Charlie Strong

[wayne]

Tennessee dodged a bullet.

 

[scn]

Re: Charlie Strong

Without a doubt.

 

[THEdonkey0515]

Re: Charlie Strong

Sure did

 

[farmin68]

Re: Charlie Strong

Definitely. I was never in favor of hiring him. That doesn't make me smarter than the average fan, though. I thought Butch was a bad choice, too. . And thought Kiffen was a good choice. So, I'm batting .333.. :tu:

 

[gator-n-buck]

Re: Charlie Strong

Tennessee dodged a bullet.

Not sure that UT dodged a bullet. Comparing Apple's and oranges....lol

Strong ventured out of his wheel house when he took the Texas job. During Strong's time at UF and Lou, nobody could out recruit him in So. Florida. Strong doesn't have those ties in Texas and hard to pull FL kids into the Longhorn State.

I believe Strong would of done a good job at UT...

 

[PalsPal]

TN definitely dodged a bullet. I may be wrong but I think Texas produces some pretty good players so why would he need FL kids lol?

 

[gator-n-buck]

Re: Charlie Strong

TN definitely dodged a bullet. I may be wrong but I think Texas produces some pretty good players so why would he need FL kids lol?

You missed my point. The word "ties" was used and it takes having good networking to recruit an area. Strong had already developed good relationships with H.S. in So. Florida. My point had nothing to do with producing kids. There's a difference in producing kids and getting those kids to come to a school. Texas and FL are neck and neck when it comes to blue chip H.S. players but to bad it wasn't part of my debate..... :tu:

 

[TreyB]

Re: Charlie Strong

TN definitely dodged a bullet. I may be wrong but I think Texas produces some pretty good players so why would he need FL kids lol?

You missed my point. The word "ties" was used and it takes having good networking to recruit an area. Strong had already developed good relationships with H.S. in So. Florida. My point had nothing to do with producing kids. There's a difference in producing kids and getting those kids to come to a school. Texas and FL are neck and neck when it comes to blue chip H.S. players but to bad it wasn't part of my debate..... :tu:

Ahhh Pal just like to stir. :stir: :tu:

 

[gator-n-buck]

Re: Charlie Strong

TN definitely dodged a bullet. I may be wrong but I think Texas produces some pretty good players so why would he need FL kids lol?

You missed my point. The word "ties" was used and it takes having good networking to recruit an area. Strong had already developed good relationships with H.S. in So. Florida. My point had nothing to do with producing kids. There's a difference in producing kids and getting those kids to come to a school. Texas and FL are neck and neck when it comes to blue chip H.S. players but to bad it wasn't part of my debate..... :tu:

Ahhh Pal just like to stir. :stir: :tu:

CBJ job is safe this weekend.... !! :tu:

 

[PalsPal]

So TN would have been in his "wheel house" op: ?

 

[gator-n-buck]

Re: Charlie Strong

So TN would have been in his "wheel house" op: ?

Yep... 40% of his roster at LOU were kids from FL. FL is a lot closer to TN than KY last time I checked. He would of been able to do the same or better at UT. He couldn't use his contacts to drag these same kids 20 hrs away to Texas. Let's face it, Coach Fulmer made a living pulling kids out of FL. Coach Fulmer's rosters would have more kids from FL than any other state including TN. No matter how good of coach you are, you got to have the players to win....

If I was an AD and was going to hire a coach. One of the biggest things that I would want to know. Had that coach recruited that region before...

 

[wayne]

Re: Charlie Strong

So TN would have been in his "wheel house" op: ?

Yep... 40% of his roster at LOU were kids from FL. FL is a lot closer to TN than KY last time I checked. He would of been able to do the same or better at UT. He couldn't use his contacts to drag these same kids 20 hrs away to Texas. Let's face it, Coach Fulmer made a living pulling kids out of FL. Coach Fulmer's rosters would have more kids from FL than any other state including TN. No matter how good of coach you are, you got to have the players to win....

If I was an AD and was going to hire a coach. One of the biggest things that I would want to know. Had that coach recruited that region before...

Name 1 Fulmer team that had more players from FL than players from Tn.