2-8 is Pruitt gone?

2-8 is Pruitt gone?

  • Pruitt is fired if he goes 2-8

    Votes: 240 38.5%

  • Pruitt survives if he goes 2-8

    Votes: 384 61.5%
  • Total voters
    624
#28
#28
VolPack22 said:
I think he survives purely because of financial reasons. Personally I want to give him a chance to build a program but even during a rebuild, there should be no reason a coach should stay on at Tennessee with that embarrassing record. If he has a repeat of this season next year then he’s gone no matter what imo. I would sit him down after the season and give him two options: 1.) Resign now if you can’t handle this job or 2.) I’ll give you one more season and if I don’t see drastic improvement, you’re fired.
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Resign = no golden parachute

Fired = massive golden parachute

Hmmm...….wonder which one he will choose?
 
#30
#30
nothing short of a legal issue or huge scandal would get him fired this year. The university would have to find a way to fire him with cause and void his buyout. He hasn't been here lone enough to tell him to pound sand and pay the buyout. And out recruiting class is currently too good. If we fired him and all those players bailed and tanked the class you might as well never have hired him it would be Butch Jones all over.

Let him bring in this new class. If he fails big next year give him the axe and leave us with a cupboard that isn't bare bones.
 
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#32
#32
There is lots of optimism going into 2021. A potential vaccine. Things opening back up. A fresh start. New business. Momentum. It would stink to fill the stadium back up and be like, "oh yeah... that's right...we suck."
Maybe Fulmer will get rid of everything associated w 2020.. including CJP.
Prolly not tho.
 
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#33
#33
I don't know. I would say if they have a sure hire that they think is an instant upgrade then possibly. I am just not especially this season if they would. I think no matter what he gets another year, I am not saying that I like it, I just don't see where they have a sure hire waiting in the wings.
 
#34
#34
IMO the only way Pruitt isn't back next year is if he's miserable and wants out and they agree on a lesser buyout and I'm sure that's even a low chance.

You could tell when Dooley was done before he was done and the same for Butch. Butch was done before his final season and it was just a matter of when they pulled the plug on him. Something is wrong within the program right now. In year 3 there is no way we should look like a program in total disarray like we do.
 
#36
#36
I don't think Phil will pull the trigger this season, barring some weird scandal. But losing to Vandy and Kentucky in the same season (possibility of both being embarrassing blowouts)? Pruitt won't be out the door yet, but they will be handing him his hat.
 
#37
#37
IndianaVol said:
Yes and no here, I think.
If Fulmer has an iron-clad, sure fire, winning bigger name guy locked down (like a Freeze, Bob Stoops, Meyer, etc level guy) then he will fire Pruitt this year.

Otherwise it's as you said no way Fulmer does anything unless he save face out of the deal.
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I don't think he'd want a 'bigger' name because of his own legacy and never mind the fact that that isn't Tennessee's way. We are bargain bargain bargain basement all the way
 
#39
#39
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#41
#41
He’ll still be here next year big ballin and shot callin
 
#43
#43
If they can Pruitt, what will that do to #2's Heisman hopes in his 6th-year Senior season?

Seriously though, whether the money is there or not, I am not sure the UTAD would make a move like that given the buyout and the circumstances. My completely uninformed conjecture is that they're going to want a war chest to go after whoever replaces Pruitt, and they'll try and spin the hell out of this season as some "fluke" (overlooking the writing on the wall from hiccups last season).
 
#45
#45
IndianaVol said:
Yes and no here, I think.
If Fulmer has an iron-clad, sure fire, winning bigger name guy locked down (like a Freeze, Bob Stoops, Meyer, etc level guy) then he will fire Pruitt this year.

Otherwise it's as you said no way Fulmer does anything unless he save face out of the deal.
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Fulmer is not firing Pruitt 3 months after he extended him 2 years. There is zero chance of that happening.
 
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#46
#46
05_never_again said:
I don't disagree, but I could also see Fulmer striking a deal with the powers that be to fire Pruitt if that meant he got to keep his job. He's always been good at licking his finger, sticking it up in the air, and figuring out which way the wind is blowing.
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That's probably the only way it could occur, but given the news that Fulmer just got extended as well in May, I don't see him being in danger of losing his job this year either.

Next year, with similar results will probably get Fulmer canned since his buyout decreases with every year, and the next AD fires Pruitt in 2022 which will be more palatable to the administration since Butch will be paid off by then.
 
#50
#50
He wont get fired this year. Tennessee always waits too long and fumbles getting the big name. We will settle for mediocre again one more season with JG starting.
 
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