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Smokeytom said:
No he’s really not. The investigation was under way for some time before it went public. What is happening now is an inevitable occurrence whether Pruitt won 3 or 10 games this season. If sanctions are incoming now, they would’ve been coming no matter what. Inevitable. So, if sanctions help us get rid of Pruitt with cause, then at least we save money in the process. Sanctions have not stopped MANY schools and there is plenty of recent evidence for this. I’m both basketball and football. Also, airing the laundry publicly did not stop Penn State and we won’t have anything near that. Fans need to stop being so scared. Hire the right guy - regardless of any incoming hurdles - and we will be on the come up in no time at all.
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Umm....we don't get on the come up when things are going good. There's a book written about how dysfunctional our program is, and it doesn't appear to be any better than it was. There is a reason some fans are feeling anxious. The inmates are running the asylum.
 
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This is apropos of nothing, don’t know why I thought of it, another pointless and only marginally amusing story, but....

Was sitting on the patio at a Mexican restaurant in Chattanooga years ago and there was only one other occupied table, where a middle aged guy with a loud and captivating deep voice was telling the others at his table about a run-in he’d had with some dude that he clearly found to be an idiot. He told all the things the dude said and did, and punctuated the tale with an emphatic pronouncement that “He’s a dumbass.”

He had that particular drawl where “dumbass” sounds like “dumb-ice” which worked really well with his deep voice. Good stuff.

Anyway, the other fella at the table was clearly trying to be the voice of reason and pointed out the various ways that our deep-voiced friend had probably misread the dude’s intentions and misunderstood the situation. But when he was done, there was a quiet pause for a moment, after which our guy was having none of it and said in a dismissive and incredulous tone, “But... he’s a dumbass.”

It’s not the scotch that makes me think that’s funny, but it probably is the scotch that makes me feel the need to tell it.

Carry on.
 
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pismonque said:
This is apropos of nothing, don’t know why I thought of it, another pointless and only marginally amusing story, but....

Was sitting on the patio at a Mexican restaurant in Chattanooga years ago and there was only one other occupied table, where a middle aged guy with a loud and captivating deep voice was telling the others at his table about a run-in he’d had with some dude that he clearly found to be an idiot. He told all the things the dude said and did, and punctuated the tale with an emphatic pronouncement that “He’s a dumbass.”

He had that particular drawl where “dumbass” sounds like “dumb-ice” which worked really well with his deep voice. Good stuff.

Anyway, the other fella at the table was clearly trying to be the voice of reason and pointed out the various ways that our deep-voiced friend had probably misread the dude’s intentions and misunderstood the situation. But when he was done, there was a quiet pause for a moment, after which our guy was having none of it and said in a dismissive and incredulous tone, “But... he’s a dumbass.”

It’s not the scotch that makes me think that’s funny, but it probably is the scotch that makes me feel the need to tell it.

Carry on.
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Amigos, El Meson, or the rest....
 
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SweetasSoda said:
Umm....we don't get on the come up when things are going good. There's a book written about how dysfunctional our program is, and it doesn't appear to be any better than it was. There is a reason some fans are feeling anxious. The inmates are running the asylum.
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There is nothing more to lose imo. We already get stomped in the only games that matter to us. Adversity presents opportunity. Opportunity brings hope. The administration and/or whoever leaked this investigation has completely undermined Pruitt’s tenure. He’s ****ed whether we fire him or not. So, bring on new opportunities. Jmo of course.
 
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m1al said:
One of my personal favorites..

"Dumber than a bag of hammers...."

It just sorta 'nails it' don't ya think? 😉
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On that old tv show NYPD Blue I remember Sipowicz talking about “some half a moron” and always liked that. You could take it a couple ways, like halfway down to a moron, or only half of a moron.

I used to use that second one as an insult: “Boy, I believe it’d take about two of you to make a moron.”
 
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I have to be honest. Herman concerns me a bit. I'm intrigued and think there's a chance he could win a ton of games.

