Source: David Cutcliffe to release statement soon
by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 14, 2010 3:18 PM EST
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PrintPer an inside source at the Duke Athletic Department, David Cutcliffe is set to make some sort of an announcement shortly. I have reason to believe it has something to do with the Tennessee opening, but I do not -- repeat, I DO NOT -- have any information to indicate that he's either taking the job or not taking the job. Or been offered the job. Or . . . anything. Just that he's making a statement. Shoot, the tip could be wrong, and he could be telling his secretary what he wants for lunch.
But there it is.
[Note by Joel, 01/14/10 3:20 PM EST ] And take this for whatever it's worth:
[Note by Joel, 01/14/10 3:23 PM EST ] Also, the tweet below. I don't know the tweeter, and I can't find the source, even though he cites Jim Wogan, but according to this guy, Wogan says Hamilton's been in Durham.
[Note by Joel, 01/14/10 3:30 PM EST ] Here it is, from Wogan: Hamilton talks to Cut today, Cut talks to Duke AD this afternoon.
[Note by Joel, 01/14/10 4:02 PM EST ] Wogan reporting that Hamilton and Cutcliffe are talking this afternoon, and that Cutcliffe has already talked to the Duke AD. Probably no official offer yet. And if all of that's true, an announcement from Cutcliffe "soon" is probably premature.
[Note by Joel, 01/14/10 3:59 PM EST ] Look! It's a real-time twitter feed just for #vols and Cutcliffe!
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If we can't get a coordinator or Air Force's coach...
… then what hope do we have luring a guy away from a program like Duke?
Lou Brock loves Lamp.
Marquette transfer Jeronne Maymon
Newest basketball Vol. He has a 55% free throw percentage, so he should fit right in.
Thank you very little.
by pound the rock on Jan 14, 2010 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
Vols currently have
- recruiting class. Just wanted to post some good news.
Thank you very little.
by pound the rock on Jan 14, 2010 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
argh
NUMBER FOUR CLASS
Thank you very little.
by pound the rock on Jan 14, 2010 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
no kidding
Now Louisiana Tech’s coach is in the hopper?
As Moon Unit Zappa once said, “Gag mw with a spoon”
Thank you very little.
by pound the rock on Jan 14, 2010 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
If he declines
my UT pride will seriously be in the gutter…going 0-3 would hurt regardless of how badly I wanted any of them to coach here…
Neyland Stadium-It goes to eleven.
I had a dream last night that Cut was coach
I think it was a nightmare. And now it’s coming true. Don’t get me wrong, Cutcliffe is a great guy, did a lot for the university, but, man, is this the best we can do?
Anueryism
here I come
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." John Heisman
We have had Cut here
though be it in a different capacity, I know he is a good coach and all, I just don’t think he is the right coach for us at this time.
If it turns out to be him, I really hope that I eat my words and he takes us to the promise land
I think we're done with this little game either way
because if it’s not Cutcliffe, it’s going to be Kippy Brown
Cut isn't ideal
but I like it better than Kippy. The message board crowd are going absolutely BANANAS over the possibility of HC Cut. For the life of me I don’t get it.
Same here
I don’t really get it either. His heart had no trouble handling no pressure at Duke, but back in Knoxville?
by tommotornado on Jan 14, 2010 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
smartest class in the SEC!
Take that, Vandy!
by David Hooper on Jan 14, 2010 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
Well
The flip side of this is players arguing with the ref’s will be much more entertaining as they proceed to go all Ross Perot on them with Whiteboards and presentations on the Jumotron to show they were inbounds ;)
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." John Heisman
by Joseph Stanley on Jan 14, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
The commercials they show during football games next year...
… need to boast about how our Athletic Director has discovered time travel. We have gone backward four years!
Technology is your future!
Lou Brock loves Lamp.
I'm updating up top
Jim Wogan says Hamilton talked w/ Cut this morning and Cut talked w/ Duke AD this afternoon.
