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Topic: Who is the new Vols H.C.?

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847badgerfan

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Re: Who is the new Vols H.C.?
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2017, 07:10:44 PM »
Thought I read he's getting paid 7 mil per by BSPN.Not certain what the infatuation is with him anyway.Easy mullah for talking shiite
That and whatever he gets for the Gruden QB thing and endorsements. Chucky is sitting pretty, with zero stress.
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Re: Who is the new Vols H.C.?
« Reply #15 on: November 12, 2017, 07:19:37 PM »
ESPNU Radio guys this morning were talking about Mike Gundy and Mike Leach as good candidates for the Tennessee position.
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« Reply #16 on: November 12, 2017, 08:02:26 PM »
hah, maybe a mullet, but not a pirate
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Re: Who is the new Vols H.C.?
« Reply #17 on: November 12, 2017, 08:05:29 PM »
Lol. I watch most games college or pro with the volume on really low. Sometimes even mute if the announcers are really bad. The only guy I seem to enjoy listening to is Tony Romo. He's so knowledgeable and calls things out before they happen like he's Nostradamus. Can definitely see why he was such a good QB for so many years.
never liked Tony cause he was a cowboy
he's a dern good announcer, better than a QB and he wasn't a bad QB
at least he knows a screen when he sees one, the announcers for today's Viking game sure didn't
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Re: Who is the new Vols H.C.?
« Reply #18 on: November 12, 2017, 08:54:48 PM »
ESPNU Radio guys this morning were talking about Mike Gundy and Mike Leach as good candidates for the Tennessee position.
Gundy turned them down last time.  Oklahoma State is a better program, and Tennessee worse, since then.  Why would he have a different response now?

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Re: Who is the new Vols H.C.?
« Reply #19 on: November 12, 2017, 08:55:08 PM »
ESPNU Radio guys this morning were talking about Mike Gundy and Mike Leach as good candidates for the Tennessee position.
I don't think Gundy will leave Oklahoma State. He played there and now he's the head coach. And I think T Boone Pickens will do what it takes to make sure he stays there. Not sure Mike Leach will leave where he's at either. He seems to like being the outsider. Tennessee might not be one of the 8 blue bloods but it's in that next tier right after. That's a big-time job and a pressure cooker.

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« Reply #20 on: November 12, 2017, 09:07:00 PM »
Gundy turned them down last time.  Oklahoma State is a better program, and Tennessee worse, since then.  Why would he have a different response now?
Agreed and he has Texas to recruit from.Rocky Top is a big rebuilding project.Sorta of see them as a middle of the pack type program unless they land another Gen.Nyland
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« Reply #21 on: November 12, 2017, 09:17:24 PM »
I agree with the skepticism about Gundy leaving oSu for Tennessee.

But reasons that he might leave could be: he's oSu's best-ever head coach, and yet OU's dominance (87-18-7) of the Bedlam series has been even greater since he became head coach (11-2) than it was previously; he believes he's taken oSu as high as it can go, while Tennessee would seem to have a big upside; he's tired of the alternating complaints and praise from oSu's sugar-daddy T. Boone Pickens; or he's just ready for a new challenge.

He has done some odd things this year that make it seem as if he might be going through a mid-life crisis.  He's got his mullet hairdo.  He's worn a rasslin' singlet to do a promo for oSu's most successful-ever program, he's done an "I'll do it if you'll do it" act with QB Mason Rudolph that resulted in them both taking their shirts off at a pep rally.

But I think that he genuinely loves his alma mater, and that he will most likely stay in Stillwater.
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« Reply #22 on: November 12, 2017, 09:21:51 PM »
Agreed and he has Texas to recruit from.Rocky Top is a big rebuilding project.Sorta of see them as a middle of the pack type program unless they land another Gen.Nyland
I don't know man. I don't think it's that big of a rebuilding job to be honest. There's more talent in the state of Tennessee than you think, and they are in the SEC which is a selling point for recruits down south and they have always recruited Georgia and Florida really well. They've also always loaded up on JUCO's and have been very successful pillaging the JUCO ranks for immediate impact starters. They've had more than a few 1st round NFL'ers that they've landed through the JUCO ranks. That's also a big plus- that they can take just about any kid and get them admitted and help them win right away.

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Re: Who is the new Vols H.C.?
« Reply #23 on: November 12, 2017, 09:35:24 PM »
lol, coach at Tennessee, because JUCOs!!!

Yeesh.  btw, Mike Leach is the exact opposite type of person as your average UT fan.  They'd hate his offense and every word out of his mouth.  Total non-fit, culturally.  
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Re: Who is the new Vols H.C.?
« Reply #24 on: November 12, 2017, 09:40:36 PM »
Factoring JUCO's is another subject I still see them as middling.Between Bama/Fla/Geo/Aub/LSU even Miss ST.Fla & Geo with built in talent advantages.And still recruiting against Clem/Mia/Carolina schools for a program that hasn't ruled the roost in quite some time.Who ever the Vols hire better be a hell of a salesman or have bagmen in tow :67:
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Re: Who is the new Vols H.C.?
« Reply #25 on: November 12, 2017, 10:00:25 PM »
lol, coach at Tennessee, because JUCOs!!!

Yeesh.  btw, Mike Leach is the exact opposite type of person as your average UT fan.  They'd hate his offense and every word out of his mouth.  Total non-fit, culturally.  
JUCO's are a bigger deal than you think.

Tennessee has more talent in-state than everyone thinks. Problem is they haven't been locking it down. The best CB in the NFL right now is probably Jaylen Ramsey. Where'd he go to high school? In Tennessee. Where'd he go to college? Florida State.

In the 2017 class the state of Tennessee had three 5* prospects and a fourth prospect that barely missed a 5* ranking by 15 slots. Tennessee got exactly one of those players, 5* OT Trey Smith- and they had to hire his older sister to get him. 5* WR Tee Higgins went to Clemson, 5* Safety JaCoby Stevens went to LSU, and high 4* MLB Jacob Phillips went to LSU. Phillips was the #1 rated Middle Linebacker prospect in the 247Composite.

In 2018, 5* in state linemen Cade Mays is the #2 ranked OT in the nation in the 247Composite and a top 15 player overall...and he will be going to......not Tennessee. Look at the top 10 players in the state of Tennessee for 2018. Only 2 of them are slated to go to Tennessee as it stands right now.

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Re: Who is the new Vols H.C.?
« Reply #26 on: November 13, 2017, 09:00:54 AM »
Tennessee is at a crossroads, much like Nebraska. Fading helmets in search of their identity.

I thought Riley would do better at UNL than he has, with his connections to Cali recruiting and all that. It hasn't mattered. It's starting to sound like Frost is a done deal to UNL. This is a good thing.

From the start I thought Butch was a bad hire for Tennessee. His style of play does not work against the big boys.

Tennessee has an alum in the coaching ranks right now named Tee Martin. He is the OC at tUSC. Maybe hire Cutcliffe to get the ship turned around and have him bring in Tee Martin to groom, as the associate head coach or something - but only if Cut agrees to do so.
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Re: Who is the new Vols H.C.?
« Reply #27 on: November 13, 2017, 01:39:07 PM »
Yeesh.  btw, Mike Leach is the exact opposite type of person as your average UT fan.  They'd hate his offense and every word out of his mouth.  Total non-fit, culturally.  
Yeah, although winning cures most cultural issues, I don't think that's a good fit at all. 

 

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