(12-14-2019 01:59 AM)wavefan12 Wrote:  

(12-13-2019 12:24 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(12-13-2019 12:01 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  

Best choice, IMO. Norvell groomed him to take over. Dude is sharp, he has always been our lead recruiter, and the players love him.

And...he claims he wants to stay at Memphis and not job hop to the P5. We'll see.

Hilarious, just so hilarious.

Or he's the rare coach he does what he says. Either way, if he only stays four years and turns in a record similar to Norvell, I won't be too upset.

A little off topic, but not sure where to put this w/o starting a new thread.

(12-14-2019 10:33 AM)TripleA Wrote:  A little off topic, but not sure where to put this w/o starting a new thread.

His comment was included as part of a segment on the "3HL" sports radio show out of Nashville.
Go to about the 10:34 mark....

(12-14-2019 10:33 AM)TripleA Wrote:  A little off topic, but not sure where to put this w/o starting a new thread.

Are we supposed to take it that his "best restaurant" was inside the Peabody? I was wondering if it was something lame and touristy like The Rendezvous.

(12-14-2019 12:09 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(12-14-2019 10:33 AM)TripleA Wrote:  A little off topic, but not sure where to put this w/o starting a new thread.

Are we supposed to take it that his "best restaurant" was inside the Peabody? I was wondering if it was something lame and touristy like The Rendezvous.

IDK. Go find his list. My impression is it had nothing to do with the Peabody.

Not sure how I feel about this. Imo continuity hires are a bad idea, but Memphis has done so well with it's recent coaching hires that they get the benefit of the doubt. We'll see.

(12-14-2019 01:11 PM)coogrfan Wrote:  Not sure how I feel about this. Imo continuity hires are a bad idea, but Memphis has done so well with it's recent coaching hires that they get the benefit of the doubt. We'll see.

Current continuity hires:

Clemson - Dabo Swinney

LSU - Ed Orgeron

Ohio State - Ryan Day

Oklahoma - Lincoln Riley

Those 4 worked out pretty well.

(12-14-2019 02:18 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(12-14-2019 01:11 PM)coogrfan Wrote:  Not sure how I feel about this. Imo continuity hires are a bad idea, but Memphis has done so well with it's recent coaching hires that they get the benefit of the doubt. We'll see.

Current continuity hires:

Clemson - Dabo Swinney

LSU - Ed Orgeron

Ohio State - Ryan Day

Oklahoma - Lincoln Riley

Those 4 worked out pretty well.

Houston - Tony Levine

Houston - Major Applewhite

They worked out somewhat less well.

As I said, we'll see.

(12-14-2019 08:11 PM)coogrfan Wrote:  

(12-14-2019 02:18 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(12-14-2019 01:11 PM)coogrfan Wrote:  Not sure how I feel about this. Imo continuity hires are a bad idea, but Memphis has done so well with it's recent coaching hires that they get the benefit of the doubt. We'll see.

Current continuity hires:

Clemson - Dabo Swinney

LSU - Ed Orgeron

Ohio State - Ryan Day

Oklahoma - Lincoln Riley

Those 4 worked out pretty well.

Houston - Tony Levine

Houston - Major Applewhite

They worked out somewhat less well.

As I said, we'll see.

Maybe the common denominator is Houston, lol.

(12-14-2019 02:18 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(12-14-2019 01:11 PM)coogrfan Wrote:  Not sure how I feel about this. Imo continuity hires are a bad idea, but Memphis has done so well with it's recent coaching hires that they get the benefit of the doubt. We'll see.

Current continuity hires:

Clemson - Dabo Swinney

LSU - Ed Orgeron

Ohio State - Ryan Day

Oklahoma - Lincoln Riley

Those 4 worked out pretty well.

Ryan Day and Lincoln Riley are still too soon to call if you ask me.
Check back in 3 or 4 years when they have their own recruits in place.

Ryan Day is a great choice??? Silverfield??? what give?

(12-13-2019 06:28 PM)vick mike Wrote:  

(12-13-2019 12:42 PM)EvilLore Wrote:  Silverfield is a legitimate home run hire.

Memphis is going to be absolutely loaded and should be (as crazy as it sounds) considerably better next season. Brady White, Gainwell, Gibson all returning.

Awesome! Looking forward to beating y’all again next year.

Pretty easy to do...just get the same refs.

(12-14-2019 12:09 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(12-14-2019 10:33 AM)TripleA Wrote:  A little off topic, but not sure where to put this w/o starting a new thread.

Are we supposed to take it that his "best restaurant" was inside the Peabody? I was wondering if it was something lame and touristy like The Rendezvous.

Best Restaurant was Folk's Folly.

(12-17-2019 07:16 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(12-14-2019 02:18 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(12-14-2019 01:11 PM)coogrfan Wrote:  Not sure how I feel about this. Imo continuity hires are a bad idea, but Memphis has done so well with it's recent coaching hires that they get the benefit of the doubt. We'll see.

Current continuity hires:

Clemson - Dabo Swinney

LSU - Ed Orgeron

Ohio State - Ryan Day

Oklahoma - Lincoln Riley

Those 4 worked out pretty well.

Ryan Day and Lincoln Riley are still too soon to call if you ask me.
Check back in 3 or 4 years when they have their own recruits in place.

You realize those are the 4 teams in the CFP this year, right? How many teams ever even make the CFPs?

(12-17-2019 07:22 PM)GoOwls111 Wrote:  Ryan Day is a great choice??? Silverfield??? what give?

Ryan Day has Ohio State playing better than anybody for basically the entire season, along with LSU.

But my real point was, all 4 coaches in the CFP this year were continuity hires.

Silverfield has been auditioning for 4 years to take the job when Norvell left. IMO, he's a much safer choice than either Fuente or Norvell when we hired them.

(12-17-2019 08:44 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(12-17-2019 07:22 PM)GoOwls111 Wrote:  Ryan Day is a great choice??? Silverfield??? what give?

Ryan Day has Ohio State playing better than anybody for basically the entire season, along with LSU.

But my real point was, all 4 coaches in the CFP this year were continuity hires.

Silverfield has been auditioning for 4 years to take the job when Norvell left. IMO, he's a much safer choice than either Fuente or Norvell when we hired them.

Wise hire and good timing... Hopefully he can a DC in time for the "P6"/NY6 bowl game.

(12-18-2019 01:21 AM)GoOwls111 Wrote:  

(12-17-2019 08:44 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(12-17-2019 07:22 PM)GoOwls111 Wrote:  Ryan Day is a great choice??? Silverfield??? what give?

Ryan Day has Ohio State playing better than anybody for basically the entire season, along with LSU.

But my real point was, all 4 coaches in the CFP this year were continuity hires.

Silverfield has been auditioning for 4 years to take the job when Norvell left. IMO, he's a much safer choice than either Fuente or Norvell when we hired them.

Wise hire and good timing... Hopefully he can a DC in time for the "P6"/NY6 bowl game.

One of our defensive coaches, Kevin Clune, is the interim DC. He was DC at Oregon State and maybe 3 other schools, so he can handle it better than a new guy.

(12-14-2019 01:11 PM)coogrfan Wrote:  Not sure how I feel about this. Imo continuity hires are a bad idea, but Memphis has done so well with it's recent coaching hires that they get the benefit of the doubt. We'll see.

Every hire is a crap shoot. Time will tell.