Recruiting Forum Football Talk XXXI

[drvenner]

Oh, I thought the Chiefs were in the AFC also.:loco:

But they lost. So, they can't play anymore. The Steelers are the lesser evil between them and the Patriots. Thus, I will root for the Steelers against the Patriots.

 

[Specs]

Man this whole deal has been very discouraging. Always joked about our lack of leadership, but all this is exposing how bad it really is.

Almost feels hopeless

 

[DedicatedVol]

SIAP...Vols looking at UNC's DB's coach.

https://www.seccountry.com/tennessee/tennessee-football-secondary-coach-2017-warren

 

[BleedorangeinGA]

Wow Fulmer straight snatching Blackburns dream job like he did majors? Oh well i love Fulmer so wouldn't hate that move at all

On the bright side, we had a nice run the last time he did that. Just saying.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md9MJ0ARD3U[/youtube]

 

[Darth_Shiveman]

SIAP...Vols looking at UNC's DB's coach.

https://www.seccountry.com/tennessee/tennessee-football-secondary-coach-2017-warren

Might even be a better hire than Barlow.


Really like the guys we're pursuing on defense.

 

[AV_12]

Looks like Blackburn deleted the tweet lol

 

[Kingston Vol]

I wonder if Dave Blackburn knows he's the second coming of our savior.

 

[AV_12]

SIAP...Vols looking at UNC's DB's coach.

https://www.seccountry.com/tennessee/tennessee-football-secondary-coach-2017-warren

We need this guy

 

[drvenner]

I wonder if Dave Blackburn knows he's the second coming of our savior.

Is there someone else you think would be better to lead our AD right now?

 

[Vfl2407]

How many teams do you watch and see the secondary do these AMAZING things:
Run along in stride with the receiver.
Take the proper angle to be able to see the ball and/or turn to look for the ball at the proper time.
Jump, when needed, to find the ball at its apex.
Play the ball and receiver without committing a penalty.

I guess these are not easy things to teach.
But, wouldn't it be great if we found somebody who could.

 

[WallyBalls]

Cannot gives this enough LIKES!!!!!!

Meh. "Firing our best basketball coach ever" pretty well disqualified it.

 

[Kingston Vol]

Is there someone else you think would be better to lead our AD right now?

I like Blackburn, don't get my wrong. Think he would be a good fit.

But I also am willing to bet there are AD's with stronger resumes out there that we should take a look at.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

How many teams do you watch and see the secondary do these AMAZING things:
Run along in stride with the receiver.
Take the proper angle to be able to see the ball and/or turn to look for the ball at the proper time.
Jump, when needed, to find the ball at its apex.
Play the ball and receiver without committing a penalty.

I guess these are not easy things to teach.
But, wouldn't it be great if we found somebody who could.

So true

And UT has had garbage DB play for years now.

 

[BigZiti09]

I like Blackburn, don't get my wrong. Think he would be a good fit.

But I also am willing to bet there are AD's with stronger resumes out there that we should take a look at.

If you want someone who understands this program, this conference, what it takes to win and has a proven track record and loves Tennessee and wants to win big then Dave Blackburn is the hire.

If you want a resume builder then I'm sure we can find someone who has a better sheet of paper they can stick on the chancellor lady's desk.

 

[drvenner]

Meh. "Firing our best basketball coach ever" pretty well disqualified it.

I think that you would be hard-pressed to argue anyone was better than Pearl. Mears had his moments and did a great job, but he did not accomplish nearly as much in the post-season as Pearl.

 

[drvenner]

I like Blackburn, don't get my wrong. Think he would be a good fit.

But I also am willing to bet there are AD's with stronger resumes out there that we should take a look at.

There are certainly other viable candidates. I think the reason most of us are upset is that we have had a very good candidate ready for months and are still dragging our feet and are no closer to hiring an AD than we were when Hart resigned.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

Just went to the FF to read the fulmer thread.. interesting. LWS saying there is a lot of fire behind that smoke.

 

[BigZiti09]

We graduate thousands of people every year and we can't find one person from UT to lead us.

Pathetic.

 

[volatil]

There are certainly other viable candidates. I think the reason most of us are upset is that we have had a very good candidate ready for months and are still dragging our feet and are no closer to hiring an AD than we were when Hart resigned.

Timing of the University President change and AD change has slowed the process. Typical UT timing

 

[WallyBalls]

I think that you would be hard-pressed to argue anyone was better than Pearl. Mears had his moments and did a great job, but he did not accomplish nearly as much in the post-season as Pearl.

I won't dispute his results at all.

I was speaking more towards this narrative some people have that Pearl was unjustly fired, as if UT had any other choice. It was a ridiculous cluster, but ultimately Bruce did Bruce.

Now that guys like Pancratz, Brian Rice and other people that were within the program at that time are starting to admit that, it's becoming more clear to me that it was never going to end well.

 

[jave36]

We graduate thousands of people every year and we can't find one person from UT to lead us.

Pathetic.

I don't see why we need an alum, you narrow your talent pool by about 10000% if that's the criteria

 

[jave36]

I won't dispute his results at all.

I was speaking more towards this narrative some people have that Pearl was unjustly fired, as if UT had any other choice. It was a ridiculous cluster, but ultimately Bruce did Bruce.

Now that guys like Pancratz, Brian Rice and other people that were within the program at that time are starting to admit that, it's becoming more clear to me that it was never going to end well.

If UT had gotten behind Bruce instead of throwing him to the wolves, it could have gone differently

 

[BigZiti09]

I don't see why we need an alum, you narrow your talent pool by about 10000% if that's the criteria

Because we need someone who cares about UT and about winning. Not someone who cares about building a resume or worrying about the bottom line.

We are in the mess we are in now because we have too many people who are interested in egos and agendas and not about what really matters....winning.

 

[volatil]

If UT had gotten behind Bruce instead of throwing him to the wolves, it could have gone differently

Bruce had a weekly segment on 104.5 during his purgatory years. He said Hamilton hung him out to dry and didn't defend him one bit. Said he was shocked.