Currie: The Pawn & Scapegoat

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UT_King said:
Currie was told who to hire and quickly became the target for people to place their frustration. Schiano? Haslam's choice. The reason why it was negotiated under a cloak? Currie knew it would not go over well as the fans expected more (deservedly so). The backlash was greater than anyone expected but it was to late, and his reputation took the damage. After days of being drug through the mud, he decided to take matters into his own hands.

Knowing the brass would not support a Mike Leach hire, he went forward to pursue him anyways. This accomplished two things. One, it helped restore his reputation. Two, it showed that the real decision makers are who blocked a great hire, NOT him. Leach is very successful, very attainable, and not overly expensive. Most importantly, he would be an overwhelming fan favorite.

For going rogue, and simultaneously making them look bad, he was fired. This is bigger than the Athletic Director. He was a pawn, used as a shield, and now we move on to the next pawn. Does Currie have culpability? Yes, but bottom line you will do what your boss tells you.

We cut down a weed... but the roots remain.
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This has the plot line of a decent movie...
 
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jakez4ut said:
i think it's fair to at least question, really, where fulmer's allegiances are, but haslam, hammy and currie are the ones that got him fired back in 08. fulmer has always been an Anderson guy.

my gut says fulmer is on the right side of this, with anderson (among other boosters that are tired of haslam), the bot and president.

and given that davenport, members of the bot and the president were all present for the meeting with currie this morning, my hope is that means they're exerting themselves to remove the haslam influence.

we'll find out later today.
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No offense, I like CA but after good ole boying Derek Dooley .... he should not be allowed to have a vote for 50 years or so. Same sort of thing as what is currently going on. Thanks but no thanks.
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
Maybe I am missing something here, but if Currie "went rogue" then he had to know he would be fired as a result (after Brohm there was no way he could initiate another search without pre-approval), so not sure how getting fired could restore his reputation. If you are meaning it would restore his reputation with the fanbase then he really is an idiot because once he was fired our opinion of him would irrelevant.
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He knew the end was near regardless. And not just for the fans, but his perception in general (peers, media, etc).
 
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Just when I try to get OUT...they pull me back IN!
 
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UT_King said:
He knew the end was near regardless. And not just for the fans, but his perception in general (peers, media, etc).
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Exactly. It showed that he was trying to get the best coach he could (at least a very, very capable one), unlike the jokes Haslam and friends had him trying to sign.
 
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UT_King said:
He knew the end was near regardless. And not just for the fans, but his perception nationally.
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Ok, but I just don't see how getting fired helps people's perception of someone. Know one will ever know the real 'behind the scenes' story, so all they will know is that he grossly bungled the most important job an AD is tasked with. Seems like getting fired simply confirms that he was bad at his job.
 
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Fullfillmer said:
No offense, I like CA but after good ole boying Derek Dooley .... he should not be allowed to have a vote for 50 years or so. Same sort of thing as what is currently going on. Thanks but no thanks.
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there's certainly no guarantee that the result of this will be different than what we have had. agree.

but can it really be worse than what we've had offered up to us the last 10 years? jeez.

gut punch after gut punch.
 
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jakez4ut said:
i think it's fair to at least question, really, where fulmer's allegiances are, but haslam, hammy and currie are the ones that got him fired back in 08. fulmer has always been an Anderson guy.

my gut says fulmer is on the right side of this, with anderson (among other boosters that are tired of haslam), the bot and president.

and given that davenport, members of the bot and the president were all present for the meeting with currie this morning, my hope is that means they're exerting themselves to remove the haslam influence.

we'll find out later today.
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I am going completely off of speculation and my own opinion...maybe the board finally had enough and told Davenport enough was enough...Currie is dragging our university through the mud and we are a laughing stock.

Time to get rid of Currie and you WILL name (whoever their person is) interim.

We will then pursue a coach and bring this program back!

So, fingers crossed, Fulmer is the AD and the power has shifted!!!
 
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kskm497 said:
I am going completely off of speculation and my own opinion...maybe the board finally had enough and told Davenport enough was enough...Currie is dragging our university through the mud and we are a laughing stock.

Time to get rid of Currie and you WILL name (whoever their person is) interim.

We will then pursue a coach and bring this program back!

So, fingers crossed, Fulmer is the AD and the power has shifted!!!
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I just don't understand how, despite the damning evidence, people can think that Haslam is not involved, but rather it's only Currie.
 
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Great post OP. Glad to see there are still some on VN who can see through the BS without undue emotion.
 
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UT_King said:
Currie was told who to hire and quickly became the target for people to place their frustration. Schiano? Haslam's choice. The reason why it was negotiated under a cloak? Currie knew it would not go over well as the fans expected more (deservedly so). The backlash was greater than anyone expected but it was to late, and his reputation took the damage. After days of being drug through the mud, he decided to take matters into his own hands.

