Why not Mike McIntyre? (SJSU)

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Has ties to Tennessee and has done an outstanding job turning around what was one of the worst programs in FBS.

A few others could be Todd Berry (ULM), Dave Clawson (BGSU), or Rick Stockstill (MTSU)...but I think you guys should go after MM above.

One would think someone like MM would be a no-brainer to go after for Tennessee...but I just can't imagine wtf is going on in your Athletic Department that makes it so incompetent with coaching hires.... you have some great facilities, the best stadium in the SEC, and a great fan base. It just makes no sense (like the Dooley hire...wtf was that?).
 
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He is from Tennessee and has experience as a player and coach in the SEC. He was 1-12 his first year and SJSU was limited to 67 scholarships. The next year they were 5-7 and and this year they were 10-2 and are ranked #24. One of the losses was 20-17 to Stanford in a game that was tied in the 4th qtr.

They beat BYU and La Tech this year.
 
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I know Mike on a personal level and know that he would be a fantastic hire at UT. He is smart, energetic, and passionate about what he does. He does not have a recruiting budget but works tirelessly to raise funds so he can recruit players in California.

Mike played at Vandy and Georgia Tech in addition to coaching in the SEC, so he would have no problem recruiting the southeast. His ties to Coach Cutliffe is a big plus, as we know that Cutcliffe does not hire guys that will not work hard.

MacIntyre's NFL coaching background is a big selling point with recruits as well.

Mike MacIntyre would be a solid hire for the Vols.
 
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snowvols said:
He is from Tennessee and has experience as a player and coach in the SEC. He was 1-12 his first year and SJSU was limited to 67 scholarships. The next year they were 5-7 and and this year they were 10-2 and are ranked #24. One of the losses was 20-17 to Stanford in a game that was tied in the 4th qtr.

They beat BYU and La Tech this year.
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Indeed...they had a great year this year. He also has a large amount of NFL experience which would help with recruits.
 
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psulions2007 said:
Mike MacIntyre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Has ties to Tennessee and has done an outstanding job turning around what was one of the worst programs in FBS.

A few others could be Todd Berry (ULM), Dave Clawson (BGSU), or Rick Stockstill (MTSU)...but I think you guys should go after MM above.

One would think someone like MM would be a no-brainer to go after for Tennessee...but I just can't imagine wtf is going on in your Athletic Department that makes it so incompetent with coaching hires.... you have some great facilities, the best stadium in the SEC, and a great fan base. It just makes no sense (like the Dooley hire...wtf was that?).
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I don't know a ton about Mike MacIntyre, but the fact that you mention Dave Clawson as a potential candidate automatically invalidates everything else you say.
 
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Mike went to Brentwood Academy near Nashville in Highschool Tennessee. DC at UTM from 93-96. Loads of NFL coaching experience. SJSU is in the top 25 for the first time school football history at 11-2. The top recruit in the nation goes to Brentwood. This coach with a great staff of recruits would be our 'best bet' at this point..
 
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Tux said:
I know Mike on a personal level and know that he would be a fantastic hire at UT. He is smart, energetic, and passionate about what he does. He does not have a recruiting budget but works tirelessly to raise funds so he can recruit players in California.

Mike played at Vandy and Georgia Tech in addition to coaching in the SEC, so he would have no problem recruiting the southeast. His ties to Coach Cutliffe is a big plus, as we know that Cutcliffe does not hire guys that will not work hard.

MacIntyre's NFL coaching background is a big selling point with recruits as well.

Mike MacIntyre would be a solid hire for the Vols.
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Maybe you should push him to contact Tennessee ;)...

Seriously though, I have no idea why I haven't seen him mentioned at all.
 
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E-Tizzle said:
I don't know a ton about Mike MacIntyre, but the fact that you mention Dave Clawson as a potential candidate automatically invalidates everything else you say.
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That would be more or less a desperation hire at this point if you can't get an MM. He's done decently at Bowling Green... almost beat Florida.
 
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Incipient said:
Can he recruit? If so, I'm 100% onboard.
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touch44 said:
Mike went to Brentwood Academy near Nashville in Highschool Tennessee. DC at UTM from 93-96. Loads of NFL coaching experience. SJSU is in the top 25 for the first time school football history at 11-2. The top recruit in the nation goes to Brentwood. This coach with a great staff of recruits would be our 'best bet' at this point..
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All signs are in favor of him being a good recruiter. He now also has ties to California... a recruiting hot bed... in addition to the multiple SEC areas, Brentwood, and the NFL experience. He managed to turn SJSU from one of the worst FBS teams into a Top 25 BCS team.... I'd say that would require some recruiting skills.
 
