We have found our coach

#26
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I thought it was an underwhelming gamble. Would have preferred a more polished HC resume at the time. Now, I think we got the right one and I think Danny White needs a big raise.

Tennessee are real championship contenders in the bug three sports.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
Definitely. There was never any "Year Zero" crap. He didn't disparage what he inherited or downplay expectations.
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At the beginning of the game he said something along the lines of he wanted the team to keep going after Bama, and they did. No one gave up on there and now they reap the rewards of their effort.
 
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For the first time in a while I think everyone has to be on board the train. CJH has not only erased all doubt but set minds at ease that we can get behind our coach once again with the faith that he will lead us to glory.
 
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We MAY have found the right coach. Still waay early to tell but it seems likely we have. This has a lot feelings like our 1st 9-3 season under Butch Jones. Lots of exuberance then but the following year we went 9-3 and the wheels had fallen off and we all knew Jones was done on The Hill. Let's get a 3rd year under our belt before we talk extension but throw cash at the staff for now, no doubt.
 
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Remy said:
We MAY have found the right coach. Still waay early to tell but it seems likely we have. This has a lot feelings like our 1st 9-3 season under Butch Jones. Lots of exuberance then but the following year we went 9-3 and the wheels had fallen off and we all knew Jones was done on The Hill. Let's get a 3rd year under our belt before we talk extension but throw cash at the staff for now, no doubt.
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Lmao you are a troll 😂😂😂
 
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grandjason said:
Top half? We need to pay Heupel a minimum of 8 mil per year? TN needs to show him and the coaching staff that we want him in KNOXVILLE!
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This. He also needs all the resources needed to compete with Bama, Clemson, Ohio St., & Georgia. Time to get serious.
 
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Remy said:
We MAY have found the right coach. Still waay early to tell but it seems likely we have. This has a lot feelings like our 1st 9-3 season under Butch Jones. Lots of exuberance then but the following year we went 9-3 and the wheels had fallen off and we all knew Jones was done on The Hill. Let's get a 3rd year under our belt before we talk extension but throw cash at the staff for now, no doubt.
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For one thing, Butch Jones never had a 9-3 regular season. He had two 8-4 regular seasons which both ended with Bowl victories.

For another thing, this season is nothing like 2015. Heupel isn't just teasing with close losses.
 
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grandjason said:
Top half? We need to pay Heupel a minimum of 8 mil per year? TN needs to show him and the coaching staff that we want him in KNOXVILLE!
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We'll have to pay him more than anyone else is willing to and I think we will. There will be AD's enquiries from schools looking for a change and expect Oklahoma to be one of them maybe not after this season, but in the near future unless Venables turns it around quickly.
 
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#39
Just the licensing fee from the merch sales the rest of the season should cover any salary increase easily
 
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Cannot possibly overstate the quantum leap that has been made by this program under Josh Heupel. There’s not many coaching jobs I can recall where a coach has resurrected a program that was as far down as Tennessee inside of two years. Completely incredible job.
 
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Remy said:
We MAY have found the right coach. Still waay early to tell but it seems likely we have. This has a lot feelings like our 1st 9-3 season under Butch Jones. Lots of exuberance then but the following year we went 9-3 and the wheels had fallen off and we all knew Jones was done on The Hill. Let's get a 3rd year under our belt before we talk extension but throw cash at the staff for now, no doubt.
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While I understand your BVS caused skepticism, this is nothing like the 9-3 season under Butch.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
We now have, despite not being as deep talent wise (yet!) As Bama and UGA, a true DREADNOUGHT football program. Dreadnought literally translates to: Fears Nothing! That is where we are. Already.

Those ships in WW1 built with the biggest guns and best armor the world had ever seen were Dreadnoughts. They feared nothing because they KNEW they could beat anything in front of them. Coach Hype has miraculously turned this program around faster than any that I have ever seen?!!!

Pay this man. He deserves to be top 3 in the SEC paid because we have at LEAST a top 3 program and the monster in UT is steadily growing... GO VOLS. WIN THEM ALL!!! 1 GAME AT A TIME.
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HE NEEDS A RAISE NOW, AND HIS ASST COACHES TOO
 
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Gandalf said:
Whatever anyone thought of this coaching hire 18 months ago, it doesnt matter now. CJH has got to be one hell of a coach for the future of TN.

For him to take the WORST team in all of UT's history (W/L wise) with an active NCAA investigation and turn them into a team that is 6-0 right now and if there is any justice would be ranked #1 tomorrow is beyond storybook.

I mean we were basically team from The Replacements

For this team to do what they have done, with the close games - pulling each one out, even when it looked like it was OVER, TIME AND TIME AGAIN. I mean you have to build HEART in a team.

Sure, we have Hooker - but the reason Hooker is in the running for the Heisman right now is because Heupel coached him to become what he now is. I is RAL COACHING AND LEADERSHIP that has made the difference.

Is the uptempo offense we run just a gimmick? Maybe you could say that last year but not when teams KNOW it is coming and STILL can't do anything about it. We just hung more points on Nick Saban's toothless bubbas than anyone since 1907. A frikken HUNDRED YEARS. Let that sink in a minute. And without our #1 receiver! And beat them in spite of going against a Heisman winning QB, who looked like Nick had been feeding him roids and resting him for this very game.

Nothing fluke about winning against 4 ranked teams out of 6 games and one as undefeated #3. This is not the 5-0 start and then flame out of years gone by.

No, no matter what happens the rest of the season, this is definitely something more than luck. There are still tough teams ahead, Georgia will be a hard nut to crack but you know that the chill of fear going down their spine will be real. We can't sleep on KY or anyone else either and throw away a game.

Yet whether or not we take the throne this year, know that we are witnessing the birth of a new dynasty. The creation of a legend. We are not yet who we will become with another year or so of recruiting, with well coached talent stacked so deep that when one goes down or onward, an even more ferocious competitor rises in their place. When teams like Wildcats fawn over us like kittens, the middle tier scurries like children to hide under their bed covers and even the doughty quail with fear at the mention of Tennessee. When entering Neyland's inferno causes even the mighty to abandon all hope.

So remember this moment, that you witnessed it. To tell your children and theirs that you were here to see its beginning and to watch the glories that are yet to come. To take our rightful place again on top of mount Olympus as King of the CFB Mountain.

VOLNATION WE RISE!
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My big concern everyone talking about give CJH a raise as they should but don’t see hardly anyone talk about all the other coaches who should get serious raises.

Some of these kids and groups have made serious improvements and there is some other coaches that need love. Anyone remember talking about terrible OL and DL play, seems vastly improved this year.

Pay all the coaches who deserve a raise. CJH doesn’t do it alone. I bet Rodney wants to retire here….
 
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