Knowing the brass would not support a Mike Leach hire, he went forward to pursue him anyways. This accomplished two things. One, it helped restore his reputation. Two, it showed that the real decision makers are who blocked a great hire, NOT him. Leach is very successful, very attainable, and not overly expensive. Most importantly, he would be an overwhelming fan favorite.

For going rogue, and simultaneously making them look bad, he was fired. This is bigger than the Athletic Director. He was a pawn, used as a shield, and now we move on to the next pawn. Does Currie have culpability? Yes, but bottom line you will do what your boss tells you.

We cut down a weed... but the roots remain.
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So basically, Currie went rogue against Haslam and Haslam got him fired which means Haslam is still runnjngvthe show!
 
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Davenport must ultimately be held responsible.
she is the one who insisted the next AD MUST have power 5 experience. How did that work out?
A world class freaking disaster. This eclipses anything I've ever seen in college football. I know Auburn pulled some crazy **** with Tubberville a few years ago. That is nothing compared to this mess. I will never give a dime to UT until every last bit of this is purged from the school. Shameful.
 
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kskm497 said:
I am going completely off of speculation and my own opinion...maybe the board finally had enough and told Davenport enough was enough...Currie is dragging our university through the mud and we are a laughing stock.

Time to get rid of Currie and you WILL name (whoever their person is) interim.

We will then pursue a coach and bring this program back!

So, fingers crossed, Fulmer is the AD and the power has shifted!!!
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yeah, i posted that scenario earlier in another thread. it's certainly possible that happened. it would be best case for us, if it did go down that way.
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
Maybe I am missing something here, but if Currie "went rogue" then he had to know he would be fired as a result (after Brohm there was no way he could initiate another search without pre-approval), so not sure how getting fired could restore his reputation. If you are meaning it would restore his reputation with the fanbase then he really is an idiot because once he was fired our opinion of him would irrelevant.
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I bet the UT pilot has the real story.
 
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This explains why Currie went MIA last night and no one could get in touch. He is showing us, it's not his fault. Put the pieces together
 
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Haslam, the pres' and Davenport threw him under the bus in an attempt to save themselves. Who is next to go under?
 
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jakez4ut said:
currie was set up to fail, once sunday happened, and he and haslam were either going to shove thru a coach this week, and it's business as usual, or it was going to end badly and currie would be a fall guy.

i have no idea if he had haslam's blessing on leach.

i do know he did when trying to hire gundy, as hyams reported that he had haslam's blessing to make that offer.

then the deal with davenport blocking brohm's contract is kind of a line of demarcation. but who drew that line? was currie rogue against haslam or ut at that point???

i think we find out when the interim ad is announced.
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Now that Currie is gone especially in the way he was put out, he has zero loyalty to anyone in the UTAD today. If HoH are the actual villains in this whole thing, I suspect he'll be providing his perspective very soon to someone in the press. He owes nothing to the Haslams other than a Scud missile up their donks IF he was the scapegoat by them IMO.
 
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Arclight said:
Haslam, the pres' and Davenport threw him under the bus in an attempt to save themselves. Who is next to go under?
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it's going to be hard to believe that haslam was in on the ouster of currie when just a couple of days ago he was declaring there's no way he'd be fired under his watch.

more likely is that Currie gets fired, by davenport,BOT an the president, as they did this morning, is in direct contradiction to haslam's wishes.

and that narrative gets further evidence of truth in that his next in line, the guy Haslam was now pushing, Sigmon, is being passed over for Fulmer.

could this be a ropadope and they just offered up currie as a scapegoat and are all-pres, bot, Bd, fulmer, other boosters and UTAD officials--now in cahoots and fulmer is in haslam's pocket? doubtful.

even if this is just a vindictive fulmer sabotaging things just to get currie out, if haslam had as much support as he would need to prevent that from happening....it wouldn't have happened. know what i mean?
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
Ok, but I just don't see how getting fired helps people's perception of someone. Know one will ever know the real 'behind the scenes' story, so all they will know is that he grossly bungled the most important job an AD is tasked with. Seems like getting fired simply confirms that he was bad at his job.
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Think you're misunderstanding my original post. He did not target Leach to intentionally get fired. Instead of taking names by directive, he took it upon himself to go and talk with Leach. He knew Leach would not only be interested, but would be a popular hire with fans/media. The brass took this as a rogue move since Leach was not approved by them. This results in Currie's firing (which was inevitable since he was already the target of frustration). The situation shows that he was capable of hiring a good coach, but was handcuffed by Tennessee's power players.
 
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Davenport on Leach... no comment. A lot of fans will now compare future candidates to Leach, I can promise you that.
 
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