LordVOLdemort
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It would be terrible hole to have dug for himself, but my opinion is that he will not be fired under any circumstances for the results we are seeing this season. I fully expect him to be the coach through the 2020 season. Now if the team starts the 2020 season as terribly as it has started this season, something might happen. I just feel like Fulmer will be very reluctant to not give Pruitt every chance. And, if doesn't have a can't miss coach waiting in the wings (and he doesn't) what good would it do anyway? This is at least a 4 year rebuild. If we let Pruitt go after this season, even if we go winless, I think you can forget TN football for a long, long time. No reputable coach would want the job. Would be better IMHO to let Pruitt try to stabilize the program (he is failing at that thusfar, admittedly) and recruit a better roster. Then, if he isn't getting it done in the W-L department, at least TN will be a more attractive job in the next coaching search.
Lol, that is the funniest thing I have read in a while...and I have read some crazy **** on here since the Ga.State ass whipping. There isn’t a coach alive or dead that could get 5 wins out of this team much less 10. I hope you were being sarcastic, because if not I am worried for you. Holy chit.Impossible! If he starts 0-3, Phillip Fulmer will do the right thing and coach this team himself. At that point I think it’s possible we finish 10-3. Will be sweating come playoff selection. But hopefully the committee won’t put much stock in the games Pruitt coached
Lol, that is the funniest thing I have read in a while...and I have read some crazy **** on here since the Ga.State ass whipping. There isn’t a coach alive or dead that could get 5 wins out of this team much less 10. I hope you were being sarcastic, because if not I am worried for you. Holy chit.
And in the famous words of Jim Mora... playoffs? PLAYOFFS? Are you serious?[/QUOTE
I haven't seen this posted yet, so I'll leave it here. SIAP. The buyout for our current coaching staff would be $20M. Add to that what we owe Butch through 2021, PLUS whatever salaries we'd owe the new coaches. I'm not in charge of UT financing, but it doesn't seem feasible to let him go this year.
That is true but you'd have to consider the lost revenue if the worst happened based on the annual impact. UT is not going 0-12 but if it happened, consideration would have to be given to cutting loses instead of experiencing a devastating financial blow due to long lasting damage to the brand.
God forbid we do lose to Chattanooga this weekend then we are def looking at the first winless season in UT football history. Do y’all think Pruitt could survive that? I personally don’t think he can survive a 1-11 season
I think there is a strong chance we go 2-10.
The real question is can the recruiting survive such an implosion?
If that tanks we are another decade from relevance