eddiesauto 238 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Yeah, I'm not very pleased about how so many rejected pay cuts, especially Chaney. Surely they'll send him, along with his pay cut rejecting buddies Will Friend, Chris Weinke on their way elsewhere after this wretched season finally ends next month. So many average fans have been struggling financially throughout the pandemic, yet football coaches making 6 to 7 figures financially refuse to give up any amount of money. They're not even coaching 12 games this season anyhow. Porter Osborne Jr 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eddiesauto 238 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 I quit watching after the second missed field goal. Brent Cimaglia had been one of the most consistent players prior to tonight. Watching UT football is just not worth the frustration Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eddiesauto 238 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 The annual beat down at the hands of Florida will be at 3:30 on CBS on Saturday. I haven't bothered to check the kickoff times for the remaining two games are yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eddiesauto 238 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Great win for the Basketball Vols tonight by 20 at #12 Missouri. Also, Will Friend left for South Carolina, so this could be addition by subtraction on the football coaching staff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Volunteer Falcon 628 Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 Pruitt fired and Fulmer retiring, time for another mediocre hire! Let’s go! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theDIRTYcode 2,614 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 There's people talking on the internet, yeah, I know, that Mims recruitment is involved with this investigation. That Kirby and Pruitt possibly got in a pissing match and Tennessee has been outed in offering to pay Mims...but he signed with us. Is Tennessee about to wreck the East just to get rid of Pruitt? Should we be worried about this or is someone just blowing smoke? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Volunteer Falcon 628 Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 53 minutes ago, theDIRTYcode said: There's people talking on the internet, yeah, I know, that Mims recruitment is involved with this investigation. That Kirby and Pruitt possibly got in a pissing match and Tennessee has been outed in offering to pay Mims...but he signed with us. Is Tennessee about to wreck the East just to get rid of Pruitt? Should we be worried about this or is someone just blowing smoke? Definitely centered around the Mims recruitment. I would be surprised if anyone else has to deal with repercussions from this outside Tennessee. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SacFalcFan 1,062 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 2 hours ago, Volunteer Falcon said: Definitely centered around the Mims recruitment. I would be surprised if anyone else has to deal with repercussions from this outside Tennessee. I don't believe it centered around Mims recruitment. There were a bunch of recruits involved and the source of the complaint was internal. The coaching staff violated level 1 and level 2 with a bunch of playets. You had 9 people fired today. You don't do that due to just 1 recruit. If Pruitt had won 11 games a year I don't think blows up. I think the administration used this to get rid of Pruitt and staff for no buyouts. Mims was leaked, but per today's press conference and their goodbye letter to Pruitt along with the firings it is a lot bigger than 1 recruit. A few guys close to the program tweeted out quite angrily at Pruitt for putting current and future player's eligibility in question due to the cheating behaviour. L.A.Falcon Fan and MattyIceonTap 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tl;dr 9,770 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Time for Gruden Watch 2021! A Tennessee tradition! But on a serious note, I wonder who will be the guy. Freeze is probably the top choice, but if you have NCAA issues, I'm not sure he's the guy you want to bring in. Napier would be an interesting hire too, because he has Louisiana relevant compared to what they normally are. Tom Herman would be an interesting name too. Think he did a better job at Texas than given credit for and he probably was fired too soon. If you think Auburn has an issue w/ people meddling around, then let me tell you about Texas. I say all this while fully expecting Tennessee to hire like Will Muschamp lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unknøwn 13,546 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Kevin Steele is now officially the HC of Tennessee for now. Fulmer remains on as AD until a successor is named but he is not involved in the football search. That would be Peyton Manning's show right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
