3 years ago the Haslams were the root of of UT's problems.
I think they were or at least a large contributor to the problem
Never thought I would see the Haslams the flavor of the week again.
Like sleepy Joe, the new flavor of the week?
So now Haslam is the hero?FWIW You missed Dooley... LOL. I told Dan we need Dooley back and he thought id been drinking
You guys were trashing the Haslams unmercifully after Jones was fired.
3 years ago the Haslams were the root of of UT's problems.
Never thought I would see the Haslams the flavor of the week again.
I need a score sheet ..
Pruitt ....bad
Fulmer....bad
Anderson...bad
Haslam...good
Smokey.. bad
Neyland...good?
Majors .. good
Charlie and Fulmer are big buddies. Charlie played at UT and is a huge Vol fan. How much input he has had in the coaching searches, I don't know. But hopefully, Fulmer will get his act together - hopefully he'll have 12 months to plan for a new coach (too expensive to fire now).Good grief . You guys have selective memory.When Pruitt was hired, no decent coach in America would take the job after the 30 day fiasco we went thru after Jones was fired. Have you already forgotten Barnes would be gone now had Fulmer not stepped in .
JMHO
I have never criticized the Haslam family - others have, but not me.I've said before that I'm not sold on Pruitt but does anyone in their right mind think it helps the program to be bashing Pruitt and calling him an idiot and demanding he be fired leading up to and including National Signing Day? And you wonder why we can't hire a proven coach?
But as for Pruitt, nice try, but doesn't seem to be working out.
But he gets one more year to fix things as UT cannot afford to pay out Pruitt and his staff.
But I fully expect Fulmer to do his homework done completely and have a few preliminary conversations with some talented coaches so that this time next year, if he needs to pull the trigger, he has options 1, 2 and 3 all lined up.
I think we spent weeks persuing coaches who finally said "no", etc. and finally went with Pruitt. Fulmer needs to put in the legwork in the next 6 to 9 months to know which coaches would be willing to take the UT job and not waste time on a bunch of coaches who end up saying no and that no "mitigating circumstances" arise that forces UT to rescind an offer.
One thing a friend brought up.agree completely...he's the only one who's profited from the last 10 years of disaster.
We need to quit making Sexton rich
Good grief . You guys have selective memory.When Pruitt was hired, no decent coach in America would take the job after the 30 day fiasco we went thru after Jones was fired. Have you already forgotten Barnes would be gone now had Fulmer not stepped in .
We had the best baseball team in over 10 years when the season was cancelled and we would have list that coach if Fulmer hadnt managed to keep him at UT.
Fulmercis the AD for all the sports not just football.
Fulmer doesn't need to get his act together but some fans definitely need to get out of hysterical mode.
This type of behavior is exactly why we're in the shape we're now in.
No decent coach would take the job because no decent coach was offered. John Currie had Mike Leach ready to sign when he was fired in flight back to Knoxville. Fulmer stabbed Cuurie in the back working behind the scenes to get the AD job which he has screwed the pooch on from the git go.This is hilarious...yesterday you were a Haslam fan and today you're accusing Fulmer of stabbing Currie in the back. So you think Currie should have hired Schiano now?
Only those who are in denial defend Phat Phils inadequacy, ineptness and inability. He got left behind in modern day football when he was coaching and he certainly wasn't or never will be a qualified Athletic Director.
We had a chance to hire an experienced AD David Blackburn who is a UT alum but Phat Phils buddies installed him in the job and shit show continues.
People who continue to accept what is going on don't support the University of Tennessee or it's football program they support Fulmer, Pruitt and who ever is running the damn place.
No decent coach would take the job because no decent coach was offered. John Currie had Mike Leach ready to sign when he was fired in flight back to Knoxville. Fulmer stabbed Cuurie in the back working behind the scenes to get the AD job which he has screwed the pooch on from the git go.FYI..Mike Leach was 3-7 this year. Had Leach been hired you would be online everyday demanding we fire
Only those who are in denial defend Phat Phils inadequacy, ineptness and inability. He got left behind in modern day football when he was coaching and he certainly wasn't or never will be a qualified Athletic Director.
