Dennis Dodd: Tennessee is ready to make "a major spash"

[LRCentralTiger]

No I didn't stay up late thinking of these things.  I wrote them soon after my origional post in this thread, each post has a time above it, feel free to take a look at it. . . just joshing.
Seriously, I was writting from my point of view, I am not that connected with the land of Vols and I don't claim to be.  I didn't know tat about Fowler and I guess i could have imagined fans wanting Fulmer gone.  They did go to the SECCG last year and I guess from an outsider they give the appearence of a power house that has been exposed to all this down fall just this year.  It makes sence that the fans want change, I guess i have been burried in our own craptastic coach that I haven't noticed Philly boy spiraling downward.

If a new coach does not work out, given he gets 2 or 3 years to get thing going, there will be a lynching of AD Hamilton.  I venture over to a couple of SEC schools boards plus a few out of conference schools.  It is very entertaining reading at times.  Brings back last years nightmares on the Vol network.

[TheRazorbackGuy]

If the Vols do not get Lane Kiffin they are FOOLS

[fu-man-soo]

Last year when we were looking I was under the impression Coach Cowher would be looking for the North Carolina job in the near future, but with Coach Davis being happy with that position I could see Cowher taking the VOLs job if he wanted to coach again.

cower went to NC State

[fu-man-soo]

Kelly leads, Leavitt considered
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/askgriff/2008/11/kelly_leads_leavitt_considered.html

[kcabrozaR]

If the Vols do not get Lane Kiffin they are FOOLS

I little strong.
Lane is a coach mostly because his last name is Kiffin.

[Hog Nutt]

Is a "major spash" good or bad for us?

[fu-man-soo]

I little strong.
Lane is a coach mostly because his last name is Kiffin.

pete carroll doesnt look for talent when he picks his coordinators?

[HoopS]

Sure kiff is talented.  But what if someone more talented wants it?  Would they not be foolish to then take Kiffin?

[The Realist]

Kelly leads, Leavitt considered
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/askgriff/2008/11/kelly_leads_leavitt_considered.html

Kelly is a smoke screen.  He has literally no shot unless it's plan E. 
By the way on your toes, you mention UT recruits looking around which means they didn't really want to be Vols as if that never happened here last year?  We lost like 6 players when Nutt left.  Chances are most of their recruits stay but like anyone in that situation a few are looking around until someone is named.  They depend on only two assistants who Hamilton has said he will try to keep. 

Hamilton is conducting their search on a level of secrecy that the CIA would be impressed with.  He admitted today he has interviewed "several" candidates yet how many have you heard about in the news?  Their rivals head guy has admitted their is tons of misinformation coming from people who usually know what's going on.  To show their level of secrecy in this, Hamilton is driving and flying commercially to predetermined locations like Atlanta to meet with candidates instead of taking the plane anywhere or having them come to Knoxville. 

Also, ESPN is getting their information from a guy named Griffin at GVX.  The guy isn't exactly a beacon of truth

[kcabrozaR]

pete carroll doesnt look for talent when he picks his coordinators?

His first real job. You don't think the good old boy network and daddy had anything to do with it?

[fu-man-soo]

His first real job. You don't thing the good old boy network and daddy had anything to do with it?

i am 100% confident pete carroll isnt going to turn his recruiting and offense over to someone simply because he likes his dad.

[HoopS]

Some USC folks will say he shared duties with Sarkision and they were glad when he left.  Just sayin'.

For the record, I would have been happy with him. 

[keithh1999]

A big splash huh?? How about a coach that turned down LSU and Nebraska?? Perhaps he was waiting for the Big Orange job all along...

Now, my friends, that would be a big splash!!!   

[LRCentralTiger]

If the Vols do not get Lane Kiffin they are FOOLS

Why are you high on Kiffin?  I am just asking.

[LRCentralTiger]

Sounds like Tennessee will hire a coach between the end of November and the middle of December.  This will probably eliminate a few coaching rumors.

[The Realist]

Why are you high on Kiffin?  I am just asking.

Look at the Raiders with him and without him for starters. 
The guy has the personality to recruit big time.  Their are rumors that his dad will come up be the DC because he wants to coach with his son for his last couple years coaching.  He will pull one or two assistants away from USC, maybe Ken Norton and Orgeron back as a D-line coach as a possibility.  That's pretty much a recruiting juggernaut. 

[josh_sec33]

Ivan Maisel is even getting into the game to poke fun at UT.

