Vols writer Caleb Calhoun says he thinks Elko is the best coach in cfb. Have fun.

Time stamp: 2:44 and 5:08
"I've said for years if you hire Ivy league brains who also have a background in football as head coach, they would be lightyears ahead of every coach in intelligence. Texas A&M is running that experiment with Mike Elko."

Jason Garrett says hi

2 months prior. Same stand. Time stamp: 0:30

Hopefully he doesn't do any "Beautiful Mind" photos drawing on a clear dry erase board like Coach Mensa.

Showstopper said:

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Hopefully he doesn't do any "Beautiful Mind" photos drawing on a clear dry erase board like Coach Mensa.

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The real question is can the man handle a sledgehammer?

gabehcoud said:

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Jason Garrett says hi

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Jason Garrett coached CFB?

And since Tennessee fans have such a great gauge for measuring other teams' coaches……….

gabehcoud said:

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Jason Garrett says hi

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So does Bill O'Brien...

TxAg76 said:

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And since Tennessee fans have such a great gauge for measuring other teams' coaches……….

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They do know a thing about chasing a hired coach away though.

That one dude thinks Elko's practically gonna be the next Saban.

I do think there's a dangerous IQ in the 110 - 120 range where the guys are pretty smart, and they think they're smarter than everyone else. You get up around 130+, they're smart enough to know it, but not so smart that they can't learn anything new, and smart enough to stay in their lanes when a true genius comes along. Leach, Snyder, Saban....

That IQ scale actually works in reverse; as the IQ goes closer to 90 the smarter the person thinks they are, usually. Around about 85 to 90 though a person's usually like, "Nah I'm just dumb."

Most folks in the perfectly average range of 95 to 105 are quite aware they are perfectly average, but good at the things they know how to do and practice often. Such a person might not know the first thing about math and be terrible at it, but by golly they're the best mechanic in the county.

Anything above 110 and it's mostly just narcissistic personality at that point. Narcissistic personalities are IQ agnostic.

FYI: College Gameday's Rece Davis said last month on ESPN's YouTube channel that Elko would've probably been the choice for the Michigan, Penn St, and Notre Dame HC jobs in the future had he not taken the A&M job.

NewEra2023 said:

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Vols writer Caleb Calhoun says he thinks Elko is the best coach in cfb. Have fun.

Time stamp: 2:44 and 5:08
"I've said for years if you hire Ivy league brains who also have a background in football as head coach, they would be lightyears ahead of every coach in intelligence. Texas A&M is running that experiment with Mike Elko."

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The amount of crawfishing this guy is gonna have to do if the Vols ever hire Bill O'Brien is gonna be funny.

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That IQ scale actually works in reverse; as the IQ goes closer to 90 the smarter the person thinks they are, usually. Around about 85 to 90 though a person's usually like, "Nah I'm just dumb."

Most folks in the perfectly average range of 95 to 105 are quite aware they are perfectly average, but good at the things they know how to do and practice often. Such a person might not know the first thing about math and be terrible at it, but by golly they're the best mechanic in the county.

Anything above 110 and it's mostly just narcissistic personality at that point. Narcissistic personalities are IQ agnostic.

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This is actually a data availability bias. Most people don't know their IQ. Narcissists DO know their IQ but they only tell you about it if it's high. If it's not they say IQ doesn't really matter.

I know plenty of extremely intelligent people who are very kind. There are also plenty of low IQ Narcissists. Just browse the zoo.

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FYI: College Gameday's Rece Davis said last month on ESPN's YouTube channel that Elko would've probably been the choice for the Michigan, Penn St, and Notre Dame HC jobs in the future had he not taken the A&M job.

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Maybe that's what drove the hesitation on him coming initially. Maybe that's why we fired Jimbo so quickly bc odds were Michigan would be looking at the end of the season either way.

Saban doesn't have a 130+ IQ, he has OCD. OCD makes really good coaches.

Beware of Vols bearing gifts????

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Showstopper said:

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Hopefully he doesn't do any "Beautiful Mind" photos drawing on a clear dry erase board like Coach Mensa.

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The real question is can the man handle a sledgehammer?

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It never gets old

The only thing that would've made it funnier is if he face planted after tripping over those other hammers.

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Showstopper said:

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Hopefully he doesn't do any "Beautiful Mind" photos drawing on a clear dry erase board like Coach Mensa.

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The real question is can the man handle a sledgehammer?

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It never gets old

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Who is this?

Tom Herman when Texas was renovating their locker room

NewEra2023 said:

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Vols writer Caleb Calhoun says he thinks Elko is the best coach in cfb. Have fun.

Time stamp: 2:44 and 5:08
"I've said for years if you hire Ivy league brains who also have a background in football as head coach, they would be lightyears ahead of every coach in intelligence. Texas A&M is running that experiment with Mike Elko."

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I'm used to listening to TexAgs, Josh Pate, and Andy Staples for college football content. Wow do these Tennessee guys suck in comparison to the quality I'm used to.

That was a beating to watch

You should write them a letter

Meximan said:

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That IQ scale actually works in reverse; as the IQ goes closer to 90 the smarter the person thinks they are, usually. Around about 85 to 90 though a person's usually like, "Nah I'm just dumb."

Most folks in the perfectly average range of 95 to 105 are quite aware they are perfectly average, but good at the things they know how to do and practice often. Such a person might not know the first thing about math and be terrible at it, but by golly they're the best mechanic in the county.

Anything above 110 and it's mostly just narcissistic personality at that point. Narcissistic personalities are IQ agnostic.

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That's painting with much too broad of a brush.

Why does our fan base have a need to be validated by other people?

Not about validation. It's someone's unbiased opinion who write and talk about cfb for a living and not for shock value like a Colin Cowherd. What's your problem

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Not about validation. It's someone's unbiased opinion who write and talk about cfb for a living and not for shock value like a Colin Cowherd. What's your problem

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The stupid validation seeking thread titles.

"Vols praise the hire".

No "they" didn't. One dude wrote a story. But you tried to make it way bigger than that (validation needed).

All the Vols have been caring about way bigger things this week.

Are you ok lol It's a title. He and his partner are vols. They praised the hire. The end.

It's not that deep.

AFAIC Elko is killin' it so far.

We'll see what happens next season.

gabehcoud said:

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Jason Garrett says hi

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Jason Garrett is very intelligent, very organized & disciplined. His problem was he didn't have any guts. He had a backup QB mentality and that carried over to the team. Elko may not have Dan Campbell cojones, but it'll be a far cry from Garrett.

Meximan said:

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That IQ scale actually works in reverse; as the IQ goes closer to 90 the smarter the person thinks they are, usually. Around about 85 to 90 though a person's usually like, "Nah I'm just dumb."

Most folks in the perfectly average range of 95 to 105 are quite aware they are perfectly average, but good at the things they know how to do and practice often. Such a person might not know the first thing about math and be terrible at it, but by golly they're the best mechanic in the county.

Anything above 110 and it's mostly just narcissistic personality at that point. Narcissistic personalities are IQ agnostic.

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Most of the people that I have known that have an IQ above 140 are not narcissists, and usually don't consider themselves that smart. It is because they realize how much they don't know.

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Showstopper said:

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Hopefully he doesn't do any "Beautiful Mind" photos drawing on a clear dry erase board like Coach Mensa.

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The real question is can the man handle a sledgehammer?

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It never gets old

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Who is this?

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Justin Trudeau