Would you put in money to pay for a Pruitt buyout if we had a conditional deal with Hugh Freeze?

Would you contribute to a buy out to fire Pruitt and hire Hugh Freeze

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#27
#27
At this point if they hired antifreeze - literal antifreeze - preferably Peak - I would donate to the cause. Because Coach Gomer makes me want to drink antifreeze when I see his product.
 
#31
#31
SprocketRocket said:
I'm having a hard time with this one. My knee-jerk reaction is to answer 'Yes: Over $100'.

Here is my quandary:
  • I genuinely like the guy. He's down-to-earth and real. I believe that with Pruitt - what you see is what you get. I know that the issue with some of you is that you don't like what you see, but the truth is - I do. His candid nature is very refreshing to me.
  • I feel like we have invested three years in his HC development and I really hate to see that time and financial investment go to waste.
  • He's had three years so far. I think about what he has had to deal with:
    • He's never been a head coach. He has had to learn what it takes to be one. Seeing what it takes and doing it are different. It was expected to be a steep learning curve - without a doubt it has been one. This lesson has been through the school of hard knocks. Honestly - I feel like it is still a work-in-progress. I'm just not sure how long we here in VolNation are willing to wait.
    • A roster filled with gigantic holes where the most important pieces are. This was always going to take years to fix.
    • As much as I hate to say it, UT had developed a culture of losing. Changing this culture may have been his biggest challenge, It may have taken a step backwards this year.
    • A pandemic that scrubbed the off-season of what many of us believed could be a water-shed year, what with a talent-laden OL, a returning tailback in the vein of an Alvin Kamara, and most importantly, a hot-shot freshman QB who most believe has the talent to be really good.
Now the other side of the coin for me:
  • I see some of VolNation refer to him as a Gomer. No coach is EVER going to make all fans happy, but IMO all that matters is results on the field. If he was winning championships we would be calling him a Genius - not a Gomer.
  • I feel like the current roster is much better now than three years ago, but we aren't completely there yet. I also really believe that he connects with his players. I'm just not sure that is enough. If the next recruiting class takes a step backwards, that could be the final straw.
  • Three years. Is that long enough given all of the circumstances? You can compare records of other coaches in similar circumstances, but I'm not sure that ANY coach has had to deal with all of this, all at the same time. Does the pandemic grant him a pass for another year?
  • With all of that said, I just don't understand the decision to continue to play JG at QB this year after all of the turnovers. If he were a RB putting the ball on the carpet that many times, he would never play another down. This is not intended to be another down-with-JG comment, but I'm sorry - I just don't get it. Why would ANY head coach continue to do that. This one is hard for me to get past.
That leads me back to my quandary. Would I take Hugh Freeze over Pruitt? My honest answer is yes, but VolNation - I just don't see it happening. I remember the rush to get rid of Fulmer so we could land Lane Kiffin while he was available. We all know how that turned out. I believe Fulmer will have no part of it.
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Cant appreciate this post more, EXACTLY how I feel. Hope the investment we’ve made this far pays dividends next year.
 
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#35
#35
WhenUrVolUrVFL said:
It's what we should be doing...right now.

The writing is on the wall....Pruitt is done. We're going to have the exact same year next year that we had this year.

Let's just hurry up and start the next chapter of Tennessee football. We all know Hugh Freeze is going to be the guy. Let's make it happen.
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Just like we had the exact same year last year as we did this year?
 
#36
#36
SprocketRocket said:
I'm curious - what do you mean?
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All money spent on and that will be spent on Pruitt has and will be a waste. There will be no positive returns on that investment so it's best to cut our losses.

Pruitt isn't a down to earth real guy, he's an egotistical narcissist. He's not insecure in the least, he's way too overconfident for his credentials.
 
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#38
#38
Set up a trust with governance that only allows money to be donated to UT with the explicit agreement to buy out Pruitt and hire a coach from an approved list. If UT refuses then trust reimburses then money back to the donors. If there is enough interest, I’ll pay an attorney to set it up.
 
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#39
#39
At $100 a person we only need 150,000 to buy out Pruitt and staff. To get Freeze out of his contract with Liberty you might need contributions from another 50,000. I am willing to make the last contribution.
 
#40
#40
hog88 said:
All money spent on and that will be spent on Pruitt has and will be a waste. There will be no positive returns on that investment so it's best to cut our losses.

Pruitt isn't a down to earth real guy, he's an egotistical narcissist. He's not insecure in the least, he's way too overconfident for his credentials.
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You may be right. I will say that he comes across as down to earth to me, and does not seem egotistical. I qualify that with the fact that I have never met him, I have only seen him in interviews and on the JP show. He may be just what you say he is.
 
#41
#41
If I knew we’d end up hiring a guy like freeze and we could get excited about next season...I’d absolutely commit 1,000. No question. My brother and I were talking earlier about the state of UT. Both of us usually go to a couple of games and year but with this staff coming back, we’re both going to basically take a year off. There’s no chance in hell anything happens other than us continuing to deteriorate. That’s the way this always goes.
 
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#42
#42
You really don't get it, dude. They will not hire freeze. Period. You're a fan of the wrong team if you want a legit coach that will win.
 
#43
#43
I would contribute. Hell, if I was a billionaire, I'd go to Freeze, Urban or name your elite coach tell him to pick his staff, get them sewed up, then fund the whole works over time and let whoever wants take the credit (keep my name out of it) with the understanding that the minute the admin, the haslams or anyone that isn't deadly serious about building/maintaining and elite program begin to interfere, me and my money are history.
 
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#48
#48
After Pruitt gives all the Vol fans a refund equal to what he's done to the program, we'll have enough to pay his buyout.
 
#49
#49
hog88 said:
It won't. And the poster is really way off on Pruitt's personality.
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Prove it...

Everyone makes blanket statements on here with no proof or evidence...

Pruitts personality is different, fulmer is manipulative... it’s BS
 
#50
#50
Anyone who coaches from a hospital bed shouldn’t be in consideration. We already had the damn trash can and the bricks at Tennessee. Gimmicks are for conference USA teams.
 
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