We had a chance to hire an experienced AD David Blackburn who is a UT alum but Phat Phils buddies installed him in the job and shit show continues.
People who continue to accept what is going on don't support the University of Tennessee or it's football program they support Fulmer, Pruitt and who ever is running the damn place.
This is hilarious...yesterday you were a Haslam fan and today you're accusing Fulmer of stabbing Currie in the back. So you think Currie should have hired Schiano now?I like Gym but sometimes I think he eats is Cheerios and channels his energy into a good rant. 😉
Fulmer was in North Carolina at Curries request to interview a coach when Currie was fired. Currie needed no help getting himself fired...he was a national embarrassment.
However...let's not go 24 hours without demanding someone new be fired. Let's go another 12 years of insanity... Hire then fire a coach every three years.
I like Gym but sometimes I think he eats is Cheerios and channels his energy into a good rant. 😉
Currie, per my understanding was fired for going off on his own, They needed a AD quick so Phil was a temporary hire and we need a coach quick if we was gong to sign someone.
For all of Phils faults, he has done well in keeping some coaches here and seems to have a good hire that stabilized a rapidly falling women's bball program.
I too, have my doubts about Pruitt, this year was a CF and every school was affected differently. The established programs continued to do well. In order to improve this year we need not only spring and fall camp with everybody but S&C from day one. Those did not happen. Likewise unless we have a damned good for cause termination we cannot afford to financially or from a PR standpoint. I have no doubt Phil has a short list if he has to let Pruitt go.
I like Gym but sometimes I think he eats is Cheerios and channels his energy into a good rant. 😉Great post Dan. Spot on! If Pruitt is guilty of violations he should be fired immediately for cause... if not he will get another year. Unless someone like Gym is willing to chip in $40-50 million to buy out the present staff and hire a new one .
Currie, per my understanding was fired for going off on his own, They needed a AD quick so Phil was a temporary hire and we need a coach quick if we was gong to sign someone.
For all of Phils faults, he has done well in keeping some coaches here and seems to have a good hire that stabilized a rapidly falling women's bball program.
I too, have my doubts about Pruitt, this year was a CF and every school was affected differently. The established programs continued to do well. In order to improve this year we need not only spring and fall camp with everybody but S&C from day one. Those did not happen. Likewise unless we have a damned good for cause termination we cannot afford to financially or from a PR standpoint. I have no doubt Phil has a short list if he has to let Pruitt go.
David Blackburn was never even considered or offered the job even though many alumni and supporters wanted him.
I never said he was offered, but like Phil the Haslam's did not want him when they hired Currie
But it seems Phat Phil went off on his own to give a loser an extension on his contract? No one does that unless they either a moron or just plain stupid because Pruitt wasn't on anyone's list to become their coach. It was nothing more than that good old boy crap that's imbedded at Tennessee and why we can't get a winning coach.
So are you bigoted against those who are overweight?
Pay attention grasshopper, we were turned down by several coaches as we were a s--- show at this point for several reasons including the HOH, Currie went rouge and got canned by the administration for it, we needed a AD and a coach, Phil took it as a temporary position and did a quick search as we had to have a coach ASAP
You and roadie need to take off those orange colored glasses so you can see what's going on in the real world. You're both blinded to the fact you don't want to admit the fat man you seem to worship wasn't the man for the job and the reason he was fired the first time.
You really need to calm down as you are making ridiculous accusations
The Covid excuse is just that an excuse it had nothing to do with poor coaching, JG continuing to play QB and piss poor on field performance showing up the coaches for what they are. Everyone had the same problems with Covid but most of them had competent coaches.
You really need to read and think about what both Road and I posted. And no not everyone had the same problems, each school was unique, I laid out a few of ours, I could have talked about Penn States as I read about them in the local paper but I don't give two hoots or a tinkers damn about them.
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Fat?
Looks like a former offensive lineman that's in relatively good shape to me. Gym is just stuck on an old cliche' since he can't think of a new one that's appropriate.
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