"1. Tennessee officials believe that North Carolina coach Butch Davis will be lured to Knoxville because they can increase his salary, and because UT is a football school (unlike Chapel Hill). Man, are they breathing their own exhaust. First, Tennessee is a hard job (small recruiting base; Georgia, Florida and Alabama every year). Second, they just ran off Phillip Fulmer, who is batting .743 over 16 seasons. That's not exactly a "Welcome" mat for the next guy."

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/notebook?page=iform0813&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab2pos1

Yeah...pull Butch away. good luck with that one.

[Corkscrew Johnson]

i am 100% confident pete carroll isnt going to turn his recruiting and offense over to someone simply because he likes his dad.

Yup. I don't understand how Kiffin lost favor on this board.  If I recall, we would have been delighted to land him last year.   He got fired from the Raiders because he stood up to Al Davis' bulls*t.  Al Davis, the most notorious luxury box head coach in NFL history, the man who decimates his team's chances at success by signing style over need and imposing his will on gameday strategy. 

Kiffin was a good offensive coordinator and a great recruiter at USC.  And he was the youngest head coach in NFL history.  It's pretty hard to stumble into that position.  I think UT would be lucky to land him over coordinators like Venebles or midmajor coaches like Patterson and Kelly. 

[LRCentralTiger]

Yup. I don't understand how Kiffin lost favor on this board.  If I recall, we would have been delighted to land him last year.   He got fired from the Raiders because he stood up to Al Davis' bulls*t.  Al Davis, the most notorious luxury box head coach in NFL history, the man who decimates his team's chances at success but signing style over need and imposing his will on gameday strategy. 

Kiffin was a good offensive coordinator and a great recruiter at USC.  And he was the youngest head coach in NFL history.  It's pretty hard to stumble into that position.  I think UT would be lucky to land him over coordinators like Venebles or midmajor coaches like Patterson and Kelly. 

I think Davis is actually deceased and someone is carrying him around, props him up and is a ventriloquist.

[fu-man-soo]

I think Davis is actually deceased and someone is carrying him around, props him up and is a ventriloquist.

weekend at al's?

[The Realist]

If it is Kiffin, he will most likely bring in Ed Orgeron in some defensive capacity.  Him + Ken Norton could make the SEC East recruiting brutal. 

[LRCentralTiger]

If it is Kiffin, he will most likely bring in Ed Orgeron in some defensive capacity.  Him + Ken Norton could make the SEC East recruiting brutal. 

Suppose TTU gets beat by OU, do you think Leach is a real possibility with the AD wanting to announce by mid December?  Leach would not have to wait to see if he is in the NC game.

[The Realist]

That is the only way Leach is a possibility.  UT's only DT recruits + a few others are mid term enrollees. 
But if they do, Leach has already expressed interest through his agent but that it has to wait until after their season.  My guess is the name will come from this list. 
Kiffin
Leach
Troy Calhoun
or an NFL coach that is rarely being mentioned. 
There are some rumors about an Oregon offensive assistant coming with Kiffin and Orgeron.  Kiffin could pretty much assemble an all-star cast.

[OKhogfan1959]

nice try, but wrong.
nowhere in my last post was our ex-coach referenced. i was referring to the coaches names that surfaced in our search last year.

and it seemed none of the suitors were good enough to marry our daughters until petrino fell into our laps

Beverage it seems to me that the dilisional fans were right. Kiffin was interested and we got Petrino..Yes we were right!

[HuntingtonBeachHawg]

If it is Kiffin, he will most likely bring in Ed Orgeron in some defensive capacity.  Him + Ken Norton could make the SEC East recruiting brutal. 

I don't see Norton going anywhere right now.  His family---and folks---are very close and well settled.  He doesn't need the dough, to be sure. 

[LRCentralTiger]

I don't see Norton going anywhere right now.  His family---and folks---are very close and well settled.  He doesn't need the dough, to be sure. 

How is Huntington Beach these days?

[HuntingtonBeachHawg]

How is Huntington Beach these days?

Holding down the "Hog Outpost" here in the HB is tough work, to be sure; but, I'm happy to take the bullet for the team.     

[94 Hawg]

http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/11144725/2

Kiffin said he planned to recruit nationally, much as he did at USC, and wanted to "put a fence around the state of Tennessee" to keep recruits from going elsewhere.

[dr_arkansawyer]

Michael Phelps!?