Were we wrong? I thought it was the Haslam’s fault.

[Roustabout]

The Brown’s (Haslam’s team) are stomping the living crap out of Pittsburgh. No question, they have front officed this team from the depths of the sewer to legitimacy.

Looking back, There is little doubt in my mind that Schiano would have been an immensely better choice than Pruitt. Not saying he would have been a great hire, but I think the powers that be may have known we weren’t going to get any better.

 

[N.ohio vol]

We just can't seem to get out of our own way.

 

[Nasavol]

Honest question, can I get an honest answer, do you really think that Schiano didn’t know anything about the Sandusky sexual assaults? Do you think Paterno did?

 

[PEPPERJAX]

The Brown’s (Haslam’s team) are stomping the living crap out of Pittsburgh. No question, they have front offices this team from the depths of the sewer to legitimacy.

Looking back, There is little doubt in my mind that Schiano would have been an immensely better choice than Pruitt. Not saying he would have been a great hire, but I think the powers that be may have known we weren’t going to get any better.

College game And NFL are two different animals. GS probably could have been better than CJP but that is not saying much at all. What sucks is that GS was the top choice. You would think after 13 years of bad decisions that UT would have accidentally gotten football right with a coaching hire.

 

[chattavol420]

Ya but literally anyone would’ve been a better hire than Pruitt. It to the day blows my mind that we hired a coordinator from Bama that can’t put a sentence together without saying “done” or “ain’t” out of context multiple times. Of course, I should probably stop saying we at some point. Virtual nobody in the fan base agreed with the hire.
Schiano would’ve been a bad hire also. He’s a New Jersey guy that’s never worked in the sec whom everyone hates.

 

[BeardedVol]

Pruitt being a bad hire doesn't mean the Haslams are competent at choosing UT coaches.

 

[Volgolfer1618]

Pruitt being a bad hire doesn't mean the Haslams are competent at choosing UT coaches.

This.....

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

I have to say, I think Schiano would be just as bad as Pruitt. The guy was “eh” at Rutgers and has zero experience in the SEC or any big program as a HC. He’d be learning on the job and would come with a massive stain on his resume.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Ya but literally anyone would’ve been a better hire than Pruitt. It to the day blows my mind that we hired a coordinator from Bama that can’t put a sentence together without saying “done” or “ain’t” out of context multiple times. Of course, I should probably stop saying we at some point. Virtual nobody in the fan base agreed with the hire.
Schiano would’ve been a bad hire also. He’s a New Jersey guy that’s never worked in the sec whom everyone hates.

Why does everyone assume that someone with poor grammar couldn’t be an intelligent football coach? Of course Pruitt turned out to not be good at all, but I am tired of seeing people pick on his grammar. And I am a certified grammar Nazi of the highest order We Are hiring football coaches here, not faculty to teach comparative literature.

 

[joevol33]

Ya but literally anyone would’ve been a better hire than Pruitt. It to the day blows my mind that we hired a coordinator from Bama that can’t put a sentence together without saying “done” or “ain’t” out of context multiple times. Of course, I should probably stop saying we at some point. Virtual nobody in the fan base agreed with the hire.
Schiano would’ve been a bad hire also. He’s a New Jersey guy that’s never worked in the sec whom everyone hates.

While I agree with your post, as someone who says "ain't" very often, I feel like I should be offended

 

[clarencepeabody]

I’ve never understood the Haslam hate. If it weren’t for them, and their donations, we wouldn’t have anywhere near the facilities we do. And I’ve only met Jimmy a couple times (never met Bill), but Big Jim Haslam is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.

And yet, people on here slam them constantly. Just don’t get it.

 

[chattavol420]

While I agree with your post, as someone who says "ain't" very often, I feel like I should be offended

I say ain’t also. It’s the context he often uses it in that makes it noteworthy. Lol

 

[joevol33]

I’ve never understood the Haslam hate. If it weren’t for them, and their donations, we wouldn’t have anywhere near the facilities we do. And I’ve only met Jimmy a couple times (never met Bill), but Big Jim Haslam is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.

And yet, people on here slam them constantly. Just don’t get it.

Just somebody to blame for us sucking

 

[N.ohio vol]

While I agree with your post, as someone who says "ain't" very often, I feel like I should be offended

I say aint all the time at home at work. Lol

 

[Roustabout]

College game And NFL are two different animals. GS probably could have been better than CJP but that is not saying much at all. What sucks is that GS was the top choice. You would think after 13 years of bad decisions that UT would have accidentally gotten football right with a coaching hire.

No, he wasn’t the top choice. Mullen was, but UF job opened and that was that. Pretty sure there were overtures toward several other names, but Schiano was a guy they knew they had. In hindsight, it was probably the best they could do.

