Fulmer is proud of the University

[#1fulmerite]

My incredible hot take that I can't prove is that Patterson would not have been successful here.

Who was the would be replacement that Hamilton said was too much of a football coach? (Or something like that)

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

Sorry but he just needs to quit talking. He's done enough the past few years to damage the program

Guess you think he should quit using his platform to call on VOLS to raise money for The Boys and Girls Club with his golf tournament too!

Sorry, but your take is sorry and redundancy is not going to fix it. Available to you, but futile.

 

[OrangeAllDay]

I to think fulmer stretched out his time here and didn’t end well. But let me put something into perspective for you.

If your a 18-30 year old on this forum,you never knew winning UT football until Heupel. Maybe you want to include some of the decentish Butch years? Yet we have people like yourself on here bashing fulmer who will likely remain one of UTs all time winning coaches. Pair that with he had the only NC we will likely ever see given this new era NIL. We simply aren’t spending the money to compete.

So whether you like it or not, the era of Fulmer football is a good chance the best era we will see in our lifetime.

I was 4 when I went to my first game. The 2001 SEC championship. I know the Fulmer years well, it was my introduction to Vols football. The problem with Fulmer is he underachieved with the best era of talent Tennessee ever had. Only one championship is actually a disappointment compared to the nfl talent he had year in year out. Also to put in perspective that he didn’t build the program, that was done by majors, his best assistants were hired by majors, and he didn’t sustain the success. He was an average coach that got lucky in a weak SEC and other regional programs being down at the time. I say this all the time when it comes to Fulmer. If you didn’t build it, and you don’t sustain it, what did you really do?? Thanks for the one natty, but miracles had to happen just for that one natty. He’s the luckiest coach in NCAA history if you really think about it. He was in the right place at the right time, and only got one natty because of him being an average coach. And again had to get extremely lucky just to win the one

 

[EastTNVol6240]

I was 4 when I went to my first game. The 2001 SEC championship. I know the Fulmer years well, it was my introduction to Vols football. The problem with Fulmer is he underachieved with the best era of talent Tennessee ever had. Only one championship is actually a disappointment compared to the nfl talent he had year in year out. Also to put in perspective that he didn’t build the program, that was done by majors, his best assistants were hired by majors, and he didn’t sustain the success. He was an average coach that got lucky in a weak SEC and other regional programs being down at the time. I say this all the time when it comes to Fulmer. If you didn’t build it, and you don’t sustain it, what did you really do?? Thanks for the one natty, but miracles had to happen just for that one natty. He’s the luckiest coach in NCAA history if you really think about it. He was in the right place at the right time, and only got one natty because of him being an average coach. And again had to get extremely lucky just to win the one

Lucky or not he won the only NC many of us will likely ever see. I’m not saying he’s the greatest ever. But likely the greatest some of us may see. The stats revert they are, no matter how you want to break down the talent, etc. Every team winning the NC has had to have a few breaks go their way. It’s also kind of hard to argue he didn’t sustain it given his record. As said he definitely stayed past his prime. You can have your opinions, but the numbers are what they are.

 

[Behr]

Let’s say he takes your advice. If someone asks him to comment on the situation and he responds, “no comment,” how do you think that comes off? You’d be pissed that he threw Heupel under the bus.

Aside from the 152 wins he had, there is no winning for Fulmer with some. The guy devoted most of a 50 year chunk of his life to the program and delivered the only national championship you will ever see. I think he earned the right to comment if asked a question about it.

Lol, I'd love to go back in time and had this message board with your inspirational comments following Vol football. Beginning with the firing of Majors through Fulmers career.

"Thank Clint Stoerner for Fulmers NC" ~ LegionnnaireOfTheMiserable

 

[volbound1700]

My favorite Fulmerism of ALL TIME was that during that VERY SAME presser, he was completely tone deaf enough to comment that recruiting had really picked up during his time as AD.

I mean, really?? Really?? The University has just fired the HC, and announced an investigation moments before you spoke into.....RECRUITING VIOLATIONS, and old Phlegmatic Phil has the gall to call out recruiting as a bright spot.

Fulmer was the living embodiment of the Peter Principle. After Cut left, he was MARGINALLY competent as HC, but truly reached his personal level of incompetnece with the AD position.

Please, can Fulmer just go away, count his millions, and be happy?

Sad thing is that I really believe he cares about the school, he just isn't competent anymore.

 

[volbound1700]

Lucky or not he won the only NC many of us will likely ever see. I’m not saying he’s the greatest ever. But likely the greatest some of us may see. The stats revert they are, no matter how you want to break down the talent, etc. Every team winning the NC has had to have a few breaks go their way. It’s also kind of hard to argue he didn’t sustain it given his record. As said he definitely stayed past his prime. You can have your opinions, but the numbers are what they are.

He definitely got complacent but hiring Clawson in 2008 was a major shake up and he was definitely trying to change things up. Had Arian Foster not fumbled against 3-9 UCLA, who knows what would have happened. I think Tennessee football would look very different right now. I feel like the 2001 SEC Championship and 2008 UCLA game where both major pivot points for our program. I also think the 2022 Pittsburgh game or 2022 Alabama games where also game changers in a positive light

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

Lol, I'd love to go back in time and had this message board with your inspirational comments following Vol football. Beginning with the firing of Majors through Fulmers career.

"Thank Clint Stoerner for Fulmers NC" ~ LegionnnaireOfTheMiserable

Unlike most of you brain dead pumpers, I actually appreciate and respect those who win championships. Since Fulmer won the only one any of us will ever see, I think you people are way too hard on him.

 

[TNnative]

I agree! The man made a mistake with Pruitt. But I bet all of us on here did too!! Let's not crucify him but celebrate what his accomplishments were. He was no Donnie Tindell

I just hope he is not the next Lyle. Getting hung up on his favorite word.

 

[TNnative]

Hamilton was the bigger idiot with the way Fulmer was handled. Then the Kiffin hire which had no protection whatsoever in the contract for Tennessee. Also basically told Gary Patterson to get F’ed in that hiring when it went down. Then when Kiffin bailed we were stupid enough allow Hamilton to hire another coach. I say we but everything was approved or turned down by Haslam. That was a long period of absolute incompetence from the top down and the top was always Haslam influencing all the major decisions.

Anderson and Fulmer kind of pulled a coup when Fulmer was inserted as AD. And yeah Fulmer sucked as AD but I’m not sure we ever get rid of the Haslam influence if not for Anderson and him. I’m not sure if we ever have people get serious enough to hire White either. Fulmer as AD was the absolute train wreck that caused the university to actually address the problem and install decent leadership at the top. Funny how now that Haslam isn’t as involved with decision making everything has gotten better. And to be fair the Haslam’s have done a lot for the university and the football program through the years.

Some folks blame Fulmer and his friends. Some want to blame Haslam. I blame the feud between those factions. And I often lament where Tennessee could have been had there been one influential adult in the room to get everyone on the same damn page.

 

[DaddyChad]

Some folks blame Fulmer and his friends. Some want to blame Haslam. I blame the feud between those factions. And I often lament where Tennessee could have been had there been one influential adult in the room to get everyone on the same damn page.

One person was mostly responsible to a lot of the hiring decisions that led us down. Of course on the other hand he does a lot for the university.

 

[TNnative]

One person was mostly responsible to a lot of the hiring decisions that led us down. Of course on the other hand he does a lot for the university.

That half of the story. The other half was Fulmer and his friends working against what Haslam and his friends were trying to do. This could go on and on for years. And much of it probably has to do with personal political affiliations.