Jeff Rutledge To BA ?

[cbg]

I will be very excited for him and our program if that pans out. He is a great kid and just a football junkie in general. Honestly it would be risky but well worth it. He would pour his heart and soul into the task. It would be a real challenge for him, at such a young age, to command the respect of much older assistants.

 

If CJR is really leaving MBA for BA, then I have to assume it is for many of the same reasons RB left. Why else would you make that move? I could understand if he went to a public school (new challenge), or to a smaller school (less pressure). But why to a rival school 20 miles away, playing in the same division? At least Ricky had the opportunity to build a team from scratch, and be a part of his kids' (boys and girls) education at Ensworth. JR will be walking right into a program that CF already built into a winner. I would speculate that it is either related to the faith-based mission of BA, or that he feels Gioia and company aren't giving him the necessary opportunity to win, and BA will give him that. Certainly he has never seemed unhappy to me....just interesting all around.

 

My personal opinion is that if Jeff hangs around "G" much longer he will begin to smell like the backside of a mule and Jeff is much to smart to allow that to happen. The best thing that could happen is for Jeff and Carlton to swap jobs. The "G-Man" and Carlton are one and the same and deserve one another.

[split4or50]

MBA might go after Graham Clark again, and those nuts in Kingsport may get what they wished for.

 

Someone in Kingsport said becareful what you wish for.

[Letsplayball]

With the blurb by Biddle in the Tennessean today, it sounds like this rumor was true. Now Biddle says it wont happen. What happened??

 

I cant see MBA being very happy with this.

[Ole Dad]

Flatt to Oak Ridge.

 

With the blurb by Biddle in the Tennessean today, it sounds like this rumor was true. Now Biddle says it wont happen. What happened??

 

I cant see MBA being very happy with this.

[itzme]

With the blurb by Biddle in the Tennessean today, it sounds like this rumor was true. Now Biddle says it wont happen. What happened??

 

I cant see MBA being very happy with this.

Even if BA contacted Coach Rutledge...big deal. Reminds me of the scene in Godfather II where Michael Corleone is upset with Tom Hagan for getting an offer from a legtimate casino operating company. Hagan responds "...do I have to tell you about every offer I turn down?"

 

...not that I'm comparing MBA with organized crime!

Edited November 27, 2006 by itzme

[big red big blue]

I talked to someone over T-giving I would consider "in the know" about all things MBA. His take was that there is a mutual interest and that it indeed relates to Rutlege's faith and BA's faith-based mission. To this person's knowledge, Rutlege and Gioia are on great terms.

 

Interestingly enough, his belief was that if Rutlege did indeed go to BA, that Jeff Brothers would be whom MBA sought as his replacement. Jeff Brothers is going to make a splash somewhere. As I recall, he played on one of those great BA teams in the late 80s and was an Academic All-SEC (if not All-American) as a multi-year starter at VU.

 

take that FWIW....