Pruitt Fired for Cause. No buyout. Fulmer retiring.

[PandamoniumReigns]

NCAA violations that result in lost scholarships bite pretty hard in the present.

If TN loses schollys , it'd be nice to get O'brien from Bama since he helped navigate Penn State through murky waters.

 

[onevol74]

Told you guys in December. We will probably end up paying a couple million after Pruitt contests this decision but regardless we are off the hook on the entire contract.

Oh Hell, not you again!!!!!

 

[ptcarter]

. Maybe we get lucky. Due some.

This is the so true. Kiffin, Dooley, Butch, Pruitt. It's TIME, wouldn't you agree???

 

[MaTaLa]

The next two years might be rough but who knows.

Tbh, with the level of BVS I have, how much worse could it be?

 

[FlyFishnVol]

Are you mad about being wrong about Pruitt being retained, or are you upset about Pruitt being fired?

I am disappointed, like the other previous coaches, I wanted all of them to be successful. This one is a bit more disappointing, because of the circumstances in which it ended. I take no pleasure hearing about anyone being "fired". I am and still believe he had no intentions of making UT a bad football team. I have no power over who is or is not hired, I am mainly dismayed over the fact that we can't find an HC worthy of UT. This should not be looked upon as a day of celebration but of concern. The rest of the College Football world is laughing at UT Administration's ineptness.

I hope the next group is successful and brings back a sense of pride to the proud Stadium of Neyland..

 

[VolArmy74]

Resume of the next hire should ideally look like:

• Successful Head Coach experience
• Has built a winning program from the ground up, not just inherited one
• Has been at an elite program(s) and worked for championship-winning coaches, preferably as an OC or DC
• Respected among his peers for X's and O'x knowledge of the game
• Elite recruiter
• History of maximizing talent and gets kids to the next level
• College coach but has NFL experience

Hmmmm......now who does that sound like that UT could feasibly land.

Saban, Spurrier, Pete Carroll?

 

[BeardedVol]

well.....all the pruitt and fulmer haters got what they wanted. better hope we get better and they can move super quickly because this is a real live mess right now

So "haters" are responsible for NCAA violations that are apparently bad enough that the UT admin fired the HC and the AD?

Please elaborate.

 

[onevol74]

Frankly anyone happy about this shaking out this way should be worried. If they fired Pruitt WITH CAUSE we are likely boned with violations.

That is what you get for letting a rookie AD make a bad hire.

 

[Border Vol]

Time to retire,Phil!

 

[MiramarVol]

Tennessee players react to Jeremy Pruitt getting fired

 

[ButchPlz]

Time to retire,Phil!

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Well he already did, so...

 

[etsuvol13]

Meanwhile OK State is calling donors to give Gundy an extension.

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

I'm so happy!!!

And a big LOLOLOLOLLLLLLLLLL to all the people who had the decency to start threads that they "knew" he would be our coach for 2021.

Finally some light in this dark tunnel.

GO VOLS!!!

There's no light at the end of the tunnel. This is Tennessee and the proof they will screw this up is in the football hires of the past ten years.

 

[knoxchief]

Talks begin with getting Gruden here! Or maybe Jeff Fisher!

 

[VolsRule]

Nick will quickly hire jeremy back as an analyst.

 

[Nasavol]

Hmmmm, I think a few posters on here owe some others an apology.

 

[Nasavol]

Talks begin with getting Gruden here! Or maybe Jeff Fisher!

No to Fisher

 

[VolNExile]

Can they strip us of memories?

I wouldn’t mind losing a few of the memories from the last few years.

 

[ButchPlz]

Tennessee players react to Jeremy Pruitt getting fired

At least some of those aren't even at UT and others I've never even heard of.

 

[chrismc1000]

So who was the snitch that started this investigation?

 

[WilcoVolsFan]

Saban already has a job

I said feasible.

Hint, you don't have to go back very far to find a name that checked all those boxes.

 

[Sara Clark]

 

[Spawn]

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

AD is being replaced for the hire, raise and extension. Feeling optimistic today

 

[Border Vol]

No doubt. But that's another discussion, and I would have preferred him fired for sucking at being a coach.

Instead, we have coaches fired for cause due to infractions, and an AD that has "retired" with years left on his contract. That doesn't make you worried in the slightest? That sounds like some bad sh*t to me.

Tennessee will be lucky to win 3 games this season but i believe it will get better in the future. This reminds me of the quagmire Auburn fell into for a few seasons after Terry Bowden was canned.

 

[MIT_Beaver]

Dude shut up. You don't know ANYTHING.

How many people called that in December? I’ll wait.