Sometimes NOT pulling the trigger is the greater risk

#51
#51
nomads-11 said:
So let me get this straight.....you think we need to reenter the coaching search process that we've done since 2008? Okay, I get it......but exactly why do we need to do that, in the manner we have....for the past 12 years? I don't mind a shake up or change.....I do mind ABSOLUTELY, doing the same steps again. That, my friend, is insanity.

Again, not adverse to change.....doing it the same way we always have.....NO. I'm not on board.
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cgrish said:
You make a very good point. If we are gonna go after another hc that does not have a winning tradition in a good conference, no need to change. And preferably a proven coach in the sec. That would mean Urban, or Freeze. Bob Stoops does have ties to sec, and he is a proven winner. Other than those 3 stick with what we have.
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No, not really. However, you are suggesting that we do exactly what I'm advocating NOT to. There is NO guarantee of success with Urban, Freeze or Stoops here. Maybe the chances of success are higher, but that is about it. I'll say this though...it's not sustainable. So why bother? I'm shaking the tree and suggesting no HC in the traditional way......no Urban, no Freeze and no Stoops. Just no. I'm just purely suggesting no HC in the traditional way.....at all. Why? Because it hasn't worked for the majority of the P5 programs for 20+ years. Not if your goal is a NC.
 
#54
#54
ClockworkOrange said:
Shakespeare nailed it 421 years ago in Julius Caesar:

"There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures."

I feel we have entered that territory yet again. We wait and wait and wait while other teams take action before we can finally load our pop gun...

In spite of what some folks say, I think UT fans have been incredibly patient.
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And what happened to Caesar??
 
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#55
#55
Jaws said:
Muschamp was 28-30 at South Carolina.

Assuming UT finishes their remaining schedule with 1 win (Vandy) and 3 losses (Auburn, aTm, UF), Pruitt will finish the season with a 16-19 career record at Tennessee. Very Muschampesque.
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Not sure why most are assuming a Vandy win. I watched some of their game over the weekend, they played Kentucky much more competitively than we did. I think that will be a very close game and could go either way. Let's face it, we are bottom of the SEC caliber.
 
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#56
HARTUPM said:
Not sure why most are assuming a Vandy win.. they played Kentucky much more competitively than we did. I think that will be a very close game and could go either way. Let's face it, we are bottom of the SEC caliber.
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In all seriousness, if Pruitt were to lose to Vandy, a team that has been barely above the 53-man roster mandate all year, and a team playing with numerous walk-ons, cut ties NOW and fire Pruitt.

If you lose to Vandy THIS YEAR, there’s no getting better, there’s no turning it around.

Having said that, I don’t think UT loses to Vandy. No way.
 
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#57
#57
Pruitt - "Banish Guarantano, and banish all the world."
Vols' fanbase - "I do, I will."
Chaney: "Mmmph mrph mrphrm mmn mmmnphrm*." (*"Gosh, these donuts are delectable.")

---

This 5th-year Senior doth infect
The very life-blood of our offense.
 
#58
#58
savannahfan said:
And what happened to Caesar??
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Stabbed 23 times by 60 conspirators. But the most unsettling part of the quote is that it is spoken by Brutus who didn't fair so well himself. Wiki: "Marcus Junius Brutus, a leading conspirator in the assassination of Julius Caesar, died by suicide after his defeat at the second battle of Philippi." Gulp.

But I still think we should do something. You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger optimist than me (most of the time). But I'm sooooooo beyond tired of UT repeating the same mistake over and over, especially waiting for several more years after the wheels have come off to make a move while our rivals get better and better.

I have no idea if anybody out there right now is a lead-pipe-cinich home run hire. But please, oh PLEASE, can't we at least swing for the fences this time around? Phil has shown he will open the checkbook -- look at the money he has thrown at Chaney, et al.
 
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ClockworkOrange said:
Shakespeare nailed it 421 years ago in Julius Caesar:

"There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures."

I feel we have entered that territory yet again. We wait and wait and wait while other teams take action before we can finally load our pop gun...

In spite of what some folks say, I think UT fans have been incredibly patient.
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And the current affairs of Vol football per Charles Dickens: "it was the best of times & It Was the Worst of Times"
 
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Jaws said:
In all seriousness, if Pruitt were to lose to Vandy, a team that has been barely above the 53-man roster mandate all year, and a team playing with numerous walk-ons, cut ties NOW and fire Pruitt.

If you lose to Vandy THIS YEAR, there’s no getting better, there’s no turning it around.

Having said that, I don’t think UT loses to Vandy. No way.
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Vandy as a measuring stick is why our program is in the shape that it is in, in the first place.
 
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#70
Special Ed said:
I never got any credit for quoting the Bard on this site before.
I'll try Alfred E. Neuman this time: "Never put off till tomorrow what you can put off till the day after tomorrow".
Wiser words were never spoken.
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“What is tomorrow, but yesterday’s today.”
~Mr. Krabs
GBO!!
 
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