Schiano to Tennessee

MADHAT1

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Where are all our posters who said Schiano would never get a big P5 job?
I would love to chime in and put them in their place but: it has taken some time for him to do so and I disagreed with someone about Greg getting a P-5 job once he returned to coaching ranks. I said he would and the other person said at a mid major at best, but more than likely a DC position at a P-5 school at first.
Kudos to Tennessee and Schiano, but I can't put DOWN those who said it wouldn't get a P-5 HC job after he was fired from TB ,
 

KT8813

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And another.


This from the school that hired Butch Jones and
Huh? Schiano was their third (last) option after Gruden and Mullen per their boards so not sure who you are calling a tool. Their fanbase is in hysterics right now because again because they wanted Gruden so bad.

Sorry, I thought you meant they were hard up and had to settle! Misinterpretation. My bad. Remove tool and we can save it for the Tenn legislature
 

RUaMoose_rivals

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When Schiano fails at Tennessee- I can hear the excuses now.. "It's bc he's a an east coast guy." Tennesse will lose alot of games the next couple years

Not a good fit, imo. Vol fans are going to want results right away. That SEC scheduled will eat him up.
 

MADHAT1

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Btw, I see the reaction in Twitter has been overwhelmingly negative.

I can't see him lasting more than 1-3 years tops.

Dan Mullen to Florida btw.
H'll last just like anyone else Tennessee hires, win and stay. Lose and be gone in 3 years or less.
Just that Greg has it harder than most that would have been hired to win the fanbase over .
So he must go into a salesmanship mode right off the bat to recruit the Vol's fanbase to be on his side .
 
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This from the school that hired Butch Jones and


Sorry, I thought you meant they were hard up and had to settle! Misinterpretation. My bad. Remove tool and we can save it for the Tenn legislature
No worries. Their fanbase was all in on Gruden and is in complete meltdown mode. It's really ridiculous for the Tenn legislature to get involved and for some of the fans to be calling Greg "Schiandusky."
 
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Looks like Schiano may be backing out of the deal

I was wondering if that might happen. Rich Rod at Michigan as noted above is a cautionary tale. I mean he doesn't really need the money.

If he really wants to win, it'll be hard with what as of now seems like a very vociferous fanbase against you. Makes me wonder though if he does pass will he get an opportunity like this again and if he does will it be met with similar anger.
 

vkj91

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You're again missing how bad the perception of RU is, which tempers how bad that looks. The .500 number is also ******** used to make a point, given that it's driven by all tjose losses that came while he was building things from scratch.

I agree with you in thinking Tenn would have looked at it your way - they need a gameday force, not a program builder. But would think Gary would land a P5, esp in a year like this one.
from 2006 on he was 21-21 in conference. You Need a new argument
 

LevaosLectures

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Can someone explain to me the insanity coming out of Knoxville? Did they hire Hitler or something? College football is truly bizarre.
 
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tico brown

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And for the record, I thought Schiano would do well in Tennessee before everyone went batsh** insane down there.
 

vkj91

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Can someone explain to me the insanity coming out of Knoxville? Did they hire Hitler or something? College football is truly bizarre.
It's not hard to understand anywhere but here. First, all their beat writers have been pushing the Gruden possibility. Even today people were saying 10 million a year. Nobody outside of Rutgers is impressed with his overall performance here. Yes, he built the program but that was the ceiling. Tennessee doesn't need a program built, their roster is stacked with 4 and 5 stars. He hasn't exactly crushed it at OSU when playing equally talented teams.
 

mildone_rivals

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Count me among the surprised if he's truly been offered the position. I think it's a bad fit for both parties, and the reaction of many in Tennessee seems to back that up, at least partially.

In any event, if it's what Schiano really wants, than congratulations to him. He built RU's football program from nothing and deserves our best wishes.

Will be telling, I think, to see who his offensive coordinator winds up being.
 