Rocky Top Talk
by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 14, 2010 3:31 PM EST reply actions
Yeah
Think about this:
Manning.
Manning.
Martin.
Ainge.
Them’s all right.
Rocky Top Talk
by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 14, 2010 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
David Cutcliffe and the M&M's?
Sounds like either a candy or a really bad R&B group…
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." John Heisman
by Joseph Stanley on Jan 14, 2010 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
Except Cut's health is a massive question mark
This program is about to go belly up. I will cancel my season tickets if UT hires Cut.
The Hamilton/Kiffin combo just nuked UT.
Thank you very little.
by pound the rock on Jan 14, 2010 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
Some anonymous poster on Volnation said that Cutcliffe declined, but that Bob Stoops wants the job!
Woooooooooooooo!!! If “credible sources” are wrong, then “uncredible sources” have to be right!
Can we all go back to bed
And start the week with Monday again?
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." John Heisman
by Joseph Stanley on Jan 14, 2010 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
my inner logic just threw up a lot in its mouth
by David Hooper on Jan 14, 2010 3:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm alright with Cut
He’ll be good, especially on discipline and offense.
He WILL however have to get somebody good for defense, and a Trooper or Rodney Garner type recuiter to go along with Lance Thompson and Willie Mack.
"I condone fun things" ~~ Cortland Finnegan
I actually thing he did a great job at Ole Miss.
But people think (justifiably) that it is going back to the old ways of the Fulmer regime, which – granted, looks a lot better today than it did 18 months ago – but people don’t want to go back to.
Lou Brock loves Lamp.
Here's my 18-year plan
1. Hire Cutcliffe
2. Mail some Viagra to Archie and Olivia
3. Profit
Lou Brock loves Lamp.
by birdjam on Jan 14, 2010 3:38 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Can we get a T shirt with that?
Label It “Some Time”
Or maybe “Once upon a Time” ?
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." John Heisman
by Joseph Stanley on Jan 14, 2010 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
Well, reservations aside...
..we’d better hope Cutcliffe accepts. Because if he doesn’t, we are utterly, utterly screwed. At least he would bring some cachet to the program. Better than Kippy Brown. I think it could work out alright.
But if he declines and we have to name Brown, we might as well all just check out for the next 3-5 years.
Also
If nothing has come out in the media yet, the fact that Cutcliffe is set to make an announcement is not necessarily a good thing in my book. Normally an unprovoked announcement such as that would say to me that he’s going to announce he’s staying.
Although the Duke football coaches page being blank is interesting, isn’t it?
Rucker is a tweeting fool today
Hearing David Cutcliffe would want to bring his whole staff to the #Vols. I’m not sure Hamilton would like that
Official MCM Hater!
Retire #9!
I wish the Muschamp deal would've went through
We need a big splash, like Mangino jumping into a swimming pool big
Cutcliffe's staff:
Marion Hobby DC (ex-Vol, ’90)
Ron Middleton ST/TE
Kurt Roper OC/QB (Vols 06/07)
Matt Luke OL (Vols 06/07)
Jim Knowles asst DC
Jim Collins LB
Scottie Montgomery WR
Zac Roper RB
Derek Jones DB
by Will Shelton on Jan 14, 2010 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
Rucker also says
I’m hearing length of the contract was a problem Calhoun and the #Vols couldn’t resolve.
If that’s the case Hamilton is even in more trouble than I thought. I can’t see not being able to get around that issue. We do not have the bargaining power we normally would. Reasonably we should expect some concessions have to be made in this circumstance.
Not true
Same as Muschamp not taking the job because of the out clause Hamilton was putting in the contract (if it’s true).
We may not be in great bargaining position, but you don’t just give somebody anything they want. You never know how they will work out.
Official MCM Hater!
Retire #9!
I do need more details,
and they’re details I’ll never receive. But if Calhoun wanted say 5 years and we were going to give him 4, then, in our vulnerable position right now we should have given him 5. Worse case scenario it costs us a year’s salary to fire him.
