Cutcliffe tells Tennessee he’s not interested

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Report: David Cutcliffe tells Tennessee he’s not interested
By John TaylorNov 27, 2017, 10:49 PM EST

Did you ever imagine a day when the head football coach at Duke would turn down the opportunity for the same job at Tennessee? Yet, here we are.Even before Tennessee’s search for a head coach became a national punchline, it was thought that David Cutcliffe could be an option for the Vols. After athletic directorJohn Currie‘s pursuit of Greg Schiano was scuttled, there was a growing sentiment that Cutcliffe was the man who could right the listing Vols football ship.

Monday night, Chris Low of ESPN.comreported that Cutcliffe won’t be riding into Knoxville on a white horse as he’s turned down the Vols’ overtures after the university reached out to him. Instead, he’ll remain with the Blue Devils despite deep, deep ties to the UT football program.

Cutcliffe spent two different stints with the Volunteers, the first from 1982-98 and the second in 2006-07.

The head coach at Duke since 2008, Cutcliffe has gone 58-67 in those ten seasons and led the Blue Devils to five bowl berths. In the 18 years prior to Cutcliffe’s arrival, the program won a total of 35 games. They also appeared in five bowl games in the previous 63 years before Cutcliffe’s arrival.

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[mjh218]

It’s not me it’s you

 

[lein]

Report: David Cutcliffe tells
The head coach at Duke since 2008, Cutcliffe has gone 58-67 in those ten seasons and led the Blue Devils to five bowl berths. In the 18 years prior to Cutcliffe’s arrival, the program won a total of 35 games. They also appeared in five bowl games in the previous 63 years before Cutcliffe’s arrival.

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Schiano's record at Rutgers was better and Rutgers was a bigger basket case when he took over.

 

[BobPSU92]

Shit show.

 

[PSUArnie]

Report: David Cutcliffe tells Tennessee he’s not interested
By John TaylorNov 27, 2017, 10:49 PM EST

Did you ever imagine a day when the head football coach at Duke would turn down the opportunity for the same job at Tennessee? Yet, here we are.Even before Tennessee’s search for a head coach became a national punchline, it was thought that David Cutcliffe could be an option for the Vols. After athletic directorJohn Currie‘s pursuit of Greg Schiano was scuttled, there was a growing sentiment that Cutcliffe was the man who could right the listing Vols football ship.

Monday night, Chris Low of ESPN.comreported that Cutcliffe won’t be riding into Knoxville on a white horse as he’s turned down the Vols’ overtures after the university reached out to him. Instead, he’ll remain with the Blue Devils despite deep, deep ties to the UT football program.

Cutcliffe spent two different stints with the Volunteers, the first from 1982-98 and the second in 2006-07.

The head coach at Duke since 2008, Cutcliffe has gone 58-67 in those ten seasons and led the Blue Devils to five bowl berths. In the 18 years prior to Cutcliffe’s arrival, the program won a total of 35 games. They also appeared in five bowl games in the previous 63 years before Cutcliffe’s arrival.

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They might as well just give it to Shoop and get it over with. Ha ha...

 

[psuro]

Shouldn't they have to get approval from Clay Travis and Paul Finebaum first, before they make an offer?

 

[royboy]

Schiano's record at Rutgers was better and Rutgers was a bigger basket case when he took over.

Schiano did have a better record, but Rutgers was not a bigger basket case when he took over. Duke had 35 wins over the 18 years previous; under coaches Dick Anderson, Doug Graber, and Terry Shea, Rutgers had 67 wins over a similar period.

 

[Nitt1300]

Shouldn't they have to get approval from Clay Travis and Paul Finebaum first, before they make an offer?

and every 14 year old with a Twitter account

 

[psuro]

and every 14 year old with a Twitter account

Or 44 year old who wants to flex his internet muscles.

 

[Nitt1300]

Or 44 year old who wants to flex his internet muscles.

adults use Twitter? Who knew?

 

[psuro]

adults use Twitter? Who knew?

Well....there is this one guy....

 

[razpsu]

Every coach should turn it down. Why go there with all the fans and media that will crush you in a second. What they did to Schiano should turn a lot of coaches heads. Good for Cutcliffe. Would be funny if they tried for Moorhead etc. ties to psu nonetheless.

 

[BBrown]

Report: David Cutcliffe tells Tennessee he’s not interested
By John TaylorNov 27, 2017, 10:49 PM EST

Did you ever imagine a day when the head football coach at Duke would turn down the opportunity for the same job at Tennessee? Yet, here we are.Even before Tennessee’s search for a head coach became a national punchline, it was thought that David Cutcliffe could be an option for the Vols. After athletic directorJohn Currie‘s pursuit of Greg Schiano was scuttled, there was a growing sentiment that Cutcliffe was the man who could right the listing Vols football ship.

Monday night, Chris Low of ESPN.comreported that Cutcliffe won’t be riding into Knoxville on a white horse as he’s turned down the Vols’ overtures after the university reached out to him. Instead, he’ll remain with the Blue Devils despite deep, deep ties to the UT football program.

