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OT: Tenn schadenfreude

oldude said:
The latest fantasy from Knoxville is that Pro Bowl TE, and former Vol, Jason Witten would retire immediately from the Dallas Cowboys to take the HC job. Witten has issued a statement saying he has no intention of leaving the Cowboys.
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I’ve always thought that Fantasyland was in Anaheim or Orlando, but now it appears to be in Knoxville.
 
oldude said:
The latest fantasy from Knoxville is that Pro Bowl TE, and former Vol, Jason Witten would retire immediately from the Dallas Cowboys to take the HC job. Witten has issued a statement saying he has no intention of leaving the Cowboys.
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The delusionability of that crowd ... SMH
 
Seriously, are there any sane people in that fan base? How do they even stand this nonsense?
 
Many years ago I attended a football game at Neyland Stadium with approximately 90,000 Vol fans to watch mighty TN vs lowly upstart Duke. On that early fall evening, the physically overmatched Blue Devils completely outplayed TN pulling off a stunning upset. The Volunteer fans were positively apoplectic.

The young coach at Duke continued to be a thorn in TN’s side for a number of years after he was named the HC at his alma mater in Gainesville, FL....fellow by the name of Spurrier.
 
oldude said:
Many years ago I attended a football game at Neyland Stadium with approximately 90,000 Vol fans to watch mighty TN vs lowly upstart Duke. On that early fall evening, the physically overmatched Blue Devils completely outplayed TN pulling off a stunning upset. The Volunteer fans were positively apoplectic.

The young coach at Duke continued to be a thorn in TN’s side for a number of years after he was named the HC at his alma mater in Gainesville, FL....fellow by the name of Spurrier.
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No one can go apoplectic like that mob.

Pat Summitt writes in her book about how, right around the height of her success, she began receiving hate mail from Vols fans every time her team would suffer a loss. Hate mail. Ordering her to retire, insulting her, etc.
 
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bags27 said:
Don't particularly like Schiano and I don't understand everyone's conviction that he's a great coach.
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He did a poor job at Tampa Bay but a really good job at Rutgers. He took a team that had been to one Bowl Game in its entire history and got them to six bowls in seven years. Also left enough talent to go to three consecutive bowls after he left. Prior to his arrival Rutgers had won 11 games in five years, and they had had decades of futility before that as well.
 
KnightBridgeAZ said:
I would put Greg in the "risky" category. He did wonders in getting the Rutgers football program from a laughing stock to respectable, but seemed to lack the skill set to take it to the next level. The inside scoop was that he was to much of a control freak. Leaving Rutgers (for Tampa Bay, particularly) was inexplicable. He was like their 5th choice, no one wanted the job.

Still, I would be willing to give him a try at most schools, Tennessee might be a reach, but then again, they have been little but bad in their coach hiring.
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He had taken Rutgers to a point where they were winning 8-9 games a year and going to a mid-level bowl every year. With Rutgers's history and mediocre support for football, I doubt there are many coaches who could have done better. Agree it was a horrible mistake to leave for Tampa Bay. Schiano's personality is suited for the college game, not pro.
 
Schiano wasn't all that better than Edsall, if at all. Rutgers never won a share of the Big East title, UConn did twice while Shifty was at Rutgers.
 
Tennessee's coaching search woes continue. So far they have unsuccessfully courted:

Greg Schiano (Ohio State DC, cluster%^&* situation)
Kevin Steele (Auburn DC)
Chad Morris (SMU HC)
Mike Gundy (Okla State HC, turned down double his OSU salary)
David Cutcliffe (Duke HC)

They are currently pursuing former XFL player and current Purdue HC Jeff Brohm.

Sources: Vols turn attention to Purdue's Brohm
 
j66kicker said:
Tennessee's coaching search woes continue. So far they have unsuccessfully courted:

Greg Schiano (Ohio State DC, cluster%^&* situation)
Kevin Steele (Auburn DC)
Chad Morris (SMU HC)
Mike Gundy (Okla State HC, turned down double his OSU salary)
David Cutcliffe (Duke HC)

They are currently pursuing former XFL player and current Purdue HC Jeff Brohm.

