Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[OrangeBoll]

Why would Darnell be out?

Childcare underperforming

 

[Dooby15]

DW not happy....

Certainly he sees our depth chart at TE right....

 

[volatil]

Sure let’s wait until next year and Miss on some good coaches. Miss on this loaded in state class for ‘22 too.

3-4 years from now we should have this same conversation.

Should just copy and paste

 

[InVOLuntary]

Definitely not happy about the direction we're headed, but Fulmer wants stability in this program. And Pruitt has done some good things especially surrounding the culture of the football program. And recruiting has been well up to this point.
It's not easy to fire a coach 3 years into a job, especially since the program had been trending upward. The team still is not where it needs to be depth-wise, and holding many players due to tracing has affected their development. I think Pruitt and staff have managed that horribly, and the losing has spiraled out of control. Should he be fired for that as a first time head coach? Fulmer would like not to, and I think he may extend the leash on him until next year. Lose to Vandy and things may change.

the question you have to ask is, is he the long term solution to get Tennessee back to being a respectable program? If you think he is, you have to give him time. Is this year anomaly given the pandemic? Or is it a indicator that it's a failed experiment? The start of last season gave me pause as to his ability to lead a program. He helped himself, in my eyes, by the way they finished last year. I don't think he survives past next season. I'm convinced the job is to big for him.

Everybody talks about the $12mil buyout. But it really is s $4mil dollar decision. If you are pretty sure he's gone after next year, may as well let him go after this year. He's not going to make it. He's in the middle of the ocean with no life belts, he can't swim, and he's got a pocket full of quarters. He knows it. Coach Fulmer know as it. Hi assistants know it. Everyone knows it.

The only reason you keep him is to give you a year to line up a quality replacement.

 

[volinbama256]

You know what’s even more sad than that nonsense? If Fulmer actually fires Pruitt but passes on Freeze because his ego is in the way and hires Coach McGoogle and we’ll likely do this again in a few more years.

I hate to say it, but going through all we have the past 12yrs, if Fulmer fires Pruitt and passes on Freeze, I think I'm done with Fulmer... ouch, that hurt to write...

 

[yourstruly23]

The only reason to keep Pruitt would be if he could ransack the LSU transfers. Bj, Arik, Webb (I believe rumored to want out months ago), the DT that was rumored as well. Add the transfer from USC and that's the only thing that should save Pruitt. Then fire him halfway through next year so the new coach can have 2 years with those guys.

Not getting my hopes up but AV did say we’d be switching gears and going a different direction.. this could be it

 

[Atlanta VOL]

The only thing AP hinted at was maybe homesickness.

Kirby being Kirby...nothing to do with homesickness

 

[KPT_VFL]

DW not happy....

All those daycare bills for 2 catches.

 

[Glocker_Alum_2005]

This

There was no good solution

Wrong. Fulmer should've just coached for a year, then reset the search in 2018.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Kirby being Kirby...nothing to do with homesickness

Figured, but homesickness sounds like a better reason to get a waiver, although maybe he ends up in orange?

 

[KPT_VFL]

Kirby being Kirby...nothing to do with homesickness

I knew it. Kirby is recruiting kids on other college teams Ojulari going too.

 

[KPT_VFL]

Kirby being Kirby...nothing to do with homesickness

@ABINGDON VOL FAN

 

[Volfanatic_20]

We are in week 9 of he season. They have been practicing for nearly 4 months. They have had two extra open dates. I think Covid was an issue early on for sure, but they won their first two games when they had practiced the least. I think their handling of the QB situation has hurt and I don't think they have developed defensively particularly in the back seven.

-Hubbs

 

[Ron Swanson]

Kirby being Kirby...nothing to do with homesickness

DW to UT?

 

[InVOLuntary]

If you want a successful football program, you need to check your morals at the door. Everybody Is cheating.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Fulmer has been working on contracts for some coaches that are expiring. Tells you all you need to know about JP returning IMO.
Agree with Hubbs at this point.. Bass should get his wish on weinke....jay planning on staying and as of now friend may be back however there have been some flare ups between him and JP lately but we will see how that shakes out.

More to come on the assistant side...certainly think Chaney is in play as well.

I’ve been right about Weinke for 2 years

 

[Volunteer21]

Kirby being Kirby...nothing to do with homesickness

So guess that means he’s prob going to them

 

[Weezer]

@Atlanta VOL

Seriously, do you think we have worries about this recruiting class?

 

[letsgoUT29]

I’m probably alone in this, but this is nowhere near the worst team in Tennessee history or even the last decade. We have short memories on how bad the last Dooley and Jones teams were.

Yes, I know about the double digit loss streak, but how many of those points came as direct result of one players (JG) mistakes and poor play?

This team is not great by any means and the coaching has been bad (really bad at times), but if another QB plays the bulk of the year this is a 6-7 win team IMO. And I think this team beats Dooley or Jones’ final teams by 2 TD’s.

I completely disagree. I think Pruitt is a better coach than Dooley, but Tyler Bray would score 50 on this team and this team can’t score over 30. Butch’s last team would be a toss up. I would lean Butch’s team early, but that team quit at the end.

 

[drvenner]

I really think people are so enamored with Freeze because they want to believe our athletic administrators are willing to go “over the top” to win. You all want proof that we’re willing to throw caution to the wind and try anything.

It’s my opinion that Freeze is not a sure enough winner to warrant that risk, but after the last 10 years, I emphasize with the thought process.

I think you over emphasize how much you actually know.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

Not getting my hopes up but AV did say we’d be switching gears and going a different direction.. this could be it

Dang. I’m going to have to read AV’s posts the last few days.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

I’ve been right about Weinke for 2 years

 

[tn88volfan]

I’ve posted this once before, but I simply cannot fathom the fact that some of you want to oust Fulmer if it means hiring Hugh Freeze - just because you’ve bought a Jimmy Sexton special that he really cares about this job.

I know who cares about UT football. It’s the guy sitting in the AD chair. And I know if Fulmer is out, some pencil pushing, number crunching lifetime administrator will come in and cut the football support staff budget first thing. The only reason we got any of that done is because Fulmer has the cache to do it.

99 percent of these elite HS players today, do not know a damn thing about Fulmer or even care, they just know that coaches like Saban, Dabo, and Urban run the whole show and win.

 

[Jimmy Football]

Fulmer has been working on contracts for some coaches that are expiring. Tells you all you need to know about JP returning IMO.
Agree with Hubbs at this point.. Bass should get his wish on weinke....jay planning on staying and as of now friend may be back however there have been some flare ups between him and JP lately but we will see how that shakes out.

More to come on the assistant side...certainly think Chaney is in play as well.

“Let’s pay for a third different staff for this guy. He definitely won’t be awful with this new crop of coaches. Oh, but we need to keep our million dollar OL coach that can’t develop a serviceable unit out of multiple five-stars.”

 

[jordan4vols]

How many of you will be rooting for Vandy come Saturday?