Cutcliffe spent two different stints with the Volunteers, the first from 1982-98 and the second in 2006-07.

The head coach at Duke since 2008, Cutcliffe has gone 58-67 in those ten seasons and led the Blue Devils to five bowl berths. In the 18 years prior to Cutcliffe’s arrival, the program won a total of 35 games. They also appeared in five bowl games in the previous 63 years before Cutcliffe’s arrival.

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At this rate maybe they will go after Narduzzi? LOL
Hey Bo Pelini is out there...

 

[john4psu]

Cutcliffe is one smart individual.

 

[jrd23psu]

Look at how their fans treated Schiano because he wasn't the sexy hire they wanted. Or basically, because he wasn't John Gruden. Coaches are going to think twice before singing up to coach at UT now.

 

[BobPSU92]

Or 44 year old who wants to flex his internet muscles.

Grr!

 

[BobPSU92]

tennessee should hire back butch jones.

 

[mn78psu83]

tennessee should hire back butch jones.

Too bad Spike Jones isn't available.

 

[anon_1eeb2b426hv3y]

Every coach should turn it down. Why go there with all the fans and media that will crush you in a second. What they did to Schiano should turn a lot of coaches heads. Good for Cutcliffe. Would be funny if they tried for Moorhead etc. ties to psu nonetheless.

They’ll raise the offer until coaches start to listen. They’re embarrassed. And we know firsthand what one can expect a university’s leadership to do when embarrassed. It’s well documented—in NCAA management level email.

Totally different scenarios (probably so much so that it’s not even a reasonable comparison, but it makes the point (badly): They’ll pay what they have to. Tennessee isn’t going to end up without a decent coach.

 

[psuro]

Too bad Spike Jones isn't available.

Or Davey Jones. Or Tom Jones.

 

[psuro]

They’ll raise the offer until coaches start to listen. They’re embarrassed. And we know firsthand what one can expect a university’s leadership to do when embarrassed. It’s well documented—in NCAA management level email.

Totally different scenarios (probably so much so that it’s not even a reasonable comparison, but it makes the point (badly): They’ll pay what they have to. Tennessee isn’t going to end up without a decent coach.

Yeah, no coach in his right mind would want to be this guy. He would want to be the guy after this guy.

 

[NewYC]

Yeah, no coach in his right mind would want to be this guy. He would want to be the guy after this guy.

The only level Tennessee football can hope to advance to in the next decade is mediocrity. And mediocrity will only be achieved if the next 4 coaches that they’ll inevitably hire over that timeframe have an enormous amount of success. Otherwise they’ll continue to maintain joke standard. So...I don’t think it matters when a coach takes that job-it’ll always be a bad choice.

 

[anon_1eeb2b426hv3y]

Yeah, no coach in his right mind would want to be this guy. He would want to be the guy after this guy.

I completely agree. And I’d never want to be a garbage man. But depending on the contract...

Not disagreeing with your point. Rather, making the point that TN is embarrassed and has a lot more riding on this hire now than they did before. They have the money to make guys listen, even though anybody would want to be the guy after this guy.

The coach might say “not interested” right away, but his agent may listen long enough to hear a big number. We’ll see where this goes. Right now, seems they’re embarrassed but not yet desperate. It’s still November. And Jones brought in a lot of talent—and lost some too... we’ll see.

 

[doublehaul]

At this point Tennessee will be lucky to land a mid - major coordinator. Unreal expectations at Rockytop.

 

[BlueBand]

Or Davey Jones. Or Tom Jones.

Or Steve Jones. Although he may be over qualified for Rocky Top.

 

[psuro]

Or Steve Jones. Although he may be over qualified for Rocky Top.

Or Mick Jones. Because he is British and probably does not care about college American football.

 

[Diego Badman]

Too bad Spike Jones isn't available.

Or Thaddeus Jones (not the politician). [You all might have to do a little digging on this one.]

 

[BobPSU92]

tennessee is trying to keep up with the Joneses.

 

[The Song Remains the Same]

tennessee is trying to keep up with the Joneses.

Bonus points for guessing both of these Joneses...

 

[mn78psu83]

Or Thaddeus Jones (not the politician). [You all might have to do a little digging on this one.]

I wonder what a Spike Jones/Thaddeus Jones duet would have sounded like?

In the words of the Band,

"I can't stand the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk."

 

[Diego Badman]

I wonder what a Spike Jones/Thaddeus Jones duet would have sounded like?

In the words of the Band,

"I can't stand the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk."

You got me on this one. I was not referencing the Jazz Great.

 

[psuro]

Neither "Me and Mrs.....Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones"....are interested.....cause "we got a thing going on".....

 

[BlueBand]

Tennessee is jonesin' for a coach. Any coach. Except Schiano.

 

[Safety Blitz]

Maybe they should consider Shirley Jones.
She could coach the team AND drive the bus.