Recruiting Forum Football Talk XXXII

[Nashvegas31]

A no brainer?

No one can ever give me anything tangible on why he's "the guy" except y'all think he's going to just snag us kids from One high school.

When your choices are Weinke and Canales it is. If we are talking OConnel then OConnel is the no brainer over those two

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

Lulz....at the people who have been saying the AD needs to be a UT man with orange blood running through their veins...then....Fulmer is a leading candidate....


Nope.....don't want him....he has no clue to what to do with the AD role...

 

[McGeesPub]

P. Fulmer out of the D. Dickey AD tree. I like the notion.

So was Mike Hamilton.

 

[drvenner]

It is going to be Fulmer.

I checked the film and it looks good.

I will remain on the Big Orange Train. He was not my first choice, but as I mentioned earlier, I think he is miles better than Gilbert.

 

[jordan4vols]

Lulz....at the people who have been saying the AD needs to be a UT man with orange blood running through their veins...then....Fulmer is a leading candidate....


Nope.....don't want him....he has no clue to what to do with the AD role...

I believe AD is as much fundraising and politics as anything else. We all know Fulmer can do that. Blackburn is my first choice but I'm not upset with Fulmer. He would have never hired Kiffin or Dooley. I would think the one thing he knows is Football

 

[Nashvegas31]

I believe AD is as much fundraising and politics as anything else. We all know Fulmer can do that. Blackburn is my first choice but I'm not upset with Fulmer. He would have never hired Kiffin or Dooley. I would think the one thing he knows is Football

Yep. They act like being an AD required rocket science. Barry Alvarez doing just fine as Wisconsin.

 

[Rishvol]

Didn't someone state earlier that UTs greatest athletic ages are when a former/current UT HC is the AD?

 

[volatil]

Yep. They act like being an AD required rocket science. Barry Alvarez doing just fine as Wisconsin.

And Doug Dickey did just fine

 

[bignewt]

I know i will get flamed but ive never seen on here what Blackburn has done to be everyone's champion. Can someone tell me what he has done at UTC to make him an SEC AD hone run other than being in the UT system?

 

[vol72]

Well okay then. Why the heck was he the ad at Bama then?

Battle sold his company. Battle is worth a lot more than $50 million. His son (Pat?) is running it. Battle's old roommate at Alabama was former Bama AD Mal Moore who passed away 2 (?) years or so ago. Mal recommended Bill to take his place at least until another AD could be hired. That is where we are.

 

[Nashvegas31]

And Doug Dickey did just fine

Yep it's not like hiring Spurrier as AD who would just be playing golf and drinking beer all day. Fulmer can make it just fine in the AD world. That's what he was good at working the money men and recruiting players

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

it is going to be fulmer.

I checked the film and it looks good.

👍👏🏻

 

[AF_VOL]

Quick question. Would you have rather gone through four additional years with Fulmer as head coach...or kept the Kiffin/Dooley years?

 

[drvenner]

Didn't someone state earlier that UTs greatest athletic ages are when a former/current UT HC is the AD?

I think Bob Woodruff was a much better AD than football coach.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Quick question. Would you have rather gone through four additional years with Fulmer as head coach...or kept the Kiffin/Dooley years?

Fulmer and not close

 

[amazingGRACE]

A no brainer?

No one can ever give me anything tangible on why he's "the guy" except y'all think he's going to just snag us kids from One high school.

Just his ties to Florida i guess. Canales' resume isn't very impressive

 

[volatil]

Quick question. Would you have rather gone through four additional years with Fulmer as head coach...or kept the Kiffin/Dooley years?

Fulmer

 

[Poppa T]

Would be interesting to see how Fulmer would handle the rest of the sports programs. Our track program is almost non existent, and women's basketball and baseball haven't been great lately. Baseball is a head scratcher, Serrano is proven winner.

While DB is my 1st choice, I'm ok with PF. I think both would be good for other sports. Both were here when our other sports were better. Ray Mears with Bernie & Ernie, track stars on football team, Pat Summit and Lady Vols, etc. Didn't PF have daughter on the softball team?

 

[Pepe_Silvia]

Quick question. Would you have rather gone through four additional years with Fulmer as head coach...or kept the Kiffin/Dooley years?

Neither.

I would have preferred to have a competent coach hired and not suffered through either of those scenarios.

 

[jave36]

Worked for Bama and Battle. Maybe it will work for us with Fulmer. He cares. That's more than we have been able to say for a long time

Battle was a very successful business man prior to becoming AD

 

[SmokinBob]

Fulmer was way too loyal to his coaches. No way in hell he fires Holly. I dislike this idea

That's what concerns me as well. I'd much rather see Blackburn as AD and Fulmer as Special Advisor or some such position.

 

[Poppa T]

That's what concerns me as well. I'd much rather see Blackburn as AD and Fulmer as Special Advisor or some such position.

Me too, but I could go with PF as a 2ND choice. Maybe he learned from his mistakes? And if he did let Holly go, he would know from personal experience how not to do it.

 

[UT4LIFE86]

Me too, but I could go with PF as a 2ND choice. Maybe he learned from his mistakes?

For sure if they're not gonna give it to Blackburn....Phil it is for me

 

[chargervol]

Battle was a very successful business man prior to becoming AD

What about Dickey?
Asking because I don't know.

 

[highspeed]

Phil's undoing as a head coach was that he didn't manage his staff well. Two times Cutcliffe left. Both times Fulmer made a bad hire. The second time it cost him his job. I love Fulmer for all of the positive things he did here and all he stands for, but I'm not sure he's the guy I want making coaching hires.