ESPN's Chris Low reporting it's done

[Border Vol]

 

[txbo]

you still can, txbo.

Lol. It just won’t be the same.

 

[Wolfeman_Vol]

Pruitt may not have known what was going on at Tennessee and consequently may get a slap on the wrist also. But Tennessee may get a bowl ban and lose scholarships because of actions by assistants under his watch. If that’s the case, then who’ya blaming.

I'm just telling you, Freeze is a winner that doesn't have this ncaa baggage people like to claim he has, and we don't even talk to him. The ncaa found that he was unaware of his assistants violations. Ole miss blamed him so hard they were sticking with him. He's a winner. He can build. Instead, we hire captain downward trajectory. And give ucf money to hire a better coach than we just paid them for.

 

[DaddyChad]

Well that’s a wrap on this coaching search

See you again in three years

 

[TheFlash1971]

Offense wasn't the problem that year. Stoops was told to make changes. (The other coordinator was also named Stoops) Wouldn't can his brother.

Josh Heupel, come on man. They just don't care.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

His record definitely isn't worse

We did three time before him.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Offense wasn't the problem that year. Stoops was told to make changes. (The other coordinator was also named Stoops) Wouldn't can his brother.

Offense was a big problem for US last year.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

I'm just telling you, Freeze is a winner that doesn't have this ncaa baggage people like to claim he has, and we don't even talk to him. The ncaa found that he was unaware of his assistants violations. Ole miss blamed him so hard they were sticking with him. He's a winner. He can build. Instead, we hire captain downward trajectory. And give ucf money to hire a better coach than we just paid them for.

You are are crazy of greatly misinformed. Quick kicking a dead horse.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Josh Heupel, come on man. They just don't care.

 

[Vols1313]

Should have just named Steele interim for the year and tried again next year

Prob

 

[VolArmy74]

I'm just telling you, Freeze is a winner that doesn't have this ncaa baggage people like to claim he has, and we don't even talk to him. The ncaa found that he was unaware of his assistants violations. Ole miss blamed him so hard they were sticking with him. He's a winner. He can build. Instead, we hire captain downward trajectory. And give ucf money to hire a better coach than we just paid them for.

Freeze caught a failure to monitor charge. We are firing a coach for cause for failure to monitor. Even discounting his hooker deal you have to know he had 0 chance here once the ncaa issues hit.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Prob

That was an option, but it would have delayed the laying of the ground work for another year.

 

[silex]

Vol fans won’t be happy no matter who it is

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

AD White seeks coach to help polish Vols' 'brand'

So UT is paying AD White 1.8 million per year (not including annual 5% pay increase) for 5 years, paid 2.5 million to buy out White's UCF contract and will have to pay Fulmer 1.3 million.

UT is getting Heupel at a cost of about 12.8 million dollars? I think Fulmer could have pulled off a Heupel hire.

EDIT: this did NOT include the $6 million buyout of Heupel's UCF contract. Up to $18.8 million now.

What are the details of Heupel’s contract ? How many years?

 

[yabbadabbado]

How do you even say his last name? Hew-pull?

Hope-less?

 

[butchna]

How is it possible they hire a coach worse than Jeremy Pruitt?

UT gonna UT

They didn’t. I was prepared to cocoon this season with a Pruitt return. Now I’m at a hopeful wait and see.

 

[iluvsmesumdooley]

Well that’s a wrap on this coaching search

There never really was a search.

 

[butchna]

EDIT: this did NOT include the $6 million buyout of Heupel's UCF contract. Up to $18.8 million now.

Edit: Heupel is responsible for that 3.5 mil.

 

[butchna]

There never really was a search.

There really was.

 

[butchna]

How do you even say his last name? Hew-pull?

Hi PULL

 

[iluvsmesumdooley]

How is it possible they hire a coach worse than Jeremy Pruitt?

UT gonna UT

This is a bad hire, but it's still not nearly as atrocious as the Pruitt hire. That was bottom of the barrel. So at least we're trending upward.

 

[TheFlash1971]

What are the details of Heupel’s contract ? How many years?

Probably 6 or 7 I assume. Not hiring a guy for 3-4 yrs when first two might not even go to bowl games. Not like we're going to one anyway.

 

[iluvsmesumdooley]

Vol fans won’t be happy no matter who it is

If he had picked Leipold instead, I would have been ecstatic.

 

[OrangeBeachVol]

I believe there was a search from what I have been reading. He just got turned down by 2-3 choices. I think this guy was his 4-5th on the list pick and just took the best he could get when White realized no top coaches were interested. And Freeze was never a candidate in the search. Maybe White would have hired him but the UT Admin said no way so no contact was made.

 

[OrangeTsar]