Doug Matthews Blunt Take On Vols Loss

#28
#28
goldvol said:
I think Chaney is a good contingency to step in as needed. He's done it before.
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After the team quit on Dooley against Vandy, when Chaney took over as interim for the last game against Kentucky they played their most inspired football of the year by far. That was really the only game all year that the defense showed up.
 
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Dudleys87 said:
He goes off on a lot of what the fans have pointed out. Calls some folks out directly and never has been that critical before. He’s really upset about Saturday as most of us are. Some believe it’s a narrative set up by Fulmer to lay the ground work for the nxt man
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And some are blithering idiots, that’s ridiculous.

It is nice to hear Mathews finally take the gloves off and speak the truth. Usually he’s loathe to criticize anything with the football program, but this week he was spitting fire. Hopefully we’ll hear more of this Doug Mathews since we all listen to him to get a sense of what’s going on up there. His honesty was refreshing.
 
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knox-townVOL said:
Can we STOOOPPP with the contingency plans and the next coach talk?

The man has coached 13 games, and his upperclassmen are still Butch’s players from a 4-8 season.

Good grief y’all.
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It is a shame UT can't hire a coach that is capable of making players their own or getting them to buy in.

It's Fulmers players when Kiffin was hired.

It's Kiffin's players when Dooley was hired.

It's Dooley's players when Jones was hired.

Now it's Jones fault Pruitt can't get through to his team and has been humiliated the past 3 games.
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
Pruitt isnt going anywhere people. His buyout is like 9 million. We arent going down that rabbit hole again.
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If this season ends up being 3-9 or worse, they'll consider it. $9m is actually a small price to pay when the alternative is 60k paid attendance.

Remember Dooley's year 3? The paid attendance for that year's home games is below:

87,821 (Georgia St)
102,455 (Florida)
81,719 (Akron)
102,455 (Alabama)
84,189 (Troy)
89,272 (Mizzou)
81,841 (Kentucky)

Sometimes the loss in revenue forces the admin to make a move they wouldn't have otherwise. Keep in mind the paid attendance for the Georgia St game was 85,503 and the Mizzou game was 88,224. Pruitt is already slipping into the 80s.
 
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Tennesseefan2019 said:
Phil Fulmer definitely has to be thinking of future probabilities
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I’d say Fulmer has to have a pretty good idea of whether this is going to work. He’s coached enough winning football to know whether Pruitt can get it pointed in the right direction. Relatively speaking, Pruitts buyout is pretty light.
 
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JonGrudensAgent said:
It is a shame UT can't hire a coach that is capable of making players their own or getting them to buy in.

It's Fulmers players when Kiffin was hired.

It's Kiffin's players when Dooley was hired.

It's Dooley's players when Jones was hired.

Now it's Jones fault Pruitt can't get through to his team and has been humiliated the past 3 games.
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It’s not realistic. The coach decides the plan and who will play. Some players will say, “What’s in it for me?” Often, the answer is ... not much.

They should transfer. Other times they stay and poison the well.
 
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05_never_again said:
If this season ends up being 3-9 or worse, they'll consider it. $9m is actually a small price to pay when the alternative is 60k paid attendance.

Remember Dooley's year 3? The paid attendance for that year's home games is below:

87,821 (Georgia St)
102,455 (Florida)
81,719 (Akron)
102,455 (Alabama)
84,189 (Troy)
89,272 (Mizzou)
81,841 (Kentucky)

Sometimes the loss in revenue forces the admin to make a move they wouldn't have otherwise. Keep in mind the paid attendance for the Georgia St game was 85,503 and the Mizzou game was 88,224. Pruitt is already slipping into the 80s.
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If they lose Saturday night I think the Saturday after attendance will take a hit with it being a noon game....jmo
 
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