Kiffin's Recruiting Imperative

It’s a fine pitch on paper. It might work really well, I don’t know. In any regard, people make decisions based off of emotion and then justify those decisions with whatever rationale they can find. Everything he presents is utterly devoid of emotional appeal. Knowing the recruiting wizards he’s brought in, I will guess that the appeal will be pretty personal, though.

I am a Kiffin doubter, but if the vols can buy solid talent in the SEC, they’ll have a great shot. It will be interesting to see how the visit for Marlon Brown goes this weekend. If they rope him in, it could be a sign of big things to come.

Getting Marlon Brown would be a big deal on a number of levels. I’m a Kiffin doubter as an X & O coach, but his presence in the SEC will be a catalyst for major recruiting wars and some entertaining feuds. It will also raise the intensity in SEC recruiting across the board.
 
Muschamp & Applewhite’s SEC recruiting ties are played up by a delusional segment of our fanbase, but this is just another reason why getting a player from SEC country here and there is unlikely to justify the time and effort to do so.

I can’t tell for sure, but if that Husky is wearing some kind of Raiders paraphernalia around its neck, I’m calling the ASPCA.

If you ever get the chance to attend an Oakland game, I can assure you that it’s a worthwhile event. The pre-game tailgate is basically the recreation hour of a prison yard: white bikers, Latin kings, Crips. Each segmented in their own little strip. I wore a Jack Tatum jersey as cover and was high-fived for it twice because “he’s dat dude who paralyzed a motherfucka!”

Former Florida OC Dan Mullen is already making life miserable for Houston Nutt. Mississippi State is actually showing up in Top 20 recruiting rankings, and they have commits from 6 of the Top 10 prospects in Mississippi.

Coach Giggity has zero commits from the Top 10 in-state recruits.

The irony there srr is Ole Miss booted Cutcliffe in large part because of his lack of enthusiasm for recruiting.

Nutt will ride out Orgeron’s recruits for as long as he can.

thts all that dude is good for anyway, recruiting

Nutt signing Dick was a double-entendre orgy. Good times.

I think he’s gonna get it done. The staff there has a proven track record with respect to recruiting, and the Kiffins are no slouches when it comes to gameplanning. Whether or not they show up on game day is another matter entirely.

Nutt going to Ole Miss was a great experiment – we thought Orgeron was a great recruiter and that Nutt was a damn good coach. Worked out as expected, really. But, really, if Nutt can’t get the top Miss kids to come to Oxford and there’s a guy in Starkville (have you ever been there?) getting them to come there, Nutt’s got a big problem.

Speaking of Orgeron, it looks like his money-grab move to flirt with Les Miles may work to Mizzou’s favor. LSU’s recruiting coordinator Josh Henson got pissed at Miles’ infidelity and is reportedly coming to the Tigers. Good thing, too, because now Petrino is recruiting the hell out of the area – Ronnie Wingo and Cobi Hamilton committed to him yesterday. Mizzou could use the help.

Speaking of Nutt and Dick… best ESPN headline ever that was up for only about 20 minutes circa 2006:

“Nutt to go with Dick over Johnson against Cocks”

She’s fine…but eat a cheeseburger already.

Dam, I didn’t know the Piggies got Ronnie Wingo

Question? Who will be the first SEC to crack under the pressure and turn in his peers for the same shit he is doing?

The answer is Spurrier or None.

True, but he is close enough to calling it quits he might just say to hell with it all. I am thinking Nutt.

If he takes his wife on recruiting trips, he should be VERY successful. My God…look at her!

No pearl necklace comments?

The NFL thing is working for the Aggies, why not for the Vols, too!

Actually, why would it work in one case and not in the other? Just because A&M is in a dingy little berg and the home of a backwoods, psuedo-military cult?

Have you seen Mike Sherman’s wife?

I am Mike Sherman’s wife.

all the stuff about the Tampa 2step in Knoxville sounds exciting – till its time to play UGa, Alabama, Florida. And I’ll add Auburn to the mix – the War Eagles are gonna be pleased with Chizik and his band of merry men.

Is Kiffin the next Mike Shula?

Didn’t Mullen stay to coach in the NC game? If that’s right, coupled with the season that Ole Miss had, it should be preposterous for Mississippi State to be outrecruiting Ole Miss.

The Kiffin : Shula analogy could prove apt.

“Dynamic” is my favorite word for USC offenses.

“I can’t tell for sure, but if that Husky is wearing some kind of Raiders paraphernalia around its neck, I’m calling the ASPCA.”

There was a dog in that picture??

I just wanted to post this picture of the Kiffin’s daughter who is apparently a cannibal.

Please, meet the Kiffins.

Sailor, that’s why the SEC is so dominant. Feeding on the young is just a tradition. Kiffin is just trying to get his family into the spirit of things.

Sparta!!!

Kiffin will get the job done in Tennessee. He may not become Florida or Alabama dominant, but I suspect Tennessee will come level with LSU or fairly close in short order. Tennessee is too large of a program to be down for too long and Kiffin is taking the right approach to his job behind the scenes, in spite of his public gaffes, and, of course, he has the weight of his father to make sure the transition goes smoothly.

The rep of his dad should not be underestimated. In truth, probably his dad is the real head coach over at Tenn, but, being a good ole dad, he will be content to stay in the background and let his goober doober of a son take all the credit for Tennessee’s upward resurgence.