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Gillespie leaving the Program

Posted on 2/13/18 at 10:37 am
Posted by BigOrangeVols
Knoxville
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Posted on 2/13/18 at 10:37 am
Well that’s a kick in the dick. Gotta knock the hire out of the park.
Posted by Thatawesomeguy4
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Posted on 2/13/18 at 10:43 am to
Yeah, just saw that. Anyone know what happened?
Posted by Supravol22
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Posted on 2/13/18 at 10:44 am to
Missed Butch. Pruitt told him to GIT.
Posted by Buster180
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Posted on 2/13/18 at 11:02 am to
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Gotta knock the hire out of the park.


We won't.
Posted by Thatawesomeguy4
Member since Jul 2015
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Posted on 2/13/18 at 11:29 am to
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We won't.


C'mon.

say what you will of the recruiting class, but the staff decisions have been top notch.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 2/13/18 at 12:10 pm to
I liked Gillespie too, but he's being paid twice as much as many top tier RB coaches who have recruited much better and have produced better results on the field than him.

Posted by psk_Vol
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Posted on 2/13/18 at 12:40 pm to
Time to poach Jay Graham
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 2/13/18 at 1:26 pm to
Posted by Prof
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Posted on 2/14/18 at 12:15 am to
quote:

Yeah, just saw that. Anyone know what happened?



I believe he also served as recruiting coordinator so my guess would be that he stayed on until signing day but that he either always planned to leave or Pruitt always planned to hire another RB coach. He was getting paid a lot because he was assistant head coach, recruiting coordinator and RB coach so a demotion to just RB coach would've sucked for him and I doubt JP knows him well enough to trust him with those other roles right off the bat.

I liked RG a lot. Hopefully we get someone just as good or better but I can't say that I was ever unhappy with CRG.
Posted by Kraven Moorehed
Franklin
Member since Dec 2015
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Posted on 2/14/18 at 6:38 am to
I doubt Pruitt will get another running back coach that can identify and develop talent like Gillespie. He was rare in that regard, but he could pull a better recruiter.

I wonder if this was mutual or if it had something to do with how much he was making and his previous extended role.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 2/14/18 at 7:59 am to
He wasn't gonna keep his Assistant Head coach title, Pruitt doesn't know him like that.
Posted by DovaVol
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Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:29 pm to
Not too big of a shock when you look at everything

1) You could see the writing on the wall when the announced the rest of the staff's salary and that he didn't get a new deal.
2) He was a hold over from not 1 but 2 staff's of failing regime's, which is kind of weird. Most coaches like to bring their own guys, no matter how good a recruiter a hold over might be
3) He started Hurd over Kamara

Bring me Dell McGee, or Jay Graham and lets roll. Potential substitutes for these two could be Hugh Freeze, and possibly Rush(although Colquitt is loaded this year so he might not leave, but that would be a nice pipeline to have)
Posted by Wishnitwas1998
where TN, MS, and AL meet
Member since Oct 2010
59714 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 5:26 pm to
God help me not Freeze. His mishandling of RBs at Ole Miss should be considered criminal

ETA: though I suppose he wouldn't be calling the plays so that would helped
This post was edited on 2/14/18 at 5:27 pm
Posted by Buster180
Member since Jun 2017
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Posted on 2/14/18 at 6:36 pm to
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He started Hurd over Kamara 


First time I have heard this.
Posted by BigOrangeVols
Knoxville
Member since Jul 2015
3074 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 6:22 am to
Weinke is the guy. This is the first hire I'm not excited about. I'm tired of having guys learn on the job.
Posted by Kraven Moorehed
Franklin
Member since Dec 2015
2336 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:40 am to
At least running backs are by far the easiest to coach. I feel like Pruitt wants a bagman at that position. Gillespie didn’t feel like that, but Weinke does.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:07 am to
Weinke will bring the goons, and if you recruit 5* RBs, you don't have to do much coaching.
Posted by BigOrangeVols
Knoxville
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3074 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:34 am to
I've seen this similar sentiment but am not sure where it comes from. Has he shown he can recruit? Not disagreeing just not seeing where this confidence comes from with his career. Just his connection with IMG?
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 2/15/18 at 9:57 am to
He doesn't have connections to IMG, he built their entire football program in 2010.

Which means he had to scout and recruit the best HS coaches and players in America to get that program off the ground, it took less than 2 years to turn it into the football factory that it is today.





Posted by Kraven Moorehed
Franklin
Member since Dec 2015
2336 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:15 am to
I bet we also took that slaw DL to help. Parents expect their kids to go D1 if they go to IMG. A “you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours” thing going on. I won’t be surprised if we land a few recruits from there this year.
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