Jack Taylor - Reported as New TE Coach

[BullyPulpit]

Was an offensive analyst for Tennessee and previously at UCF with Golesh. Also was an analyst for SMU prior to that. TE coach is probably one of the least important given that has been Coach Go's bread and butter coming up through the ranks. 

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/tennessee-football/2-tennessee-staffers-reportedly-following-alex-golesh-to-usf/

https://twitter.com/CoachJTaylorUT

 

Edited December 8, 2022 by BullyPulpit

[BullyPulpit]

Jack Taylor joins Josh Heupel’s Tennessee staff

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Josh Heupel was hired as Tennessee’s head coach on Jan. 27 after serving in the same capacity at UCF from 2018-20. Heupel is in the process of assembling his first...

 

[Blackice12]

would like to see more coaching experience on the offensive side of the ball.  

[Skingraft]

Another inexperienced coaching hire.... But hey, what could go wrong 

[Bull Matrix]

With CAG being a former TE coach I’m not too worried about this hire. It is the coaches on defense that we need to worry about imo 

[Bull94]

give me the young coach who can work 18 hour days and hit the recruiting trail hard over the old timer who is just punching the clock and counting down the hours to retirement.

we are a young program. we need the energy. a lot of the older coaches are taking a step backwards and might not put in the effort we need here.

[CousinRicky]

7 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

give me the young coach who can work 18 hour days and hit the recruiting trail hard over the old timer who is just punching the clock and counting down the hours to retirement.

we are a young program. we need the energy. a lot of the older coaches are taking a step backwards and might not put in the effort we need here.

Aren't all college kids about the same age? Or are we talking about we've only been playing football for a quarter of a century?

[Bull94]

5 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Aren't all college kids about the same age? Or are we talking about we've only been playing football for a quarter of a century?

we haven't had a football program very long. we need the energy of the young guys to go out there and sell the program. Like Leavitt when he got here.

[CousinRicky]

3 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

we haven't had a football program very long. we need the energy of the young guys to go out there and sell the program. Like Leavitt when he got here.

Yes, but.  Any team that isn't doing well needs energy in the program. We aren't unique in having a struggling team.  And I'm not totally sold that a guy like Herman, with some history of success as a head coach,  wouldn't have been better for USF. We'll see how it works out since we'll be playing them and they are now in the same conference.

[Bull94]

32 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Yes, but.  Any team that isn't doing well needs energy in the program. We aren't unique in having a struggling team.  And I'm not totally sold that a guy like Herman, with some history of success as a head coach,  wouldn't have been better for USF. We'll see how it works out since we'll be playing them and they are now in the same conference.

well I was talking about the TE coach specifically. Not sure you need a grizzly old veteran there. You need a young guy that can work 18 hour days and sleep in crappy motels on the recruiting trail.

Herman may well turn out to be better but from the little I'm reading it sounds like Golesh is going to bust his butt off to win here.

It's definitely a step down for herman though. people generally don't work as hard when they've been demoted.

He's not going to have private planes to recruit or unlimited expense accounts or huge staff to cater to his every need like he did at Texas.

More established programs don't need young guys to go out and sell. Generally they will have their pick of recruits.

Someone like Alabama can bring in old experienced coaches that don't have to sleep in crappy hotels, spend days on the road recruiting,etc.

Kirby Smart  recruited a kid at my son's school and he landed his helicopter on the football field.  Swinney recruited there as well and he flew in private and rode onto campus in a limo.

that isn't happening at USF.

we need guys that will drive to the middle of nowhere florida and stay in some flea bag motel to recruit a kid that lives in some podunk town.

Edited December 9, 2022 by Bull94