Reactions to Tennessee's wild coaching search: Did Jeff Brohm get cold feet?
Tennessee’s pursuit of Purdue coach Jeff Brohm is the latest chapter in what been an unprecedented coaching search.
After Tennessee pulled back on its interest in Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano, and Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy turned the job down earlier this week, Brohm was the next serious contender for the job.
A report from Jimmy Hyams of WNML about an announcement that the school would hire Brohm has been met with several reports that have said an imminent deal is not true.
Brohm is in his first season at Purdue after he was the Western Kentucky coach for three years, and played at Louisville as a quarterback where he later coached under Bobby Petrino.
Some questioned the timing of leaving Purdue after one season, while others said Brohm might wait for the Louisville job to open and return home. There was also talk, and a post from a recruit, of Brohm being out of town recruiting.
SOURCE: Nothing is imminent regarding a #Tennessee coaching hire. Reports that a deal is almost done w/ #Purdue coach Jeff Brohm are not accurate.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) November 29, 2017
Coaches can certainly lie out their ass about taking jobs but Jeff Brohm is telling recruits he's not going to Tennessee.
— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong247) November 29, 2017
We have now hired 2 coaches this search and are still looking
— Young Phillip Fulmer (@suckmyvols) November 29, 2017
Source i trust said as of 30 minutes ago there was not a deal between Jeff Brohm and Tennessee.
— rickbozich (@rickbozich) November 29, 2017
coach @JeffBrohm is on the road recruiting for Purdue. There is no deal with Tennessee.
— rickbozich (@rickbozich) November 29, 2017
Told by both sides that no deal is in place between Tennessee and Purdue's Jeff Brohm and not close to being done at this point, although there have been discussions.
— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) November 29, 2017
Tennessee’s current Head Coach prospects are the human equivelance of the discounted DVD bin at Walmart
— Mia K. (@miakhalifa) November 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/Trice_35/status/935918599016996866
Purdue University football coach Jeff Brohm was at Christian County High School today to visit 2018 commit Cory Trice. According to Trice, Brohm said he’s not leaving the Boilermakers for Tennessee. https://t.co/TKmPnJIn9L
— Chris Jung (@ChrisJungKNE) November 29, 2017
Everybody has a price. Anything is possible. But nothing about this Brohm-to-UT talk makes sense to me. Not the guy breaking it. Not the recruiting visit this a.m. Not the one-year stay at Purdue. Not the job/administration he’d be leaving for. Nothing.
— Gregg Doyel (@GreggDoyelStar) November 29, 2017
What was your favorite Tennessee head coach hire of this search? Mine was Schiano followed by Brohm
— Young Phillip Fulmer (@suckmyvols) November 29, 2017
Official update pic.twitter.com/gqnfNaGsd4
— RockyTopTalk (@RockyTopTalk) November 29, 2017
A brief recap of Tennessee's head coaching search so far: pic.twitter.com/BqFS0WbGJn
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) November 29, 2017
If Jeff Brohm says no because he really wants Louisville, where do the #TennesseeVols go from there. The search would become even more humiliating, which is a tough standard to meet.
— Kent Sterling (@KentSterling) November 29, 2017
Pretty sure Houston Nutt is available.
Les Miles too!
Wow, they should just sell raffle tickets for the job or something.
Pretty soon, the state is just going to have to pick somebody at random…like jury duty.
Problem is, nobody would buy a ticket… That “picking at random idea” is a good one, but I’d equate it more to what they did in “The Hunger Games.”
Ok, so I think I will quit looking on SDS until Christmas and have my surprise then, good, bad, who knows but this is getting old quick
Yes, I like this news…
Don’t leave Purdue, Brohm
Wow. How do these reports keep getting out? More painful with each one.
Problem is, these “reports” are just random tweets. SDS (and others) now consider tweets “reports” which is misleading to old folks like me.
Perhaps the AD is testing the response from Vol fans. If he wears them down enough, Lane is will be ripe for the picking.
Hahaha, that’s probably what’s going on here.
Lol well it’s working. Where’s that guy whose granddaughter was available. This is bizarre.
Larry Coker anyone???
The media needs to accept some responsibility for this F’d up mess too. Their reports are inaccurate and the need to be 1st to report something is overpowering the willingness to write an a story with some sense of proof. C’mon you guys, this thing is bad enough without you throwing kerosene in the fire.
More kerosene…. burn baby burn!!!
Quit drinking kerosene boy that stuff will kill ya.
Nope…this circus is all on TN.
Dilly dilly
Should we start calling TN the Pit of Despair???
Wrong… The media has reported flat out false stories about this coaching search.
They said we were turned down by Chip Kelly. FALSE – never even contacted him
They said Mullen chose Florida over Tennessee. FALSE – never even contacted him
They said we interviewed Chad Morris. FALSE – see above
They said Cutcliffe turned us down. FALSE – no offer was made. We put out a feeler to him (among others) to gauge interest. Never officially interviewed or offered.
So you know who they contacted? Also…putting out a feeler to someone and them saying no thanks is being turned down.
This is just getting beyond stupid. The idiots that talk to press, the press that don’t do any homework at all before running it, the UT Athletic Dept … well, I could go on and on. I think I’ll just stop looking at anything until they announce the intro for the new coach.
Oh. It’s the media’s fault. Has nothing to do with an incompetent AD and a bad coaching job? You were turned down by people that coach at Duke, OK St. This says everything about Tennessee. Everyone else seems to be able to hire coaches without looking like….. well……hillbillies.
So the reports now, are that Brohm agreed to the initial offer. When Currie took it to the Chancelor for sign-off, and he wouldn’t. Currie had to go back to Brohm with a lower offer and he said no.
I hope you’re joking.
He’s not.. That’s what happened.
I should find that hard to believe but I don’t. What a circus.
***FACE PALM***
wow.
Sources, please.
Wait i just saw another tweet that said Jeff Brohm actually is going to be the coach of TN next year. Update the article, congrats TN the 2018 SEC East Champs
Three words… er, names… er, name-words:
Orenthal James Simpson. Coach.
Available… Cheap… Successful college football experience.
Done and dangerous, baby.
Will the Goldmans have to co-sign his contract?
This is like watching an ugly fat guy at a bar trying to find a hot girl at closing time.
Hugh Freeze May be getting a call sooner than we thought.