RTT Tennessee Volunteers Head Football Coach Search, Round 1

by David Hooper on Nov 6, 2008 12:00 PM EST in Tennessee Volunteer Football

Here we go with the fourth vote to determine the fans' preferred choice for a head coach. Note that this poll will close on Friday at noon, even though a new one will not open. Fair is fair, and 24 hours is 24 hours. The next vote-off will begin on Monday at 7:00 AM, and the voting rounds will resume throughout the week.

In the final vote-off of the first round of potential head coaches for UT, I now submit to you:

TORNADO ALLEY

(Wiki links: Todd Graham, Gus Malzahn, Gary Pinkel, and Kyle Whittingham)

Poll

Between these candidates, who would you prefer to be the next head coach at the University of Tennessee?

Todd Graham - Head Coach, Tulsa

51 votes

Gus Malzahn - Offensive Coordinator, Tulsa

17 votes

Gary Pinkel - Head Coach, Missouri

99 votes

Kyle Whittingham - Head Coach, Utah

61 votes

228 votes | Poll has closed

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Tulsa has not beaten a BCS opponent in like the last 18 tries. No thanks.

by rblakeh on Nov 6, 2008 1:45 PM EST reply actions

Why not Chavis?

Why not make the Def. Coord. Head Coach? As far as I know, he’s always done a tremendous job! In lieu of that, I think Leech from TxTech combined with Chavis would be brutal…

by TexasVol on Nov 6, 2008 4:38 PM EST reply actions

Chavis has made statements that suggest he has no interest in being Fulmer’s successor. If I were to guess, I think Chavis want to get a fresh start somewhere else, either as a DC or a head coach. I don’t have the links handy, but those statements were the reason I didn’t include Chavis in the list.

If Chavis did stay, though, it would really help with continuity of the Tennessee “family” that is so important to the players and many of the recruits.

by David Hooper on Nov 6, 2008 5:47 PM EST up reply actions

Also

This is basically fantasy coach-picking. Why bother with locals? :)

by Chris Pendley on Nov 6, 2008 6:12 PM EST up reply actions

Heh.

Funny.

by David Hooper on Nov 6, 2008 6:21 PM EST up reply actions

I also heard retirement talk a couple of years back

It’s possible he might decide fishing is more fun than a fresh start.

"Florida didnt win their first SEC title until 1991 and now they think they invented football."
-Ron Zook

by rustytanton on Nov 6, 2008 10:38 PM EST up reply actions

This last week notwithstanding,

I’m sure every coach has that feeling from time to time. I know I would.

by David Hooper on Nov 6, 2008 11:02 PM EST up reply actions

Who would be best

Consider the best hire in the SEC in the last decade. Who was that, and where was he from? Urban Meyer, from the University of Utah. Hire Gary Patterson, the head coach at TCU, and Tennessee will have the best hire when we look back years from now. I remember people snickering about Meyer’s hire, from the MWC. Patterson coaches in the MWC. He has taken a private school to heights they had never imagined. Tennessee should carefully consider the best hire in the MWC in the last decade when it makes this very, very important decision which will affect the program for years to come.

by rb71 on Nov 6, 2008 9:51 PM EST reply actions