 

[Rickyvol77]

The Brown’s (Haslam’s team) are stomping the living crap out of Pittsburgh. No question, they have front officed this team from the depths of the sewer to legitimacy.

Looking back, There is little doubt in my mind that Schiano would have been an immensely better choice than Pruitt. Not saying he would have been a great hire, but I think the powers that be may have known we weren’t going to get any better.

This may be the dumbest thread in awhile. And that’s really saying something here

 

[Waterudoin]

The Brown’s (Haslam’s team) are stomping the living crap out of Pittsburgh. No question, they have front officed this team from the depths of the sewer to legitimacy.

Looking back, There is little doubt in my mind that Schiano would have been an immensely better choice than Pruitt. Not saying he would have been a great hire, but I think the powers that be may have known we weren’t going to get any better.

Well apparently the college game is harder to be involved in than the NFL. So many people have reminded us of that in the Jeff Fisher thread. Guessing the Haslams have found success in the easier league. My NFL tryout is tomorrow. I know I’ll never make it as a Vol.

 

[Rickyvol77]

I’ve never understood the Haslam hate. If it weren’t for them, and their donations, we wouldn’t have anywhere near the facilities we do. And I’ve only met Jimmy a couple times (never met Bill), but Big Jim Haslam is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.

And yet, people on here slam them constantly. Just don’t get it.

Big Jim is a crook and is NOT nice. See how he treats his underlings sometimes. He’s a huge p****

 

[Eastknox865]

The Brown’s (Haslam’s team) are stomping the living crap out of Pittsburgh. No question, they have front officed this team from the depths of the sewer to legitimacy.

Looking back, There is little doubt in my mind that Schiano would have been an immensely better choice than Pruitt. Not saying he would have been a great hire, but I think the powers that be may have known we weren’t going to get any better.

So a guy that goes 3-6 is a better option than a guy that goes 3-7. I will agree with you if we are only talking about math.

 

[joevol33]

I say aint all the time at home at work. Lol

We have a lot of Mexican folks around here, I live in Georgia. When I first moved here I worked with a guy, good friend now, who had been here 4-5 years. He stopped me in the middle of a conversation one day and said, "man, I thought I was doing really good with English until you moved here". Me using "ain't", and "reckon" had him messed up.

 

[Skippy95]

Honest question, can I get an honest answer, do you really think that Schiano didn’t know anything about the Sandusky sexual assaults? Do you think Paterno did?

Schiano was there for two years. He might have heard rumors. Is that knowing? I’ve heard many rumors about many people and I never once reported one of the many terrible things people have told me about other people to the police. I do think Paterno had knowledge. Unfortunately.

 

[joevol33]

Big Jim is a crook and is NOT nice. See how he treats his underlings sometimes. He’s a huge p****

Pizza?

 

[chattavol420]

Why does everyone assume that someone with poor grammar couldn’t be an intelligent football coach? Of course Pruitt turned out to not be good at all, but I am tired of seeing people pick on his grammar. And I am a certified grammar Nazi of the highest order We Are hiring football coaches here, not faculty to teach comparative literature.

Because being highly intelligent is the most important asset a coach could have. It doesn’t get talked about a lot but it’s the truth. A great head coach makes tons and tons of little decisions all day. And a lot of big decisions also obviously. A lot of us speak slag sometimes when we’re just talking with friends or around the house. But we all know at times you need to come across as intelligent. Maybe it’s when you’re talking with the boss or meeting with a client etc. But Pruitt doesn’t do that. This tells you that he either isn’t intelligent enough to understand this (that coming across as an intelligent guy is important) or it tells you that he’s incapable or using proper grammar. Either way it’s a horrific look. And it does matter.

Let me ask you this...if you were building a home and wanted to meet with a few builder and one of them spoke like Pruitt but all the others came across as well spoken wouldn’t that weigh into consideration some? Not saying that you’d immediately eliminate someone from consideration all together over to at but you’d definitely take not if it. We all would.

Here’s a little more food for thought. Name a championship winning coach in the moder era of football that goes into press conferences and speaks as poorly as Pruitt. Most all of them come across as intelligent/well spoken individuals. I’m sure they all speak a little slang in their office with their assistants. But not in front of the cameras

 

[volfanhill]

It only took them like 8 coaches. So he just needs 3 more to nail it.

 

[Roustabout]

I have to say, I think Schiano would be just as bad as Pruitt. The guy was “eh” at Rutgers and has zero experience in the SEC or any big program as a HC. He’d be learning on the job and would come with a massive stain on his resume.

Come on man. The guy was ahead coach for 10 years and has coached for some very good teams. Hell, he was Urban Meyers choice and that guy knows coaching. What he did at Rutgers was pretty damn good. The mistake he made was not parlaying early success into another job after 2006 when he took them to 11-2. If you take his last seven seasons he was 56-33. He was a hot commodity but was too loyal. He would be light years better than Pruitt.