2018 Coaching Changes thread

[betarhoalphadelta]

Reports are that Brohm/Tennessee is dead in the water. Looks like Tennessee is moving on.

[MarqHusker]

Travis also thought the school signed the Schiano 'memo' too, which turned out was BS.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Clay Travis better have eyes in the back of his head.

Schiano is an Italian from Jersey...

C'mowahn. Lemme kill'im. 

Ah'll make'it look like an AAAccident. 

[Mdot21]

Clay Travis doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. Just a loud mouth who has used saying crazy sh*t on twitter and radio to draw attention to himself. The guy is trying to make a fan push to bring Lane Kiffen back. Absolutely insane.

In other news....Jason Whitlock- surprised that fat slob is actually employed- trying to sell Hoke to Tennessee. Apparently Whitlock is very close with Brady Hoke- guess they went to Ball State together. If they wind up hiring Hoke....oh...my....god.

[MaximumSam]

According to Clay Travis [so give this about 4% credibility], Currie made Brohm an offer and he accepted, but the chancellor wouldn't sign it. So they went back to Brohm with a lower offer that he declined.

https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/935962211255713792

That doesn't even sound plausible.  That sounds like something a drunk would say to me at a bar and that he heard from a friend's aunt's brother's cousin, who cleans restrooms in the chancellor's office.

[Mdot21]

That doesn't even sound plausible.  That sounds like something a drunk would say to me at a bar and that he heard from a friend's aunt's brother's cousin, who cleans restrooms in the chancellor's office.

I agree with you. No way that happened. Travis is just trying to get tweeter followers/stir up shit. He's probably just making it up. It's what he does.

[ELA]

I agree with you. No way that happened. Travis is just trying to get tweeter followers/stir up shit. He's probably just making it up. It's what he does.

The sad thing is, there is still real journalism out there.  All of these sexual assault cases, where the NYT goes and gets multiple sources and corroborating witnesses...and then 10 minutes after they break it, it's everywhere for free.  What's their incentive?
Then you get asshats on the radio/Twitter like Henson or Travis who just throw shit at the wall constantly and every once in a while something sticks, they can tout that, and then you can never be fully sure you can't trust them.  And it's also free, so why not?

[Mdot21]

The sad thing is, there is still real journalism out there.  All of these sexual assault cases, where the NYT goes and gets multiple sources and corroborating witnesses...and then 10 minutes after they break it, it's everywhere for free.  What's their incentive?
Then you get asshats on the radio/Twitter like Henson or Travis who just throw shit at the wall constantly and every once in a while something sticks, they can tout that, and then you can never be fully sure you can't trust them.  And it's also free, so why not?

I think his reputation- not that he ever really had one- I think most didn't even know who he was- has taken a hit nationally with his ridiciulous anti-Schiano crusade.

If Tennessee makes a bad hire- or worse gets stuck with Hoke because no one wants the job- and Tennessee just continues to deteriorate and dive off the deep end- he might wind up being the most hated man in Tennessee. I hope that happens.

[betarhoalphadelta]

I agree with you. No way that happened. Travis is just trying to get tweeter followers/stir up shit. He's probably just making it up. It's what he does.

That doesn't even sound plausible.  That sounds like something a drunk would say to me at a bar and that he heard from a friend's aunt's brother's cousin, who cleans restrooms in the chancellor's office.

That might be true. Apparently a fellow UT "insider" journalist, John Brice, was tweeting similar things, but I can find them now. Wondering if he got differing info and deleted that tweet. 

Either way, it looks like this was a major screwup from UT as far as how this was handled... In other words, par for the course. 

[Drew4UTk]

i don't find it hard to believe Davenport would undermine Currie at all... even though they are 'close' friends, she's a politician/cutthroat first and foremost.  

as i said, there is a real movement attempting to get rid of Currie... they don't want him to succeed..

[Mdot21]

i don't find it hard to believe Davenport would undermine Currie at all... even though they are 'close' friends, she's a politician/cutthroat first and foremost.  

as i said, there is a real movement attempting to get rid of Currie... they don't want him to succeed..

if they don't want him to succeed they should make sure Brady Hoke gets that job. Tennessee football will continue to crater off a cliff with Hoke and the AD will get fired.

[Drew4UTk]

there is ALL GRADES of discourse... Davenport hired Currie instead of Blackburn, and the contention of boosters that wanted Blackburn (which certainly doesn't include the Haslam's) are seizing the opportunity to remove Currie and replace him with either Fulmer (as an interim) or Blackburn (as it likely 'should' have been from the start)... 

there wasn't much case against Currie until Sunday, and it stands enough concern to wonder if the 'fans' and 'twitter' had as much to do with undermining Schiano as the pro-Blackburn boosters and their $$$ ties (read:influence) over the university/state.  

at this point, well... no... long before this point this became the best 'murder mystery' of the year.  

hollywood, who continues to play the same movie over and over, and remake those, ought to consult with the UT fanbase for story lines... i've said it at least five times here, let's make it 5+:  it's a train wreck i can't look away from... 

[MaximumSam]

Sounds like Herm Edwards to ASU is a real thing that is actually happening.  

Edit: This might be the weirdest coaching transition I can remember.  I don't remember any ASU fans even seeming to want to get rid of Todd Graham, and now he's gone and they hire a guy who's been out of football for 9 years and has almost no college experience.

[DevilFroggy]

Sounds like Herm Edwards to ASU is a real thing that is actually happening.  

Edit: This might be the weirdest coaching transition I can remember.  I don't remember any ASU fans even seeming to want to get rid of Todd Graham, and now he's gone and they hire a guy who's been out of football for 9 years and has almost no college experience.

Just kill me now.