For Once Climer Gets It Right

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rexvol

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Now we must confront the realities of the situation that led to Fulmer's ouster, effective at season's end. Specifically, is the UT program better now than the one Fulmer inherited from John Majors?
No.
The sophomore, junior and senior classes Fulmer inherited in 1993 featured 22 future NFL draft picks, including quarterback Heath Shuler, who left school after his junior season and was the No. 3 selection.
By comparison, the talent pool Fulmer is leaving behind offers only about one-third of that number of likely draft picks.
Yes, sophomore safety Eric Berry is a remarkable player and figures to be a high first-rounder when he enters the draft either after his junior or senior season. But where are the other difference-makers?
It is a telling point of comparison. For a coach who built much of his reputation around compiling talent, Fulmer's final team lacks quality and depth when measured against the competition.
It is the kind of downward trend that will get a coach fired — whether he sees it coming or not.
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There's a big difference between CFB today and CFB 20 years ago. Instead of about 10 prominent teams to contend with in terms of coaching positions, recruiting, exposure, etc. You now have 30 or programs that are considered "Big Time".
 
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:good!:

Climer is spot on. However, one must look to the "why" of his analysis.

The chief difference is that when Fulmer inherited Majors' players, the programs at Alabama, Georgia, LSU, and South Carolina were in a serious state of decline. Fulmer was able to recruit mega talent through the 90's from those states. Fast forward a dozen years with a whole new cast of characters at those schools...

Kindof hard to excel when your primary supply line for talent is all but cut off. This point enhances the argument that Fulmer is an average coach. He's a great man who has done much for Tennessee, but he's an average coach.
 
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I can just hear it now....."yeah but he is doing it with Fulmer's players"
 
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cd12 said:
I can just hear it now....."yeah but he is doing it with Fulmer's players"
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Which is exactly the point why CPF was out. He can't and couldn't do it with his own players for 10 years. So if someone else does do it, to me that justifies his departure.
 
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AllVolCincy said:
:good!:

Climer is spot on. However, one must look to the "why" of his analysis.

The chief difference is that when Fulmer inherited Majors' players, the programs at Alabama, Georgia, LSU, and South Carolina were in a serious state of decline. Fulmer was able to recruit mega talent through the 90's from those states. Fast forward a dozen years with a whole new cast of characters at those schools...
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The year Majors was fired, Bama beat Miami in New Orleans for the NC...:unsure:
 
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Georgia was really good in 1992 as well. They went 10-2 and beat Ohio State in the Citrus Bowl with Garrison Hearst and Terrell Davis at RB and Eric Zeier at QB and Andre Hastings at WR and Randall Godfrey at LB. Ray Goff was not a good coach but he recruited extremely well early on. Remind you of anyone else?
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