When Peyton retires

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SaintLouisVol said:
So, if he does play five more and is able to string together a "mini dynasty" with the Broncos - say 2-3 SB appearances with a win or two, is he still remembered as a Colt?
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Interesting scenario.

Indy will retire his number no matter what. If he wins multiple SBs at Denver they will too. He will be remembered as the guy that won in two places which is unheard of. Kurt Warner came close. Hope Manning pulls it off.

I'm also hoping he get his single season TD record back this year. Perhaps puts it out if reach for a while too.
 
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I dont think he takes a coaching gig, but somebody with his competitive fire doesnt just go home and watch games on the weekend either. He will pass on what he has in some fashion, even if he just becomes an offseason QB guru. Although I would love to see him build an offensive system that is teachable and put that into action somewhere. People would REALLY be calling that Oregon offense a gimmick then.
 
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Burhead said:
You really think he'll be playing into his 40s? More likely one or two more seasons at best.
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If he is still playing at a high level why would he retire? There is no magic # on age that says he has to step away. It's about what his body is capable of.
 
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I would be shocked if Peyton wanted to coach in college. He is such a perfectionist that he would be miserable and stressed out all of the time. I'm sure he will spend his retirement days with his kids and doing broadcasting. He's a can't lose prospect on TV.
 
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#27VFL said:
Give Peyton a Super Bowl run this year and I think he will contemplate retirement. If not then he is still only a few good years left. Like most I believe that he can and will join the Vols staff as a OC, QB coach, or even head coach if he wanted. Watching Peyton dissect other NFL teams within a few minutes while on the sideline is amazing. Also, Peyton has the ability to coach receivers, running backs, and even linemen to understand and perform well in his offensive system.... I'm pretty sure also that we would annually have the #1 QB in the country begging to play for Peyton.

Gotta dream big!
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Step away from the bong.
 
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Originally Posted by Special Ed View Post
Who's the last great quarterback who morphed into a great coach? I can't think of any off the top of my head and I don't have time to research it.


Eddie Vol Halen said:
Harbaugh.
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Harbaugh was never a great qb . A tough and gritty competitor but not a great qb
 
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He'll have his choice of Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, ESPN, NFL Network whenever he decides to work after retiring.
 
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#1DicksonVolFan said:
Maybe you should give up sniffing glue.
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Funny, but don't bash the guy for dreaming big. At the end of the day, we all want a legacy at Tennessee that is rivaled by no other school. If a fan can't agree with that, then they need to jump on the bandwagon of some other team.
 
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If I remember right, someone once asked Carlton Fisk why he never got into coaching and he said something like, " Every day I gave the game 110%. I don't think it would be healthy for me, or the team, to be in charge of players that did not feel the same way."

I think coaching would drive him crazy when the players did not put in the same effort that he expected of himself.
 
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JimVol said:
I think when Peyton retires, if he wants to still be involved in football that he joins the likes of Gruden, Sapp, and Warner....

TV commentator...

Otherwise, he will probably just be a dad and a pizza man for a while.
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This. Why in the world would he come back here to coach? To listen to the same abuse some of these posters are heaping on a FIRST YEAR head coach that inherited almost no talent and a losers mentality from the past few years? He'll be doing an NFL show on Sunday afternoons.
 
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Peyton loves football, but he has ALWAYS said his PASSION since being a little boy listening to Ole Sis tapes is COLLEGE FOOTBALL!

I certainly don't understand the crowd who thinks he won't coach somewhere...and he has said repeatedly that he recruits for ONLY ONE college team--THE BIG ORANGE!

I honestly believe he will be closely involved with UT football after his retirement from the NFL...and certainly believe he would enjoy being an OC at Tennessee...don't know when, but really HOPE he does come to UT as an OC...He would instantly be the BEST RECRUITER in the country! GO VOLS!

And He has said recently said that he won't be playing in the NFL 5 yrs from now.

:salute:
 
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#27VFL said:
Give Peyton a Super Bowl run this year and I think he will contemplate retirement. If not then he is still only a few good years left. Like most I believe that he can and will join the Vols staff as a OC, QB coach, or even head coach if he wanted. Watching Peyton dissect other NFL teams within a few minutes while on the sideline is amazing. Also, Peyton has the ability to coach receivers, running backs, and even linemen to understand and perform well in his offensive system.... I'm pretty sure also that we would annually have the #1 QB in the country begging to play for Peyton.

Gotta dream big!
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Hell to the No!!!! You are asking the smartest football player alive to do two things. Either smarten a bunch of 18-19 year olds up beyond their age or for Peyton to dumb himself down. This would be a horrible mistake. Peyton just needs to keep giving UT his cash and helping out on the recruiting trail.
 
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Special Ed said:
Who's the last great quarterback who morphed into a great coach? I can't think of any off the top of my head and I don't have time to research it.
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Spurrier--heisman trophy winner, NC winner as coach...
Harbaugh wasn't a great QB, but had a career QB rating of almost 78--that's pretty good.

