Friend took a paycut.

[Rockytopvol86]

TN is playing hardball now. about time

This will be the only thing this happens .... it’s the Tennessee way.

 

[LittleVol]

$800,000 to be terrible at his job. Dang, I should get into coaching football.

Ive been thinking the same thing lately.
It's not a good profession to raise a family in.

8 years ago I was given a chance to be a GA, but my God, even the coaches at failing programs were pulling 12 hour days 6 days a week.

 

[photovol]

Pretty clear that this was an orchestrated move.[/

 

[BigOrangeCrush32]

Paycut? Let's see....

800k at TN for 1 year

Or

700k at SC for 3-4 years? (Not sure on length)

We all know that Pruitt would be fired next year without a doubt if he repeats the same as this year...so Friend left for a more SECURE job in the short term.

 

[Boca Vol]

Will enforce the $50,000 buyout in Will Friend’s contract after he left his post as the Vols’ offensive line coach about a month before the contract was set to expire, an athletic department spokesman confirmed to Knox News.
Tennessee to collect buyout after Will Friend's departure to South Carolina | News Break

LULZ....UT will step over a $100 bill to pick up a penny.

 

[DougVol]

Going to Sakerlina.

Loser

 

[DougVol]

$800,000 to be terrible at his job. Dang, I should get into coaching football.

100k for teaching folks to not jump offside and beat the man in front of you would work.

 

[chattavol420]

"He was earning $800,000 annually as Tennessee's OL coach."

He might have been paid that but I beg to differ as to his earning it.

Yep. That’s definitely an odd way for it to be phrased. You could also take exception to anyone that says what Pruitt “earns”. Hell he’s been paid over 10M over the last 3 years and has what...16 wins? That’s about 750k per win. If you based it off wins he makes more than Saban.

 

[UTP69]

OR, he knew sh!t fixing to hit the fan big time at UT.

Maybe, just maybe! I live in West Tennessee. Is there a certain foul aroma in the air around K town?

 

[ftsandersvol]

As bad as our Oline played this year, he should have been paying us.

 

[Eastknox865]

It's funny how when coaches come to Tennessee they can't coach but as soon as they leave it all comes back.

 

[BigBadVol]

"He was earning $800,000 annually as Tennessee's OL coach."

He might have been paid that but I beg to differ as to his earning it.

Post of the day no doubt! Thanks for the laugh!

 

[DaddyChad]

He was the 2nd highest paid oline coach in all of college football.
The highest-paid offensive line coaches in college football: 2020 edition

Somehow I feel like we might not have been getting our money’s worth.

 

[ITSGR82BATNVOL]

Going to Sakerlina.

Lets be accurate. He was getting paid 800,000 yearly here. He wasn't earning half that amount. Same goes for Chaney and Ansley.

 

[JoAllan]

100k pay cut, to stay in a big time job vs get fired, or stay next season and definitely get fired and maybe not even land a big time job.


Smart move!

 

[Other_Guy]

"He was earning $800,000 annually as Tennessee's OL coach."

He might have been paid that but I beg to differ as to his earning it.

Boggles the mind he has a power 5 job.

 

[WRE3]

Well, when you suck at your job you shouldn’t get a raise.

 

[volpass]

"He was earning $800,000 annually as Tennessee's OL coach."

He might have been paid that but I beg to differ as to his earning it.

Same logic applies to dufus and pruitt.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

So prorated with the season over and one month remaining...$100 k?

includes the free gym membership.

 

[butchna]

includes the free gym membership.

And the leased Kia.

 

[photovol]

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

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I wish I could do stuff like that! LOL!

 

[dobre_shunka]

He was the 2nd highest paid oline coach in all of college football.
The highest-paid offensive line coaches in college football: 2020 edition

But I thought UT always went to the "bargain bin" for football coaches.

This does not fit that narrative and therefore is fake news.

 

[OEF VOL]

IIRC I read several months ago he was top 5-6 paid OL coach in the country here?

Doesn't coach like one.

 

[jonnon111]

"Don't put it past us to be petty and to have strict interpretations of the contract language"

Yeah, when you refuse a pay cut because of the language of your contract, then why should UT ignore what the contract says?