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Mr. Kiffin's arrival in Knoxville in December 2008 to replace longtime coach Phil Fulmer required UT to pay a total of $5.85 million to Mr. Fulmer and several of his assistants.
When Kiffin left we still owed his assistants and were on pace to pay them $3.5 million that year. That was the highest of any school in the country for assistant coaches, according to a survey by USA Today at the time.
After Dooley was fired we owed Dooleys entire staff nearly $9.36 million in potential buyout money, including $645,000 guaranteed to Jim Chaney, who is now the offensive coordinator at Georgia.
Buyout payments for Jones and his coaching staff could total nearly $14 million, that is still to be determined.
At some point, Fulmer needs to back off and let it be all about Jeremy Pruitt, at least publicly. Even though everything Fulmer has said has been supportive of Pruitt, he doesn't need to comment on every aspect of Pruitt's program. He should remember that the wise, experienced Doug Dickey stepped out of the limelight and didn't pass public judgment on how the then-young Fulmer was recruiting, hiring and managing his staff, running his weight room, handling himself in press conferences, etc. Just let Pruitt be, and give him a couple of supporting statements after the season, or if times get tough.
I say all of that with the utmost respect for Fulmer...just my thoughts.
At some point, Fulmer needs to back off and let it be all about Jeremy Pruitt, at least publicly. Even though everything Fulmer has said has been supportive of Pruitt, he doesn't need to comment on every aspect of Pruitt's program. He should remember that the wise, experienced Doug Dickey stepped out of the limelight and didn't pass public judgment on how the then-young Fulmer was recruiting, hiring and managing his staff, running his weight room, handling himself in press conferences, etc. Just let Pruitt be, and give him a couple of supporting statements after the season, or if times get tough.
I say all of that with the utmost respect for Fulmer...just my thoughts.