That ex-UCLA QB did a pretty good job for a while in college FB...Neuheisel...he wasn't GREAT, but did a good job....

That's just off the top of my head....

Sam Wyche wasn't a great QB, but was a great HC and led his Bengals to the SB and almost beat the 49ers...

Gary Kubiak of the Houston Texans wasn't a great QB, but is a good coach....

But, your point is certainly valid--there aren't very many GREAT QBs who become coaches...

But, Peyton has always been outside of what's considered normal and average....:salute:
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Hell to the No!!!! You are asking the smartest football player alive to do two things. Either smarten a bunch of 18-19 year olds up beyond their age or for Peyton to dumb himself down. This would be a horrible mistake. Peyton just needs to keep giving UT his cash and helping out on the recruiting trail.
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You know--please stop and think just a minute about Peyton--and ask yourself a few questions:

1) Why does he always come back to UT and spend some of his summer off mentoring some of UT's QBs?

2) Why does he, Archie, and Eli run their QB camp down in New Orleans EVERY YEAR?

Peyton doesn't see working with 16-20 year old QBs as a burden, but a joy. Of course, that doesn't mean that he will ever coach at UT, but he is a TEACHER at heart, and that usually is a necessary character trait for great coaches...:salute:
 
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IMO i think peyton and his dad and brothers buy an NFL franchise and run it like a "family" business. i mean you could prob get the jaguars for a couple million lol
 
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MikeVol44 said:
You know--please stop and think just a minute about Peyton--and ask yourself a few questions:

1) Why does he always come back to UT and spend some of his summer off mentoring some of UT's QBs?

2) Why does he, Archie, and Eli run their QB camp down in New Orleans EVERY YEAR?

Peyton doesn't see working with 16-20 year old QBs as a burden, but a joy. Of course, that doesn't mean that he will ever coach at UT, but he is a TEACHER at heart, and that usually is a necessary character trait for great coaches...:salute:
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Sure let him be a head coach and only work with one position. Glad to know that all we would need is to trot out 11 QB's on both sides of the ball and we would win Natty's every year.

Thanks for the info
 
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The general rule of thumb is that most great coaches were less than stellar athletes who learned to maximize their potential and productivity by becoming students of the game. Conversely, relatively few superstar athletes become great coaches. Ted Williams was held up as the poster child for this premise; he was a supremely talented athlete who, like Peyton, also studiously perfected his craft, at least when it came to the art of hitting. When Williams became a manager, he quickly became impatient with players for whom the game did not come so easily or who were unwilling to invest as much effort into self-improvement. Typically it is the athlete who has to scratch and claw for every measure of success and, in the process, masters the x's and o's of his game that becomes the best coach, which, after all, ultimately boils down to teaching and motivation.
 
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EaglesVols91 said:
Do you see how Peyton is playing? 16 TDs...no INTs...1500 passing yards. Even if they go 19-0 and he wins MVP and Super Bowl MVP...he's not retiring. You don't retire when you play at this high of a level. Hell, Favre would still be playing if his last season with the Vikings wasn't a complete disaster.
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Totally agree....he has at least three years left in his tank, if not more. Barring a injury of coarse.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Sure let him be a head coach and only work with one position. Glad to know that all we would need is to trot out 11 QB's on both sides of the ball and we would win Natty's every year.

Thanks for the info
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Well then, here's some more info for you. I NEVER said PM would be a head coach! I have said earlier in this thread that he would be an OC and THE BEST recruiter in the country.

In case you haven't been a UT fan very long, Peyton was well-known to call HS players and try to recruit them to UT when he was a QB here. Fulmer and Co. got the credit, but MANY of those great players who came to UT came because of Peyton.

And by the way--those GREAT players slowly disappeared from the program after 2001--EXACTLY 4 years after Peyton left UT for the NFL....

Finally, do you EVER watch ANY NFL info about Peyton? He just doesn't know his own position--he knows EVERY position on the offensive side of the ball and their assignments-and makes those calls as the QB....

You're welcome! :salute:
 
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MikeVol44 said:
Well then, here's some more info for you. I NEVER said PM would be a head coach! I have said earlier in this thread that he would be an OC and THE BEST recruiter in the country.

In case you haven't been a UT fan very long, Peyton was well-known to call HS players and try to recruit them to UT when he was a QB here. Fulmer and Co. got the credit, but MANY of those great players who came to UT came because of Peyton.

And by the way--those GREAT players slowly disappeared from the program after 2001--EXACTLY 4 years after Peyton left UT for the NFL....

Finally, do you EVER watch ANY NFL info about Peyton? He just doesn't know his own position--he knows EVERY position on the offensive side of the ball and their assignments-and makes those calls as the QB....

You're welcome! :salute:
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Which goes back to what I said. He needs to keep giving UT cash and help out in recruiting. But stay away from the coaching area for UT. Butch will be here for 10+ years.
 
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