But he strikes me as a high level X's and O's guy with a very medium level personality. Not particularly engaging or inspiring. Which is fine at smaller programs that aren't under a national microscope or programs who are already super stable and you can just walk in and get to football. But it's why he wore his welcome out at Texas and likely would here as well. Both the Texas and the Tennessee jobs come with an unforgiving spotlight and a fractured culture. Some coaches are wired to handle that and some aren't.

I personally think we need a dynamic personality and a top notch problem solver. Someone to cultivate a winning culture and unite and inspire greatness in this state again. Not convinced Herman is right for that task.

I know y'all are sick of hearing it but Freeze is the answer. You can say it will never happen, but nobody really knows. I'm not giving up on joy just yet. He is Tennessee's get out of jail free card and he's just sitting there on the board waiting for us. He would accept our mess and be grateful for the chance to clean it up.
 
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pismonque said:
On that old tv show NYPD Blue I remember Sipowicz talking about “some half a moron” and always liked that. You could take it a couple ways, like halfway down to a moron, or only half of a moron.

I used to use that second one as an insult: “Boy, I believe it’d take about two of you to make a moron.”
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So, how many total morons would we have if we assembled the UT 'decision makers' in one room? 😎
 
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Smokeytom said:
There is nothing more to lose imo. We already get stomped in the only games that matter to us. Adversity presents opportunity. Opportunity brings hope. The administration and/or whoever leaked this investigation has completely undermined Pruitt’s tenure. He’s ****ed whether we fire him or not. So, bring on new opportunities. Jmo of course.
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I had the same opinion until I witness how they are handling this. Apparently they have learned nothing and are quite capable of making the job less desirable to candidates.
 
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pismonque said:
Another good one is ”they could **** up a bowling ball.” Or an even better version is “they could **** up an anvil.” Always liked those.
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They could **** up a soup sammich
Seriously though. A soup sammich is so ****ed up. How do you **** it up anymore than it already is. It happens though. Look at UT football. A ****ed up soup sammich.
 
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Atlanta VOL said:
can confirm the infractions have now turned from being focused solely on some assistant coaches and improper benefits to the being focused on that and the role the head coach played in that as well as other violations the head coach may have been involved in. the wheels are indeed turning and the tone of the investigation has completely changed as well.
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Thank you for the info. This doesn’t sound good at all to me. The moment I learned of the investigation, I knew it wouldn’t be a good thing. College football and recruiting is a dirty game governed by often anachronistic and arbitrary rules and I expected any flyspecking would turn up larger issues. And so, this has all the makings of yet another embarrassing chapter for UT football and I hold out little hope it will lead to anything better.
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
So many of you are so blinded by your hatred of Pruitt that you don’t even see the forest from the trees.

If it takes sanctions for him to leave, and we’re left with decommits and transfers from our best players etc, then the next coach will have another massive rebuild as well.

And guess what - THEY won’t beat Alabama, UGA, or UF either.

And in three years, you all will be wanting to oust them as well.
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Exactly..man we have a ton of idiots that would gleefully cut of their nose to spite their face..it is like they don't even think of the repercussions. I think we are in this hell because we have a coach that a lot of people have focused pure hatred on because of his stubborn refusal to bench one player they hated, and they are all now willing to destroy everything in their blind bloodlust to get their way.
 
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Smokeytom said:
There is nothing more to lose imo. We already get stomped in the only games that matter to us. Adversity presents opportunity. Opportunity brings hope. The administration and/or whoever leaked this investigation has completely undermined Pruitt’s tenure. He’s ****ed whether we fire him or not. So, bring on new opportunities. Jmo of course.
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The old slimy "Chaos is a ladder" philosophy...one thing that should have been proven over and over and over again to VolNation by now is that is exactly what Varys said it was..."chaos is an abyss".

It is a gnawing black hole from which no light, nothing at all escapes.
 
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