Sources: Vols turn attention to Purdue's Brohm
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Ooops - Brohm didn't work out, already on to discussions with NC State HC Dave Doeren.

Sources: Vols' focus shifts to NC St.'s Doeren

NEXT!
 
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TN fans are delusional and think TN is an actually elite CFB job, it's not and hasn't been for a long time.
 
j66kicker said:
Tennessee's coaching search woes continue. So far they have unsuccessfully courted:

Greg Schiano (Ohio State DC, cluster%^&* situation)
Kevin Steele (Auburn DC)
Chad Morris (SMU HC)
Mike Gundy (Okla State HC, turned down double his OSU salary)
David Cutcliffe (Duke HC)

They are currently pursuing former XFL player and current Purdue HC Jeff Brohm.

Sources: Vols turn attention to Purdue's Brohm
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And they think they have a shot at Gruden??!!

They should make a strong pitch to get Peyton Manning. He's a former Vol, so he might have some interest.
 
MilfordHusky said:
And they think they have a shot at Gruden??!!

They should make a strong pitch to get Peyton Manning. He's a former Vol, so he might have some interest.
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Peyton might not want the”Me Too” attention a renewed affiliation with TN could dredge up. He’s been Teflon Man, though, on that and other stuff (Al Jazeera HGH thing).
 
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From what I have been reading that whole situation is way out of whack. They haven't been a significant football team since they got tired of Phil Fulmer and ran him out of the head coaching position.
 
The hits just keep on coming!

First, just to update the list of candidates who have turned them down, add Dave Doeren (NC State HC) and Dan Mullen (New Florida HC). It has been reported by SB Nation that the TN coaching search has already cost $13 million (this could include Butch Jones’ buyout -??).

Anyway, now TN AD John Currie has been fired this morning after arriving back in Knoxville from a trip to interview Washington State coach Mike Leach yesterday. Former TN HOF coach Phillip Fulmer will take an active role in the coaching search.

Sources: Vols, Currie part amid bungled search
 
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j66kicker said:
The hits just keep on coming!

First, just to update the list of candidates who have turned them down, add Dave Doeren (NC State HC) and Dan Mullen (New Florida HC). It has been reported by SB Nation that the TN coaching search has already cost $13 million (this could include Butch Jones’ buyout -??).

Anyway, now TN AD John Currie has been fired this morning after arriving back in Knoxville from a trip to interview Washington State coach Mike Leach yesterday. Former TN HOF coach Phillip Fulmer will take an active role in the coaching search.

Sources: Vols, Currie part amid bungled search
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This has been amusing. Couldn't happen to a better bunch.

The potential hiring of Mike Leach has also been intriguing -- while a good coach, he is so totally NOT good with PR.
 
Tennessee fans turning on Peyton Manning because they think he has something to do with Tee Martin ( Southern Cal OC and former Vol QB who won an NC year after Peyton left)





Quincy Avery on Twitter

It's a civil war going on over on Vol Nation about this topic.
 
Wow this has turned into a debacle from every angle..... I hope sincerely they get a decent hire..... I think Schiano got a raw deal.... and I have never been a great fan of his..... but to be attacked on innuendo is wrong... wouldn't wish that on anyone
 
Bayareahusky said:
Wow this has turned into a debacle from every angle..... I hope sincerely they get a decent hire..... I think Schiano got a raw deal.... and I have never been a great fan of his..... but to be attacked on innuendo is wrong... wouldn't wish that on anyone
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Most of the complaints about Schiano weren't about his Penn State affiliation - they were from boosters who felt he wasn't a high enough stature hire and wanted to see a more "serious" candidate.
 
MilfordHusky said:
My nephew through marriage is a Tennessee alum and huge fan . . . .
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I couldn't read any further. The Horror !!!!!!!!!!
 
Bayareahusky said:
Wow this has turned into a debacle from every angle..... I hope sincerely they get a decent hire..... I think Schiano got a raw deal.... and I have never been a great fan of his..... but to be attacked on innuendo is wrong... wouldn't wish that on anyone
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A decent hire? There isn't a decent person on the planet on whom I would wish that toxic cesspool known as Rocky Top.

The spoiled, petulant, deluded, and now criminally libelous fanbase deserves all of its present and future misery and then some.
 
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