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Josh Heupel was hired by new AD Danny White formerly at UCF
Good Hire ?
Good Hire ?
Heupel from UCF hired at UT
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They cleaned house for sure. Great opportunity but LOTS of pressure, too. They think they belong with Ala and UGA.
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They are right about one of those.
Drama free? Uh, if they were able to fire their HC for cause and avoid a buyout due to recruiting violations in the SEC, TN's about to get jackhammered.
IIUC, this guy basically followed the former UCF AD to Knoxville so he's probably the only coach that believed he won't be fired as he takes them through their upcoming probation.
IIUC, this guy basically followed the former UCF AD to Knoxville so he's probably the only coach that believed he won't be fired as he takes them through their upcoming probation.
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What about Steele? Didn’t they just hire him?
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Extremely underwhelming hire.
Let's look at UCF's record and recruiting the last 3 years.
2018: 12-1 (62nd ranked recruiting class)
2019: 10-3 (60th)
2020: 6-4 (75th)
He hasn't been able to build on what Frost had left him, and I'd argue he left the program in a worse place than when he came in.
Rumor mill says this was like their 5th choice. The upcoming sanctions are so big that no good coach will touch them with a 10 ft pole.
He's a placeholder coach until the sanctions end.
Let's look at UCF's record and recruiting the last 3 years.
2018: 12-1 (62nd ranked recruiting class)
2019: 10-3 (60th)
2020: 6-4 (75th)
He hasn't been able to build on what Frost had left him, and I'd argue he left the program in a worse place than when he came in.
Rumor mill says this was like their 5th choice. The upcoming sanctions are so big that no good coach will touch them with a 10 ft pole.
He's a placeholder coach until the sanctions end.
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Announcement was putting lipstick on a pig........
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That would be fun to watch ( but not to play against )! Great facilities, huge fanbase, lots of $$$.....
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Per rivals, their recruiting rankings since 2018 were 67, 52, 58, & 60. That's pretty in line with the 4 years prior (53, 57, 63, 73) Three of their 4 losses this year came against ranked opponents. They aren't world beaters, but they are a very well coached team. Considering the stigma surrounding the UT job atm, Heupel is probably as solid a coach as they could get right now.
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Not until 2023. We have them on the schedule in 2022 and I don't want to play a CPJ coached team.
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Another embarrassment. They hired the best Non Power 5 AD from UCF, spent 120,000 on a search firm during a pandemic just for him to bring his guy with him.
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TN just isn’t the great job it once was. Word is Kiffin (yes Kiffin part 2), Freeze, and Napier all turned it down. I don’t know enough about Heupel but I know TN fanbase isn’t thrilled about the hire.
Only after they are off our schedule.
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UCF fans are obnoxious and delusional. Hmm sounds like a school up the road.
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I think you meant to say that Tennessee Tech will get jackhammered. UNC has already proven that you don't need to worry about silly things like classes, and LSU has shown that handing out money on the sidelines on national TV merely gets a slap on the wrist....I am sure UT will find a way to navigate through this with only nominal penalties since they have cleaned up their act (wink, wink). TT on the other hand probably left someone's phone number at the local Wendy's and will get buggered for it.....all the while self-reporting and begging forgiveness.