*****Brice: Fulmer will assume the reins moving foward

#79
#79
SeniorDrill said:
If that is true, he will hire the best young gun out there, the one who told Nick Saban he would never beat him on the football field again. He is the one man who can restore Tennessee football to its glory days. Phil Fulmer's legacy as AD will be hiring Lane Kiffin, showing it's not personal. If Johnny Majors and Paul Finebaum are for it, who can be against it. The cruelest cut of all would be if Arkansas grabs him and he cleans our clock and starts beating the Crimson Tide. What has happened so far would be nothing compared to the ridicule that would bring the university. It is the only hire that can make this 3 ring circus go away. If that happens, it will all have been worth it.
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Sooth sayer, or optimistic guesser.
 
#83
#83
[twitter]https://twitter.com/volbeast21/status/936658007362097152[/twitter]

What a perfect endorsement for Fulmer...

To me he epitomizes Fulmer's latter years as head coach and why he was fired. Great talent, but wasted due to a complete lack of discipline. I was in school and saw what all these guys were up to. Fulmer wouldn't do anything and they knew it.
 
#84
#84
[twitter]<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">From what I’ve gathered so far, I wouldn’t believe some of the stuff about Fulmer backstabbing Currie for the AD job. Been told that’s more Currie throwing Phillip under the bus to his national media contacts</p>&mdash; Stephen Hargis (@StephenHargis) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenHargis/status/936636163087101952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2017</a></blockquote>
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#85
#85
The last word we received from our beloved AD was “don’t believe anything until you hear it from me”






Now what?



I don’t know who to believe because our “believe me guy” said adios


Lmao
 
#86
#86
hammer81tn said:
Not over with Haslam if they name Reid Sigmon as interim. It may be Haslam's last move though. Surely, Davenport is smart enough to realize that this is a bad idea if she wants to hang around.
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I understand the enthusiasm Blackburn generates. He may could handle the job well. However, it would be hard to look outside the UT family and find a better option for interum AD, or even being named AD, than Reid Sigmon.

He was a major player in developing the College Football Playoff. Look him up.

CFP Chief Financial Officer Sigmon Gets His Kicks from Football - Football Matters Football Matters
 
#88
#88
Snapper58 said:
13 of those 27 came in two down years. In 15 years he had 5 years with less than 9 wins. Also two of the defeats in the 2008 year was after it was announced he had been fired.:hi:
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I understand this completely

However, a majority of those wins were prior to 2003

Would you go to a doctor who had 5 malpractices in last 7 surgeries just because he had none in his first 100?
 
#90
#90
Snapper58 said:
[twitter]<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">From what I’ve gathered so far, I wouldn’t believe some of the stuff about Fulmer backstabbing Currie for the AD job. Been told that’s more Currie throwing Phillip under the bus to his national media contacts</p>&mdash; Stephen Hargis (@StephenHargis) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenHargis/status/936636163087101952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2017</a></blockquote>
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This is exactly what’s happening
 
#91
#91
gcf_VFL said:
Very misleading!

Success as a Coach

  • 17 seasons as Head Coach (152-52)
  • National and SEC Coach of the Year in 1998
  • .743 winning percentage (top 5 among active coaches)
  • Undefeated record against 31 of 50 Tennessee opponents
  • Tennessee ranked in 171 of 204 games
  • 94 SEC regular season conference wins
  • 7-1 in overtime games
  • 5-0 as nation's No. 1-ranked team
  • 11+ win seasons: 4
  • 10+ win seasons: 9
  • 9+ win seasons: 11
  • 8+ win seasons: 14
  • 98-37 vs. record ranked teams
  • 54-15 vs. non-conference teams
  • 52-23 on the road in SEC

Championships

  • National Championship: 1998
  • SEC Championships: 1997, 1998
  • SEC Eastern Division Titles in last 11 years of coaching: 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007
  • SEC Championship Game appearances: 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007
  • 15 Bowl Games
  • 13 January Bowl Games
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"Eight wins is enough at TN. It's OK".

Phil Fulmer
 
#92
#92
SeniorDrill said:
If that is true, he will hire the best young gun out there, the one who told Nick Saban he would never beat him on the football field again. He is the one man who can restore Tennessee football to its glory days. Phil Fulmer's legacy as AD will be hiring Lane Kiffin, showing it's not personal. If Johnny Majors and Paul Finebaum are for it, who can be against it. The cruelest cut of all would be if Arkansas grabs him and he cleans our clock and starts beating the Crimson Tide. What has happened so far would be nothing compared to the ridicule that would bring the university. It is the only hire that can make this 3 ring circus go away. If that happens, it will all have been worth it.
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lane kiffin is a 3 ring circus by himself...he will never be coach at Tennessee again....just stop.
 
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#93
#93
I'm seeing reports on the tweet machine that Sigmon is expected to be appointed as AD. I think I may be done with UT athletics...
 
#94
#94
gcf_VFL said:
Very misleading!

Success as a Coach

  • 17 seasons as Head Coach (152-52)
  • National and SEC Coach of the Year in 1998
  • .743 winning percentage (top 5 among active coaches)
  • Undefeated record against 31 of 50 Tennessee opponents
  • Tennessee ranked in 171 of 204 games
  • 94 SEC regular season conference wins
  • 7-1 in overtime games
  • 5-0 as nation's No. 1-ranked team
  • 11+ win seasons: 4
  • 10+ win seasons: 9
  • 9+ win seasons: 11
  • 8+ win seasons: 14
  • 98-37 vs. record ranked teams
  • 54-15 vs. non-conference teams
  • 52-23 on the road in SEC

Championships

  • National Championship: 1998
  • SEC Championships: 1997, 1998
  • SEC Eastern Division Titles in last 11 years of coaching: 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007
  • SEC Championship Game appearances: 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007
  • 15 Bowl Games
  • 13 January Bowl Games
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They don't like facts. They prefer drama.
 
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#95
#95
I am out if Sigmon is in . For that means a Bing McGoogle or a Ned McFartweed as an anointed Haslam pick..... Reid appointed means HOH won the cage match. All my money tix travel..donations gear now go to my wife's team..Down on the Plains..The barn will be the stadium my grandson sees his first game Bev..No thanks to you
 
#96
#96
LakeMaryFLVol said:
I am out if Sigmon is in . For that means a Bing McGoogle or a Ned McFartweed as an anointed Haslam pick..... Reid appointed means HOH won the cage match. All my money tix travel..donations gear now go to my wife's team..Down on the Plains..The barn will be the stadium my grandson sees his first game Bev..No thanks to you
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I'm done with college sports entirely if this is the case. I can live without football.
 
#98
#98
#99
#99
CountVolcula said:
This has been discussed ad nauseam on here

He was on his way down hill. He refused to adjust to the game and hire competent assistants. He was willing to ride it out to get the record number of wins

I can't help it the Fulmer apologists are in love with him and couldn't see his decline.
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We've just found out Jones had a limited assistant coach budget. I'm going to bet this "limited budget" goes all the way back to Majors, and was part of his demands for more money, and the way he did that-with his alcohol leaden alligator mouth-is no small part of what got him fired.

Fulmer had to eat what Majors left behind.

Kiffin came cheaper and so they could pay more for his dad Monte as DC. That allowed them to keep the whole package in their middlin' budget.

Dooley was never able to build and keep a competant staff.

And, evidently, Jones was hamstrung.

Someone above the AD has to loosen the purse strings.
 
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