95Dawg 5,915 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 https://247sports.com/college/tennessee/LongFormArticle/Tennessee-football-Vols-Jeremy-Pruitt-fired-termination-letter-159515844/#159515844_1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Turkeydawg 2,551 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 27 minutes ago, tl;dr said: Time for Gruden Watch 2021! A Tennessee tradition! But on a serious note, I wonder who will be the guy. Freeze is probably the top choice, but if you have NCAA issues, I'm not sure he's the guy you want to bring in. Napier would be an interesting hire too, because he has Louisiana relevant compared to what they normally are. Tom Herman would be an interesting name too. Think he did a better job at Texas than given credit for and he probably was fired too soon. If you think Auburn has an issue w/ people meddling around, then let me tell you about Texas. I say all this while fully expecting Tennessee to hire like Will Muschamp lol. I imagine they Keep Steele as the HC. No coach in their right mind would take the Tennessee job, knowing there are going to have more NCAA issues ahead. No chance they look at Freeze. Waaay too much baggage. You can’t drop one dirty coach for another. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eddiesauto 238 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I started to type out quite a bit, but decided not to. The biggest question I have is this: is this rock bottom yet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Volunteer Falcon 628 Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 19 minutes ago, eddiesauto said: I started to type out quite a bit, but decided not to. The biggest question I have is this: is this rock bottom yet? I keep thinking so, but we always find a way to reinvent it...so probably not. eddiesauto 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unknøwn 13,546 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 No worries, Jeff Fisher is telling people he wants the job. That has to be the fix right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tl;dr 9,770 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, Unknøwn said: No worries, Jeff Fisher is telling people he wants the job. That has to be the fix right? Can’t go 8-8 or 7-9 in college so yeah! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
95Dawg 5,915 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 I never thought JP would do good but whoa this is a whole level of bad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unknøwn 13,546 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 I never saw this coming but it wasn't hard to tell Pruitt has no business running a program. Hes a DC and nothing more. Tennessee just hit desperation and Fulmer needed someone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theDIRTYcode 2,614 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 4 hours ago, eddiesauto said: I started to type out quite a bit, but decided not to. The biggest question I have is this: is this rock bottom yet? All I know is y'all are nuking the whole god dam program to save $12 million. If this isnt rock bottom, I honestly am starting to feel for you guys. SacFalcFan and eddiesauto 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SacFalcFan 1,062 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 8 hours ago, theDIRTYcode said: All I know is y'all are nuking the whole god dam program to save $12 million. If this isnt rock bottom, I honestly am starting to feel for you guys. Yep. Pruitt's response was dead on IMO through his lawyers. I said this when it was announced Tennessee signed up this group of lawyers that they are known for protecting the school while digging up dirt to be used to fire a coach with cause to avoid the buyout.. They are doing this to avoid the big buyout. I can guarantee you if the vols were competing for nattys and sec titles this internal whistleblower would have been handled, but instead because they want to fire Pruitt with cause they went another route. Phil Fulmer should know about cheating, he was one of the worst in his time in knoxville. eddiesauto 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unknøwn 13,546 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 A lot of people talking about Gus Malzahn. How would that go over among the Vol base? Also, wouldn't that be something? Steele just hired and here comes Gus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PapaJoe 3,233 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, Unknøwn said: A lot of people talking about Gus Malzahn. How would that go over among the Vol base? Also, wouldn't that be something? Steele just hired and here comes Gus. Nah, won't happen. Peyton is not giving his blessing to Gus. He's wayyyyyyy to smart for that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cockybrit 153 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 20 hours ago, eddiesauto said: I started to type out quite a bit, but decided not to. The biggest question I have is this: is this rock bottom yet? Good Ole Rocky Bot, Rocky Bot Tennessee 😉 eddiesauto 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SacFalcFan 1,062 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 John Dunn @JxhnDunn There’s buzz around Tennessee that Eric Gray, Henry To’o To’o, Darnell Wright, Quavaris Crouch, and others have expressed interest in entering the transfer portal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unknøwn 13,546 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Theres a report Tennessee will authorize Steele to hire or extend assistants this week. Odd move unless that interim title is for a whole season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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