How devastating to Tenn is Huepel leaves?
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Would be a positive for us. Our coaches need to take advantage of all these coaching moves! Plenty of recruits and transfers to get that would provide immediate help!
Surprised that aren't more Huepel to Oklahoma rumors.
Stoops canned Heupel when he was OC there and Stoops is still heavily involved with the program. Depends on if there's still bad blood there. Or maybe Heupel sees the firing with hindsight and how it set him the path for success. Hard to say. If he's pissed at Stoops, then it's probably a no-go. I did see where Heupel was rated the best first-year P5 coach this past season. It would be quite comical if he did leave though. Just when it seems UT finally stumbled onto a good coaching hire.
^^^^THIS, through and through! Venebles left under strained circumstances as well, fwiw!
I’m still reserving judgment on Heupel. UCF regressed each year under his watch.
Didn't know the background on Huepel's departure. Assumed he would be considered.
Oh, he may very well be. He seems to be on every list that's out there. Nobody knows if there's bad blood b/w him and Stoops or not. It's just part of the story. He can't be upset about his career trajectory. He's head coach at a major SEC program. IF his dream was to be head coach at OU and the opportunity is now there, he's only a few years behind where he would have been had he been retained and succeeded Stoops.
I guess the question for me is, "is the UT job a better job than ours?" If the UT job is better, then we better hope Huepel gets it over Beamer.
The Cincinnati Coach has already made it clear, he does not want to coach in the SEC...With the SEC getting much stronger, I see our job as a "career starter for an up and coming coach" or a "former successful coach looking to finish his career". (Spurrier, Mack Brown types)
The Cincinnati Coach has already made it clear, he does not want to coach in the SEC...With the SEC getting much stronger, I see our job as a "career starter for an up and coming coach" or a "former successful coach looking to finish his career". (Spurrier, Mack Brown types)
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Just my opinion, but I don’t see Beamer leaving here for OU. I’d love to see Huepel break one off in the viles and go to Norman. I agree that ours is a career starter type job or a swan song for a successful guy looking to ride off into the sunset.
I would literally give a testical for josh to leave them right now…
Stoops has been quoted as regretting firing Heupel. He called it a mistake.
I believe Heupel did a really good job at UT this year. I don't believe any coach inherited a bigger mess than Heupel did at UT.
Much like USC & Beamer, I don’t think there is anything UT can do if Oklahoma comes calling. It’s a much better job.
I was talking to my neighbor who is a season tix holder and listens to the sports talk shows out of Knoxville...Heupel takes his family to Calhoun's on the River where they do his call in show and has dinner there with the family...What he is doing kind of reminds of Dabo in that everything involving football revolves around his family...
This is a quality my neighbor and Vol Nation love...
I hope both Heupel and Beamer stay put!!! Quality young men!!!!
This is a quality my neighbor and Vol Nation love...
I hope both Heupel and Beamer stay put!!! Quality young men!!!!
I’m done having kids,,, i would surely donate one to watch that place implode
