my point or?

 

[jspvol76]

How long did it take CBJ to make his last hire?

 

[CNeagleVolFan]

VQ has a thread titled where it's confirmed by Basillio. That's money right there. LOL

Oh ok.. We'll see how this goes. I do like the idea of DeBord and durden as co-offensive cooridators. But I guess its just DeBord.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Nick Saban, Steve Spurrier, Gary Pinkel, and Les Miles, to name a few, are all older than him. Even our very own, Steve Stripling is older than him.

Delusional if you think recruits will be excited ab this.