MADHAT1

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Looks like Schiano may be backing out of the deal

Might be a smart move by Greg .
I'm sure having a fanbase that is as vocally opposed to
hiring Schiano as the Tennessee fanbase is will make it hard to recruit the type of talent it takes to win in the SEC .
Hopefully Greg gets the job and wins the fanbase over quickly

Personally I think there were some problems inside the football program that we don't know about and that was a major reason the Tenn AD felt Greg was right for the job.
 

mildone_rivals

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Can someone explain to me the insanity coming out of Knoxville? Did they hire Hitler or something? College football is truly bizarre.
He didn't build a program from nothing for them. All they see is his record both in college, and in the NFL and then as the DC at powerhouse Ohio State where our current head coach did a better job as DC than Schiano did.

Nothing bizarre about it. Only RU fans totally adore Schiano. What objective measure would lead anybody else to do so, unless they needed to repeat building a program from scratch, which is not the case at Tennessee?
 
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Dan Harralson‏@danharralson 4m4 minutes ago
OSU source says that they they are not as confident that Greg Schiano takes the Tennessee job as they were at 1 p.m., but ultimately thinks he may still take the job.

Dan Harralson‏@danharralson 8m8 minutes ago
Talking to someone at Ohio State, says that OSU was always under the impression that Tennessee was inline for Schiano. Says that John Currie was looking at Schiano before Butch Jones was fired. Says that Schiano was not the first choice, but mutual interests.

Dan Harralson‏@danharralson 46s47 seconds ago
Replying to @danharralson
Says that Greg Schiano is about 75% sure, right now, that he will still take the Tennessee head coaching job still.
 

sct1111

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The backlash to Greg has nothing to do with Sandusky and all to do with Tennessee fans wanting a "higher profile" hire. It's all nonsense.
 

NBKnight

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Sure but how does this look on paper?
Head coach for 11 years:
Never won a conference title
Never finished better than 3rd in recruiting in conference.
Never went to a BCS game
Never won a major bowl
Had a below 500 conference record
Repeatedly given up 30 plus points as DC at a school stocked with 5 star talent
Lost to Burch Jones 36--10 in year 10?

Hater
 

tico brown

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The backlash to Greg has nothing to do with Sandusky and all to do with Tennessee fans wanting a "higher profile" hire. It's all nonsense.
Yeah well, they're using the PSU thing as THE excuse to bash out. Like this asshat. Was Schiano found guilty of something?

 

mildone_rivals

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The backlash to Greg has nothing to do with Sandusky and all to do with Tennessee fans wanting a "higher profile" hire. It's all nonsense.
I'm not so sure. Just look at our own fan-base and how many of us continue to associate anything PSU-related to Sandusky, no matter how tenuous the link.

We naturally cut Schiano a break because he was our head coach and there is a lot of love for his building up our program, a task many thought impossible. So we're no longer objective about the question.

But to be completely objective and honest about it, none of us knows for sure, but Schiano, what he knew about what happened at the time. Maybe Paterno knew how much Schiano was aware of. Maybe some other coaches know. Probably nobody else.

Point being, it's not entirely unreasonable, if being completely objective, for those with no particular love for Schiano, to wonder.
 
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rufeelinit

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Seemed like a bad fit culturally even before I read the backlash. The honeymoon will be very short if at all if he and the AD decide to move forward. He is 50/50 at best to be there for more than 3 years. Not sure what the Vol fans are smoking if they truly thought Gruden was coming their way.
 
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mildone_rivals

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Seemed like a bad fit culturally even before I read the backlash. The honeymoon will be very short if at all if he and the AD decide to move forward. He is 50/50 at best to be there for more than 3 years. Not sure what the Vol fans are smoking if they truly thought Gruden was coming their way.
If I were Schiano, I'd insist on a pretty long contract and a big *** buyout. Won't be an easy job.
 

Knightmoves

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I'm right here. Shocked. Absolutely shocked.

I am absolutely shocked as well.

Can’t believe that the Tennessee Boosters will vote Yes on this.

Greg got 5 years, $15M from Bucs. Similar deal w Vols ?

I will believe it when I see it.
 
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