Did Fulmer overvalue himself?

[BernardKingGOAT]

What half did I make up? There were several posters claiming any average coach could win big at UT with our history and facilities. Of course they all disappeared when we went into a decade long spiral.
Im guessing from your response. you were probably one of them.

I don't remember anyone saying that, but if there were some that said it, I wasn't one of them. I can promise you that.

 

[1morevol]

Sure they could .... why not count all the titles UT has won since Fulmer left....there's a reason that Fulmer won more games in UT history except Gen Neyland.
( btw.. if you are correct ,why doesn't UT just hire a rhesus monkey?)

We already tried a couple of those. It didn't work out.

 

[1morevol]

Didn't he throw his hat in the ring for the Clemson job that ultimately went to Dabo?

Seem to remember being an analyst on CBS (I think) and doing it on air. Clemson did not return his enthusiasm lol.

He was awful in that role.

 

[ptgrbn]

He started off badly by replacing a Vol legend…many think he undermined him to get the job. Regardless, without Cutcliffe, the magic wasn’t there

 

[GBO2011]

He started off badly by replacing a Vol legend…many think he undermined him to get the job. Regardless, without Cutcliffe, the magic wasn’t there

It’s not really think he did undermine him

 

[#1fulmerite]

Seems like most Vol fans wanted him to replace Majors after that impressive start in ‘92. Can’t forget that.

 

[thistime]

As a coach Fulmer got lazy recruiting and by the quality of recruits he was bringing in toward the end it showed. That's all on him, GREAT recruiting is what got him there and bad recruiting is what cost him in the end as a coach. Loyalty to old ways and coaches cost him the AD job, he was a coach and not an administrator after all, big difference.