Fulmer subpoenaed

[#1fulmerite]

When Fulmer became a head coach, UT had a successful recruiting model that had been highly functioning for over a decade. In other words, Fulmer didn't take over a shat show with scholarship restrictions. Huge difference. Heupel is having to rebuild this program as HC. Fulmer took over a powerhouse as HC. When Fulmer had to do some rebuilding in the 2000s, it didn't turn out so well, having 2 losing seasons in his last 4

Not to originate an argument but something I have wondered about CJH and his brief time here. If he was able to do what he did in only a couple of short years as in having only a two loss team and just shy of making the requirements of the playoff in ‘22, why have we not made the NC?

This is a random question not aimed at anyone. It’s just that the trajectory set was so steep in the beginning, that I’m wondering if it was lightning in a bottle type situation. After all, we are off probation and have our full allotment of scholarships don’t we?

 

[onevol74]

Who the hell would want to take a job where the coach who won you your first national title in decades is fired for having his first losing season ? That sets a terrible precedent .

He was fired because he was the 4th or 5th best coach in his conference at the time.

 

[onevol74]

He had a couple bad years when they couldn’t figure out the QB position. Clawson was not the right hire in 08, and Fulmer bungled the QBs in 05. It doesn’t mean he was a bad coach.

If Fulmer wasn’t a good coach, you’ve never seen Tennessee have a good football coach, and you haven’t seen too many anywhere else either.

If he was a great coach he would have taken over the SEC after 2001 when Spurrier retired. Better coaches came along for other SEC schools.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Fulmer was pretty much done around the time we fired him.

His recruiting started slipping and his handling of the staff was pretty poor.

He was a good coach around the time when the SEC was at its lowest.

Once other schools starting hiring better coaches, he simply couldn’t keep up anymore.

 

[Teeman]

Florida was also full of NFL talent and had one of the best coaches of all time.

Also, need I remind you, he did go undefeated to win a national championship. It isn’t like we are talking about someone who never got over the hump. He reached the promised land and beat Florida along the way to get there.

Need I remind you that Fulmer never had another legitimate offer to coach again after UT fired him? Even Jimbo Fisher and Les Miles landed lucrative deals after running FSU and LSU into the ground. I would put Fulmer in a category with these two, and NOT in the same category as Nick Saban or Steve Spurrier. Again, JMO.

 

[Boston Vol]

Look at his winning percentage without Cut, especially his winning percentage against top 25 teams. It is pretty pathetic.

I had no idea it was that bad. 16–22 against teams that were ranked at the time of the game, and 12–25 against teams that finished the season ranked.

 

[Rocky Top T]

Man, if we had just given him a sabbatical.

I would have given him the boot out the door. That's what really happened, just tried to make it look good for him.