Pruitt Fired for Cause. No buyout. Fulmer retiring.

[Border Vol]

 

[sona]

Finally!

 

[SmokeyDaBear]

Well reset the damn “when we gonna be back” clock. I’m gonna guesstimate even with a top tier coach we talking 5/7 years. Can you fire one guy for violations then hire another guy who was fired for violations? (Freeze)

 

[JCHateSteve]

I figured we were stuck with him another year. I'm happy to be wrong.

 

[Sin City Vol]

The concern now is Harrison Bailey

 

[SaintLouisVol]

...In all seriousness, does anyone have any faith that TN can hire a competent AD whom in turn can hire a competent head coach?...

Tennessee has the resources to hire a quality AD. If those making the hire set aside their emotions and go about the search in a professional and detailed fashion, there is no reason a quality candidate can't be found.

My hope is that they seek legitimate outside counsel and thoroughly vet the candidates before making a choice.

 

[Volnbeers]

can't spell phillip without two L's

 

[Mightyvol]

Finally, someone in UTAD grew a pair! I have hope!

 

[BUCCnVOLfan]

 

[goldvol]

Welcome to a new era of Tennessee football. Hoping for a difference but expecting the same as the last era. Bring on Fisher

 

[GSD82]

Stop screwing around, hire Charles Davis for AD

 

[alvinkamara]

We need to poach the best AD from a non-power 5 school and then introduce our new coach whom we hopefully already have in place

 

[OrangeBeachVol]

I will be man enough to step up and say I predicted wrong and will eat my crow. Either the University duped him into thinking he was not going to be fired sending him on these trips to keep existing players or he was doing it as a favor to the next coach knowing he was fired. Hard to believe the latter.

 

[CamWinfree]

Reported he is “retiring.”

 

[N.ohio vol]

Wow didnt see it coming this year.

 

[saltfanclub]

The concern now is Harrison Bailey

I heard he would transfer if Pruitt wasn't retained. Lots of players for that matter. Some like to talk for their support of him but if even half keep their word and transfer it will not be good for y'all. Be similar to what florida State went through.

 

[BLUTickbusdriver]

Looks like they both might be gone with cause, yikes!

 

[BeardedVol]

Tennessee has the resources to hire a quality AD. If those making the hire set aside their emotions and go about the search in a professional and detailed fashion, there is no reason a quality candidate can't be found.

My hope is that they seek legitimate outside counsel and thoroughly vet the candidates before making a choice.

The fact that the admin was willing to set off the equivalent of a nuclear bomb in the football program, means that they are either more insane than we imagined, the violations are substantially worse than we imagined, or someone at the top finally wised up to the loss of revenue that will occur if the program continues downwards.

I hope for option 3, but I fear it's a combination of 1 and 2.

 

[508mikey]

How bad were the violations that this is the outcome? AD and HC replaced at the same time.

probably USC caliber or Bama when Phil ratted them out

 

[Rylee_Vol18]

Color me shocked! Gladly eat crow on this one.

 

[Volanta]

we serve a MIGHTY GODDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Hacksaw]

This is nothing to celebrate, IMO. Keeping him would not have been, either. We're screwed either way. Get ready for a few more years of suck.

 

[CA_Vol]

How bad were the violations that this is the outcome? AD and HC replaced at the same time.

Can’t be good. But I am so confused by all of this. Is Steele interim, I guess?

 

[Ratvol]

I feel a FREEZE coming on. Brrrrrrrr. A hugh Freeze.

Go VOLS

 

[VolsRule]

Jeremy will bring in some top lawyers and sue the university for big money--he wants all those buyout millions!