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Would any hire please all of our fans?
Posted on 11/26/17 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 11/26/17 at 8:49 pm
is their a realistic unicorn out there?
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Posted on 11/26/17 at 8:50 pm to landhawg
it would please me. after Bielema flop I have no reason to think I'm a good judge of these things
Posted on 11/26/17 at 8:51 pm to landhawg
I'm confident our fans won't react like the Vols did today after rumors of their unapproved coach-to-be came to light.
Posted on 11/26/17 at 8:52 pm to arkiebrian
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I'm confident our fans won't react like the Vols did today after rumors of their unapproved coach-to-be came to light.
don't be.
im glad Tennessee found that landmine before we did.
Posted on 11/26/17 at 8:53 pm to landhawg
I figure as long as no Holtz, Miles, Strong types.
Posted on 11/26/17 at 8:57 pm to landhawg
Not Gus
Posted on 11/26/17 at 8:57 pm to landhawg
I mean if we hired Saban or Belichick then I doubt we'd see anybody complaining. Other than them? Nah nobody will please everyone
Posted on 11/26/17 at 9:03 pm to landhawg
i think most of the names thrown out will be well received and given a chance. even the guys im not super high on, i realize can make improvments to a talented team and move us forward
Posted on 11/26/17 at 9:05 pm to landhawg
I think most fans would get on board with the names being floated right now. There might be some initial backlash with Kiffin and Venables, but I think most would come around pretty quickly.
Posted on 11/26/17 at 9:06 pm to landhawg
Only Vandy had less wins than us.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
Posted on 11/26/17 at 9:13 pm to arkiebrian
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I'm confident our fans won't react like the Vols did today after rumors of their unapproved coach-to-be came to light.
Ditto.
Tennessee's fan revolt came about because of two reasons:
a) Schiano's alleged involvement in the PSU scandal
b) they hired someone other than Gruden, and he was an odd fit
The former is pretty terrible and obviously a nonstarter, but I have a hard time believing that's the sole reason they were rioting in the streets. I'm of the opinion it had at least a little to do with the fact that their fans were led to believe for months that Gruden was coming and had actually started to buy into that nonsense.
We don't have that sort of dynamic brewing. Heck, despite the Gus rumors, there's a large subset of our fans who don't want him. I think after the disaster that was the Bret Bielema era, our fans are ready for just about anything else.
Posted on 11/26/17 at 9:17 pm to Feral
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I think after the disaster that was the Bret Bielema era, our fans are ready for just about anything else.
That's exactly how I feel.
Posted on 11/26/17 at 9:24 pm to landhawg
No serious candidate is going to please everyone. I just hope the folks making the decisions get it right.
Like someone else said already, we can all debate who we think should get the job, but I doubt many of us would actually want to be the one making the final decision. I know I sure as hell wouldn't.
Like someone else said already, we can all debate who we think should get the job, but I doubt many of us would actually want to be the one making the final decision. I know I sure as hell wouldn't.
Posted on 11/26/17 at 9:27 pm to landhawg
There was a guy very seriously tweeting it was either Gus or Pete Carrol for him earlier and I had to refrain myself. There is no way any hire will please anyone.
Posted on 11/26/17 at 9:57 pm to 870Hog
Kiff, Venables, and Norvell are all three viable and good candidates but all 3 also have downsides. I think 90-pkus percent do the fan base woo do be happy with any of those guys... Like said above... It really can't get worse than the Bert era
Posted on 11/27/17 at 2:40 am to landhawg
I'm fine with an up and comer. I'm fine with a more experienced coach. I don't want coaches like Gus and Lane who have had mostly mediocre results at places objectively better football jobs that are easier to win at. That's research done for us, we don't need to see how they'll fare here.
Posted on 11/27/17 at 6:27 am to Porcine Human
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I think most fans would get on board with the names being floated right now. There might be some initial backlash with Kiffin and Venables, but I think most would come around pretty quickly.
For the most part our fan base will rally around the new coach after the initial hire.
We've got to admit, we have a pretty good fan base compared to most of the shite out there.
This post was edited on 11/27/17 at 7:14 am
Posted on 11/27/17 at 7:08 am to boogiewoogie1978
Winning will shut the whiners up. That is all I want from a coach
Posted on 11/27/17 at 7:33 am to Barneyrb
Norvell seems to be one that will go over the best. Loves Arkansas and no history.
Posted on 11/27/17 at 8:37 am to Feral
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I think after the disaster that was the Bret Bielema era, our fans are ready for just about anything else.
I will be happy with just about anyone we pick after the last couple of years. I'm not sold on Lane Kiffin as the second coming of Knute Rockne for example, but I'll happily take him over Bielema's bunch. I will gladly hop aboard the Lane Train as long as it doesn't stop at "lose to Toledo" station.
I could see fans being a tad annoyed if we hire... say... Kim Jong-Un as our new football coach but even then, after the last couple of years, we'd find something to be happy about. "You have to hand it to Jong-Un, after he had Kelley beheaded we've haven't had any players get drunk and drive." Or "You have to admit, the team has lost a lot of weight on that North Korean diet he put them on."
As for the Vols... its like the entire fan base is Captain Ahab from Moby Dick. Their obsession with hiring a coach that hasn't been on the sideline for a decade and hasn't coached at the college level in something like 25 years is kind of scary.
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