But of course if Calhoun wanted 10 and we were going to give him 4, then well of course, you don’t give him 10.
I agree with that
Surely it did not come down to a 1 year issue. Or something insignificant like that.
I was assuming it was some big difference in requests.
Official MCM Hater!
Retire #9!
If the rumors of a 6 year deal for Muschamp were true
Then maybe we were offering 6 and he wanted 4. Or vice versa maybe he knew of the Muschamp offered and wanted 6 as well and we only offered 4.
Get someone from the high school ranks...
..that way there will be no recruiting class to mess up when the coach leaves, that or an NFL assistant from one of the many teams now out of the playoffs. Good opportunity to improve the perception of college football here.
Finebaum is in Texas for the Bear Bryant trophy presentation.
WJOX has some idiot standing in for him that keeps on asking why UT isn’t going after Chizik. LMAO.
What you're seeing is team spirit. It's like the Holy Spirit, but more powerful.
-Hank Hill
Just added an auto-updating real time twitter feed on this subject to the top
Rocky Top Talk
by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 14, 2010 4:00 PM EST reply actions
just read clay travis's book
and unless he’s handling this thing way differently that before, no way in hell hamilton went to durham. this stuff is handled like the CIA.
here is the excerpt that describes the insane lengths hamilton went to last time around to keep things under wraps. i urge you all to read it. it’s like a spy novel. he always meet’s potential coaches in neutral, large city locations, specifically dallas with kiffin. no way he just waltzes into a small town like durham unless he really IS that desperate.
also, cutcliffe’s health has to be a huge red flag. can his heart take the pressures of being the guy in knoxville? duke is about 932,472 steps lower on the intensity level in terms of what the head football coach has to deal with.
The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.
I'm lost doesn't 2 mill buy anything this days !
Dan Willmams and Hardesty are the real deal ! Go Vols !
Can anyone clue me in to why
we’re not hearing Kirby Smart’s name? Seems like a double bonus. Get a head coach who seems to know what he’s doing and take away Alabama’s DC.
If he wasn’t the DC at Alabama would you be talking about him for HC? I highly doubt it. Before this year, he only had 1 year experience as a coordinator. That was 2001 at Valdosta State. If I was hiring, I would at least want to see what he does when out from under Saban’s wing, since it’s really Saban’s defense.
When you start hiring a head coach to hurt your rivals instead of what’s best for your program, you have serious issues.
What you're seeing is team spirit. It's like the Holy Spirit, but more powerful.
-Hank Hill
Look
I’m telling you. We have entered into a Bizzaro world. Now newpapers don’t report on anything… they ask you what the news is
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100114/SPORTS0601/100114063/1035
OK, settle for some CUSA Coordinator then
How many people have turned you down now? 4, 5
Good luck with that.
Oh, we’ll give you Gary Crowton; I’m sure Les has already ‘gauged’ the interest….
GEAUX TIGERS!!!
Why not Randy Edsall
Worth a try & definitely knows how to build a program!
WBIR says it's Cutcliffe
Rocky Top Talk
by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 14, 2010 4:18 PM EST reply actions
Any way we could get
Trooper Taylor back in some form? He shoulda been promoted instead of allowed to leave.
by Muhler on Jan 14, 2010 4:25 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Thats what I thought at the time as well.
Then again I also liked Kiffin at the time so my opinion is pretty much ignorable at this point. :)
How Original
Lets hire Tom Cable
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." John Heisman
Hamilton seems to have pretty strong feelings about Leach.
I don’t know his thought processes, but Leach seems to be a total nonfactor to Hamilton.
by David Hooper on Jan 14, 2010 10:25 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously,
I felt about Kiffin the way most feel about Calipari. Its just a matter of time, but he was going to wreck your program. an unbiased spectators view is sometimes more clear. I hope you guys get a good, honest coach.
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