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psulions2007 said:
That would be more or less a desperation hire at this point if you can't get an MM. He's done decently at Bowling Green... almost beat Florida.
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Clawson would be, at best, about the 200th best candidate. It would never come to him, period. Fulmer would be rehired before Clawson is even remotely a candidate.

Now if McIntyre is as good as you and others in this thread say (again, I admittedly don't know much about him), I would be alright with that hire. I just have trouble believing that someone who would suggest Dave's Clawfense come back to The Hill knows what he's talking about.
 
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psulions2007 said:
That would be more or less a desperation hire at this point if you can't get an MM. He's done decently at Bowling Green... almost beat Florida.
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You do realize he was OC here and we had one of the worst offenses in school history? The Clawfense got Fulmer fired.
 
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psulions2007 said:
All signs are in favor of him being a good recruiter. He now also has ties to California... a recruiting hot bed... in addition to the multiple SEC areas, Brentwood, and the NFL experience. He managed to turn SJSU from one of the worst FBS teams into a Top 25 BCS team.... I'd say that would require some recruiting skills.
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Turning around a WAC team and turning around an SEC team require a different sort of recruiting. I know he does have experience as an SEC assistant though.
 
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I would not be opposed to this honestly. His record isn't top notch or impressive, but his work is. Took SJSU from terrible to top 25 and has reshaped the program.... As long as he doesn't want to/brings Clawson.
 
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E-Tizzle said:
Clawson would be, at best, about the 200th best candidate. It would never come to him, period. Fulmer would be rehired before Clawson is even remotely a candidate.
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snowvols said:
You do realize he was OC here and we had one of the worst offenses in school history? The Clawfense got Fulmer fired.
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I was simply looking for existing head coaches with Tennessee ties that have an improving resume record wise. MM is more the subject of this thread... the other three were if you still can't get any Tier 1 or 2 candidates.

Now if McIntyre is as good as you and others in this thread say (again, I admittedly don't know much about him), I would be alright with that hire. I just have trouble believing that someone who would suggest Dave's Clawfense come back to The Hill knows what he's talking about.
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Just look at MM's resume... it pretty much speaks for itself and would be a solid Tier 1 hire.
 
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Incipient said:
Turning around a WAC team and turning around an SEC team require a different sort of recruiting. I know he does have experience as an SEC assistant though.
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I think his ties help him with that. Plus SJSU nearly beat Stanford earlier this year...he's done exceptionally well with even a WAC team.
 
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MacIntyre played his first two years of college ball under his father George at Vanderbilt. His coaching career started as a graduate assistant at Georgia and he was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for four years at Ole Miss.
 
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touch44 said:
MacIntyre played his first two years of college ball under his father George at Vanderbilt. His coaching career started as a graduate assistant at Georgia and he was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for four years at Ole Miss.
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He must have helped Ole Miss recruit Eli Manning during that stretch.
 
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psulions2007 said:
I was simply looking for existing head coaches with Tennessee ties that have an improving resume record wise. MM is more the subject of this thread... the other three were if you still can't get any Tier 1 or 2 candidates.
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Just look at MM's resume... it pretty much speaks for itself and would be a solid Tier 1 hire.
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Ok, I feel ya, MM resume is more than solid - just making sure you realized that no matter what DC has done at BGSU, he will never be considered for another job at UT. :good!:
 
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psulions2007 said:
I think his ties help him with that. Plus SJSU nearly beat Stanford earlier this year...he's done exceptionally well with even a WAC team.
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Oh there is zero doubt about his game-coaching

psulions2007 said:
He must have helped Ole Miss recruit Eli Manning during that stretch.
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Not sure about that, but according to Wikipedia, he recruited Patrick Willis
 
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Incipient said:
Oh there is zero doubt about his game-coaching



Not sure about that, but according to Wikipedia, he recruited Patrick Willis
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I was more going by years. He was recruiting coordinator at OM from 1998-2002 while Eli was there 2001-2004.
 
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E-Tizzle said:
I don't know a ton about Mike MacIntyre, but the fact that you mention Dave Clawson as a potential candidate automatically invalidates everything else you say.
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Clawson was as bad as disaster with the offense as Sal was with the defense this year. However, I do like what little I've read about MacIntyre.
 
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His record is not very good, despite all the money shortages. Arguments were also being made that Dooley had to double as an AD....

The program does not need to "settle" with someone again. The AD needs to go, the school needs to back off and allow the program to rebuild, and they need to bite the bullet and fork out the money and get somebody who will whip the program into shape like a good drill sergeant
 
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thunderfoot63 said:
His record is not very good, despite all the money shortages. Arguments were also being made that Dooley had to double as an AD....

The program does not need to "settle" with someone again. The AD needs to go, the school needs to back off and allow the program to rebuild, and they need to bite the bullet and fork out the money and get somebody who will whip the program into shape like a good drill sergeant
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10-2 is pretty good.
 
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