BigPapaVol
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Dunno if I can agree with this. He is very intelligent, but Fulmer didn't win 152 cause he was lucky.
At most businesses, if the new CEO delivers worse outcomes than the fired CEO prior, you call that firing of the prior CEO a dumb firing.
Put simply, Fulmer defenders predicted we'd be worse off without him; Fulmer critics claimed we'd be an elite team without him. To date, his defenders have proven to be far more correct than his critics; his critics just can't admit they were dead wrong about their forecasts for Tennessee's future success. We look a lot like the same post-integration Tennessee football program we had before Fulmer took over the offense & recruiting in 1989 -- a mediocre, after-thought program, with just blips of success.
That's true but in this case it's an ignorant analogy
it's not ignorant at all to expect that your better after a new hire "or two" than before..
bottom line is the fanbase wants the current coach to be as good or betther than fulmer
You need to look at the differences in the roster that Fulmer inherited vs what both Kiffin and Dooley was left with. They're not even in the same ball park....neighborhood....township...county....state....etc.
GA may have been loaded but they had Ray Goof and we know what happened to him...and then Donnan as well....lots of fluff but no real susbstance. South Carolina was a joke and we all know aboutn KY and Vandy....in the west...Arky was a joke until '98...Bama wasn't all that from '95 through the early 2000's. The SEC was a two team league during Fulmer's best years and the Vols were typically #2 behind FLA.
Fulmer did an amazing job, but to say he had a more difficult task than Kiffin or Dooley is absurd.
And he can be if he is given time. Fulmer inherited a loaded team. Kiffin and now Dooley can't say the same. Two totally different situations
Dooley was the cosummate professional. His breakdown and analysis were spot on. It's easy to see this guy is clouds above Fulmer in his knowledge of all the elements of the game.
It's not often a class - even at Tennessee - puts seven guys in the NFL.
That's the kind of talent Lane "The Drain" had.
The route to the SECCG through the East has never been easier since the conference realignment.