Mike Griffith is the epitome of a Fulmerite

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I don't have Twitter, but if you read the scrolling feed on GVX he has been talking about Phil Fulmer for almost an hour on Twitter. People keep blasting him about Fulmer's dip in recruiting and his responses are as simple and ignorant as: "Yeah, Eric Berry was terrible!!" He's gotta be kidding? I almost want to sign up for Twitter just to assist everyone in blowing him up about what he keeps saying. Doesn't he have a username on VN? If so....

HEY MIKE, yeah Berry was good.....

So was Steven Fowlkes, Stephaun Raines, Carson Anderson, Preston Bailey, Rod Wilks, Cory Hall, Tyler Maples, Anthony Anderson, Daryl Vereen, BJ Coleman, CJ Fleming, Josh Hawkins, Art Evans (hey, he had a pick 6 against Montana right!! :glare:), Todd Campbell, Dustin Lindsey, Darrius Myers, Blake Garretson, Dorian Davis, Cody Pope, Chase Nelson, Jarred Shaw, Victor Thomas, Nick Stephens....

Griffith needs to stick with basketball. Or quit talking sports in general and go learn how to quilt.

Here's another brilliant quote on a response from Griffith where someone called him out on the 2005 season and the fact that David Cutcliffe made Fulmer and 2005 would've likely not ended at 5-7 hadn't Cutcliffe been at Notre Dame:

MikeGriffith32 Lotsa Foster fumbles - and Ainge hurt @prahh83: @Tavisw @MikeGriffith32 im pretty confident 5-7 wouldn't of happened in 05"
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Hmm, okay. Sooo 2011? I guess Dooley can blame 5-7 on Hunter, Bray, Janzen Jackson and "lotsa" picks by Simms? Or "lotsa" getting burned and missed tackles by Teague?

It's football, Griffith. Fulmer was the coach. If Foster fumbled, it was Fulmer's fault he let it keep happening. That's the coach's responsibility. Dooley is taking heat for a 5-7 season just like Fulmer did. That's what happens when you're the head coach. You get all the glory and you get all the blame.

MikeGriffith32 His history suggests he woulda solved them #hadchavistoo @extremecleantn: @MikeGriffith32 love Fulmer. But its not hard to see his problems
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His history with David Cutcliffe? Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's the history you're referring to. Because Chavis was there in 2005. And 2008. Cutcliffe wasn't.

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You only need to look at the last contract to know where Fulmer was concerning his own expectations for Tennessee. A contract extension for 8-win seasons. This simply wasn't the man who took a green Tennessee team to Athens in 1992 and beat a Georgia team loaded with talent. Old Fulmer was hungry to win championships. The new Fulmer was satisfied with treading water.
 
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MikeGriffith32 Fired b4 Wyo - thats y lost @UT_Vol__Fan: @MikeGriffith32 kept losing to bama and Florida and loss to Wyoming in neyland was the last straw
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LOL geez, this guy is a piece of work. Lost to Wyoming because Fulmer had been fired. But we beat Kentucky 28-10 because.... well.. Fulmer was fired!! Players won that game for him, but lost against Wyoming for him? haha... Mike, Mike, Mike...

We should have beaten Wyoming with Candace Parker at QB and Mike Griffith at RB.


Here's the bottom line:

Fulmer's overal record = 152-52
Fulmer from 1992 to 2001 = 95-20
Fulmer from 2002 to 2008 = 57-32

Made appearance in SECCG in 2001, but lost to LSU's backup QB.
Made appearance in SECCG in 2004, but was destroyed by Auburn.
Made appearance in SECCG in 2007, but Ainge was high on pills and threw a pick 6 against LSU.

Bowl game record after 1998 NC? 3-5 (including Peach Bowl losses) plus 2 no shows.

Last top 10 finish? 2001.

Last SEC championship? 1998 (over #23 ranked Miss State).

Finished outside top 25 in 2002, 2005, 2008.

and...

he was owned by Florida.
 
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Fulmerite, Pearlophile, women's softball aficionado. Is there a worse combo?
 
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I take it softball/Writer32 has been acting like a royal dumbass since his departure from VN. The Nick Saban of 9 year old girls softball will not be silenced.
 
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haha, and now he's a Cuonzo-maniac. In 3 years he'll probably be Tweeting about how CCM was wrongfully fired after going 58-40.

Griffith has complete disregard for one simple fact: Major college sports is a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately business. Everyone knows that except for Griffith.
 
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The Tall Gguy said:
Fulmer >>>>>> Dooley
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Neyland >>>>>>>>> Fulmer


C'mon Mike. Get over it.


Annnnd he's still at it....

@MikeGriffith32 looks like 39 Vols in NFL. Not bad for a guy that couldn't coach, recruit or develop players."
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Haha, yeah 39 NFL players and he still lost 32 games from 2002 to 2008. Keep proving more points as to why Fulmer should have been fired. Remember, Mike? He had Chavis... and Cutcliffe. Those guys had alot to do with those NFL players, too. Keep drinking your Fulmerade.

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MrBamSeydu said:
Neyland >>>>>>>>> Fulmer


C'mon Mike. Get over it.


Annnnd he's still at it....



Haha, yeah 39 NFL players and he still lost 32 games from 2002 to 2008. Keep proving more points as to why Fulmer should have been fired. Remember, Mike? He had Chavis... and Cutcliffe. Those guys had alot to do with those NFL players, too. Keep drinking your Fulmerade.

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39 players in the NFL and he had 2 losing seasons in his last 4 years.

As I've said before, Fulmer's last 2 seasons without Cutcliff were losing seasons. History suggests, unless Cut was coming back that things weren't going to improve.
 
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I understand people's frustrations with Fulmer's last few years... but I don't get the disrespect some have for him... Like it or not, the guy is a Tennessee legend.
 
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t.n. Buckingham said:
you only need to look at the last contract to know where fulmer was concerning his own expectations for tennessee. A contract extension for 8-win seasons. This simply wasn't the man who took a green tennessee team to athens in 1992 and beat a georgia team loaded with talent. Old fulmer was hungry to win championships. The new fulmer was just hungry.
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fyp
 
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omghulkhands said:
Would you guys take Phil back today if he came with cut and the chief?
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Moreso Cut rather than Chief since when we won most of our games, CDC was the OC.

However, with them we would never catch up in recruiting since both DC and JC were less than stellar on the recruiting trail.
 
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Did ol Griff quit posting here? If I see him post I always ask him if Travis Stephens is big enough to be an every down back in the SEC, since his preseason theme in '01 was that he was not. He really knows his football, and if you don't believe me just ask him.
 
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I live in North AL and he was on our sports radio here before the Bama vs LSU game. He tried to say that Spencer Ware was a more violent runner than Trent Richardson because "Trent has shake to him and thats not a good thing" and "No one wants anymore of Ware by the forth quarter".

I didn't know much about him to that point but that sealed it for me that he knew nothing about football.
 
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CourtJester said:
Did ol Griff quit posting here? If I see him post I always ask him if Travis Stephens is big enough to be an every down back in the SEC, since his preseason theme in '01 was that he was not. He really knows his football, and if you don't believe me just ask him.
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In his defense in a case like that he is asked to write his opinion. he gave it and it was wrong. Think back over your life at how many times you just knew without a question you were right about something onlny to be wrong. It happens. I will say we are all happy he was wrong about the Stephens kid. He was truly a difference maker for us in 01.:)
 
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