Fulmer not resting on success?

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This year was solid at best, and showed alot of potential. Compared to last year it was good, but we shouldn't use last year to compare anything. 10 wins is expected. Hopefully we can use the momentum and get a good 11 win season next year.
 
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UTVOLFAN said:
This year was solid at best, and showed alot of potential. Compared to last year it was good, but we shouldn't use last year to compare anything. 10 wins is expected. Hopefully we can use the momentum and get a good 11 win season next year.
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amen to that
 
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i think the article is pretty well reflected in how most fans feel. good bounce back year, but short of where we all want to be.

i do find it interesting that no extension for Fulmer is in the works....maybe sending a little message???
 
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does anyone think cut is going to take over soon, and is he capable of win SECcg and NT at tennessee and would he be a good a head coach??
 
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TennVols423 said:
does anyone think cut is going to take over soon, and is he capable of win SECcg and NT at tennessee and would he be a good a head coach??
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:good!: congratulations you have just started a fight with about 1/2 the posters on this board!!!:whistling:
 
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TennVols423 said:
does anyone think cut is going to take over soon, and is he capable of win SECcg and NT at tennessee and would he be a good a head coach??
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I personally do not see this happening but I guy I know says that in a couple of years Coach Fulmer is going to retire.

He then goes on to say that Coach Cut will be named the new Head Football Coach.

Then Cut will name Peyton Manning his O.C. after he takes an early NFL retirement.

:huh: :fool: :mega_shok:
 
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Fulmer, who didn't receive a contract extension for the first time in his career following last season's 5-6 finish, deflects any talk about how that will all shake out this year.
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I like that. We are not FSU, we are not Chicago Bears, we have to give our head coach pressure. If he is not achieving right now, 2 million dollars is not guaranteed money. By the way, I don't think Fulmer would go anywhere before his contract expired.
 
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TennVols423 said:
does anyone think cut is going to take over soon, and is he capable of win SECcg and NT at tennessee and would he be a good a head coach??
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If Fulmer left tomorrow Cutcliffe would not be a serious contender for head coach just as he was not a serious contender with other big programs looking for a coach this year.
 
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TennVols423 said:
does anyone think cut is going to take over soon, and is he capable of win SECcg and NT at tennessee and would he be a good a head coach??
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holy cow i hope not. for the final time, cut is nothing more than a darn good qb's coach. i hate to say this, but i'd take Phil over cut as HC any day of the week and twice on saturdays
 
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TennVols423 said:
does anyone think cut is going to take over soon, and is he capable of win SECcg and NT at tennessee and would he be a good a head coach??
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I think he would do well as a head coach and would like to see him stay at UT if/when Fulmer retires. I hope they have a succession plan in place.
 
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why would you want a "succession" plan? that sounds as if you want the next coach to be from within the program. this institutionalized nepotism is what got us to this point in the first place.

a NC buys CPF a lot of respect, but it's been 8 years on and to the best of my knowledge, few other coaches are allowed to hinge their careers on a single season.
 
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i think one of the main criticisms of CPF was that his loyalty to his staff was taken too far. the promotion of Randy Sanders from qb coach to OC proved out to be a bad decision...and there have been signs of offensive production declining since at least 02, maybe even 00. Yet nothing was done to really change that. we kept plugging along with the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality.

and that, in the end, is what ultimately cause the debacle that was 2005.
 
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No doubt Fulmer refused to make the difficult decision on Sanders. I like Fulmer but it definitely showed a weakness when he didn't make the decision to release Sanders. I am not ready to "crown" Cut the next coach but I think it is less traumatic to a program when someone from within, that has the leadership and discipline skills, takes the helm. Loyalty is also important.

I disagree with the way teams search for new coaches. There are so many variables to consider. A coach that is successful in one conference may not work in another for hundreds of reasons. But I also agree that you do not want to get complacent and keep the same people in place and have no creativity. Difficult balance to keep in check, that is why they get the big bucks!!!!!!!
 
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that's one thing i'll give the UT admin credit for...they haven't made a knee jerk reaction when at the time, it could have been the easy thing to do to take the heat off....in the end, that will be a good thing for us when/if we do have to replace fulmer. it will look a little more attractive that we have a history of sticking with coaches for long periods of time.

but your right...timing is everything regrding replacements. make a decision at the wrong time...you may be forced to settle for someone you might not necessarily have taken if other opitons had been available...take UNC for example. they made what turned out to be a great decision by firing Bunting and snagging Davis before other, possibly bigger/better, jobs came open...same with Florida and Urban Meyer...timing worked out great for those shools.

it hasn't for Bama.
 
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jakez4ut said:
i think one of the main criticisms of CPF was that his loyalty to his staff was taken too far. the promotion of Randy Sanders from qb coach to OC proved out to be a bad decision...and there have been signs of offensive production declining since at least 02, maybe even 00. Yet nothing was done to really change that. we kept plugging along with the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality.

and that, in the end, is what ultimately cause the debacle that was 2005.
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well said, I couldn't agree more......the diminishment of the "crispness" factor on the offense was apparent over the years. I hope there have been many lessons learned from 2005, one being that CPF works harder and insures that practices continue to be at the level of intensity that Coach Cut has re-established.

I feel that CPF and staff (with Cut) have the greatest chance of regaining championship status (SEC if not NC) in the next four years. I fear a coaching go round like the one Alabama has brought upon themselves.
 
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