Derek Mason fired

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Johnnyreb#VFL said:
I think neither muschamp nor mason had near the success at usce or vandy that Pruitt had in year 2 at UT. That gave Pruitt a little more cushion coming into this year. UT just took a nose dive this year. All things considered, Pruitt has had 2 respectable seasons at UT (beating aub and ms st year 1 considered a success) and 1 terrible season, but I understand the what have you done for me lately mentality.
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To paraphrase a quote from Schembechler,

You're either getting better or you're getting worse, you never stay the same.

Pruitt got worse this season, a lot worse. Same as Mason. Same as Muschamp.

And I am afraid it isn't over yet.
 
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SmokeyDog1973 said:
Muschamp went 9-4 in his second year at SC and beat Michigan in the outback bowl
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Which gave him the cushion for years 3 (7-5) record and 4 (4-8) record, to ultimately be fired this year. Pruitt is reaping the benefits of his success last year, not saying it’s right or wrong, but that’s why he won’t be terminated this year.
 
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Mightyvol said:
I understand getting beat by better teams because that is part of competition. What I have a hard time with is the quitting. JP lost the team at the end of his first season and it appears this team has quit on him too. I don’t think he overcomes this.
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He lost the team at the end of his first season? No sir. Did you miss the last 6 games of his second season with Jennings, Calloway, Warrior, Bituli and them boys?
 
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Johnnyreb#VFL said:
Which gave him the cushion for years 3 (7-5) record and 4 (4-8) record, to ultimately be fired this year. Pruitt is reaping the benefits of his success last year, not saying it’s right or wrong, but that’s why he won’t be terminated this year.
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I don't disagree with you.

Fulmer was big on equity when he struggled the back end of his coaching career. Figure he will be the same now since his fate is probably tied to Pruitt.
 
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Johnnyreb#VFL said:
Which gave him the cushion for years 3 (7-5) record and 4 (4-8) record, to ultimately be fired this year. Pruitt is reaping the benefits of his success last year, not saying it’s right or wrong, but that’s why he won’t be terminated this year.
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the benefits of losing to Ga State and BYU? Whatchutalkinbout Willis?
 
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volKano said:
I’m all for the best player to be on the field. I don’t care if it’s a woman but I don’t get why it’s such a big deal to have a female kicker come out and kick it like a middle school player and make a big deal about it. Someone else was better and kicked the rest of the game. She was used as a publicity stunt and people acted like she broke through a barrier. Nope, just a side show for attention.
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True, but they only kicked off 1 time.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Yeah, I saw ESPN touting the historical significance (mostly because they want to generate clicks and ad revenue, one assumes). And one of my (Vandy grad) daughters went out of her way to mention it to me, as well.

But I'm not really seeing it.

Fact is, other college football teams have played female kickers. Several times, over the decades. One of those kickers even scored points for her team. "Yes," ESPN says, "but those weren't Power 5 programs."

Well, neither is Vandy. I mean, in name sure, but in point of fact, barely.

It's not like a major Power 5 program played a female kicker. Vandy did. That's not much different than New Mexico or Kent State.

So, not as historic as all that. Just another iteration of a thing that rarely happens.

Go Vols!
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