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THE ANSWER TO TENNESSEE'S COACHING SEARCH: OVERSIGNING

New plan for the Tennessee coaching search, y'all. Nick Saban has shown us the way to enlightenment, if only we will listen.

Last season, Saban signed something like 140 players to his 2008 class. No worries, he said, it will all work itself out. If Saban and the airlines can do it, then so can we. So here's the plan:

Hire Mike Leach. Then hire Brian Kelly. Then promise Butch Davis $5M per and Jon Gruden $5.5M per. Tell Lane Kiffin you want him on Rocky Top and that you're going to make him the next Belichick. Substitute somebody he likes and respects if that doesn't do it for him. Lock up Trooper Taylor, Mike Gundy, and Bill Cowher.

That would give us far and away the No. 1 head coach recruiting class in the nation this season. Eight Five-Star, Ten-Jar blue-chip coaching recruits.

What do we do with all eight? Well, the first thing is to not fret about it, Virginia. It will all work itself out. I guarantee you that by the beginning of fall camp, we'll be under the limit of one. One of them may become unexpectedly ill. Maybe another will discover that East Tennessee is no place for someone with allergies. Another may wake up one morning with a knife in his back with Doug Dickey's fingerprints on it and the smell of Johnny Majors' cologne filling the room. The possibilities are endless, really, so don't concern yourself with it.

Maximize your odds. Hire them all and worry about the rest later.

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I like it !

Organizatins through total chaos ! As long as we don’t do like my manager ( ostrich management ) . It will be a very interesting next couple of weeks !

Phil,GO VOLS !!!

by bulldurham on Nov 25, 2008 9:47 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good Morning

Thank god for blogs or I might have to work for a living. The only thing I every wanted was a honest week pay for a hard days work !

Phil,GO VOLS !!!

by bulldurham on Nov 25, 2008 10:07 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

One more thing

If the coaches are upset when they get here to find another coach in the room, well then that’s just too bad. If a coach is afraid of a little competition, I don’t want him.

;-)

Go Vols!

by Joel on Nov 25, 2008 11:33 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sooo

who IS the leading guy right now? Kelly?

by Tech92 on Nov 25, 2008 3:39 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nobody knows

But opinion is trending toward the belief that it’s Kelly.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Nov 25, 2008 3:55 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cowher

Is Bill Cowher really an option!? That would be outstanding!

by MERC44 on Nov 25, 2008 3:51 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Uh, no

Not unless we hire all eight of ’em and budget $80M for the venture.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Nov 25, 2008 3:56 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey

Might as well make some room for some walk ons, too.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Nov 25, 2008 5:53 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If we actually brought in all those guys,

then Clemson and Auburn would have to settle for switching coaches. The state of Georgia couldn’t be any happier.

by hooper on Nov 25, 2008 8:45 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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