Doug Mathews says Pruitt has made OC Choice

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So if there allegedly has been a hire, it’s a state university. So if a contract had been signed then they would have to release it to the public as soon as possible if a freedom of info request was made asking for it.
Just saying for those of you in Knoxville
 
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landscapingvol said:
If Jones was in Knoxville recruiting for Bama, then that would mean he has been given a coaching role at Bama otherwise an offensive QC hire couldn’t recruit
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He can be assigned the role temporarily to take Locksley's place until a full-time OC is hired.
 
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FranklinVol-615 said:
Why do they have to do any of that? Secondly, media isn’t driving the story cause media doesn’t know.
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Yeah...I see what you mean now.

Why would they want to look competent and in charge of anything in Knoxville when they could let media like Matthews put arbitrary guidelines on them or anyone with a keyboard name a candidate for them ?
 
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VOL 4 Life 83 said:
Then why not announce it?? I can literally think of no good reason to keep this a secret
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They are under contract in the NFL with games remaining and are contractually obligated to wait til a certain date before leaving

Or

They haven't notified their current employer

Or

Their buyout drops after a certain date

Or

It's an agreement in principle but details haven't been worked out

Or

Other arrangements with current staff members haven't been finalized


Patience is a virtue. And I thank God daily it's not the only one.
 
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zeppelin128 said:
Doug may very well be right in the end, but I'm seriously starting to distrust anyone in the media that covers the program. I'll wait until there is a press conference with dude on stage in Knoxville before I get burned with more Tennessee coaching search shenanigans.
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The only person in my memory that has actually called a coaching hire before it happened was the "check my stats" guy who posted here about CBJ being the new coach. Unless he says something I'm waiting for the presser because the rest is BS.
 
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KBVol said:
He also said that the decision/this hire is 100% and solely Pruitt’s hire, that absolutely nobody has or will interfere with Pruitt....right before he said that Fulmer could, would (and imho did) nix JP’s choice if he didn’t think it was “good for the university”.

And, incredibly, he doubled down on saying the hire was 95% done and that the decision has been made. If that’s the case, it would seem to me that it has to be an internal promotion, otherwise he wouldn’t continue to interview candidate after candidate 5 days after Mathews made his “95% done” comment last Wednesday.
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Didn't he say that was from his talk with Fulmer or am I mistaken?
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
The only person in my memory that has actually called a coaching hire before it happened was the "check my stats" guy who posted here about CBJ being the new coach. Unless he says something I'm waiting for the presser because the rest is BS.
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First thing I read from him (and where he coined the “check my stats”) phrase, was the Vic Wharton transfer...soon followed by Daniel Helm and Dwayne Hendrix.
 
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Don’t want to make a circus outta the GA high school championship before he leaves.
 
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GVol1966 said:
Jay Bateman DC Army to DC UNC
Chip Lindsey OC UA to OC UK
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I said usually, and I wouldn’t consider Army and UNC as parallel jobs. Lindsey wasn’t in a situation that fits “usually” either...agree?
 
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We wouldn’t wait to announce a college guy even if he had games left. No reason to as it happens a million times a year.
 
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butchna said:
In the college ranks Enos is the only one coaching for anything at stake...unless UCF repeats as self declared NC’s. Name you didn’t list was Chaney. I’m beginning to think there’s an agreement in place that won’t be announced until after early signing day due to recruiting. Would fit both Atlanta Vol’s and Matthews hints.
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his contract is up at Georgia this month, and I dont think he's been extended yet....
 
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VolGuyAllYear said:
We wouldn’t wait to announce a college guy even if he had games left. No reason to as it happens a million times a year.
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Early signing period if it’s a conference opponent. Plenty reason to wait.
 
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FïreBall said:
Didn't he say that was from his talk with Fulmer or am I mistaken?
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He did, which is even more confounding. So when is he being honest here.....when he says he doesn’t talk to Phil or when he says he does? He should probably get his story straight before he goes on air.
 
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Here's his quote that makes no sense to me:
“The guy they want to hire, the decision has been made on that from the University of Tennessee standpoint,” Mathews stated. “Yeah, they’re interviewing some people, but that decision’s been made."

Really? The decision has already been made- but we are still interviewing? If I was that guy that's already been decided upon, that would worry the @#$# out of me. And if I was being interviewed for @#$% and giggles, that wouldn't sit right either. This sounds like Mathews trying to cover his previous statements imo. It may be true, but it doesn't seem like he knows what the hell he's talking about.
 
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volgrad500 said:
Here's his quote that makes no sense to me:
“The guy they want to hire, the decision has been made on that from the University of Tennessee standpoint,” Mathews stated. “Yeah, they’re interviewing some people, but that decision’s been made."

Really? The decision has already been made- but we are still interviewing? If I was that guy that's already been decided upon, that would worry the @#$# out of me. And if I was being interviewed for @#$% and giggles, that wouldn't sit right either. This sounds like Mathews trying to cover his previous statements imo. It may be true, but it doesn't seem like he knows what the hell he's talking about.
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Its an open ended statement he made. He can now say when its over that he knew all along and has been done since blah blah..
 
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butchna said:
I said usually, and I wouldn’t consider Army and UNC as parallel jobs. Lindsey wasn’t in a situation that fits “usually” either...agree?
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Agree, but as I said coaches do take jobs parallel or not with games left. Agree?
 
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hUTch2002 said:
So you think this being said is just to calm the fans down? Certainly possible. Not that it was needed, but when we saw Currie’s texts about Schiano with that reporter there was “black and white” proof that stories are spun to fit narratives. You just can’t trust anything anymore.
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Stories spun ...to fit the narrative...??? Say it ain’t so... THAT IS TODAYS “JOURNALISM” both in sports and the real world. Best part is people are finally catching on... finally...it’s so well documented now that the perpetrators don’t even try to hide it...usually!
 
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