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The SEC blog on ESPN stated that Fulmer's buyout was over $5 million.... Think Hamilton dont wanna pay??? Or is Fulmer just tryin to make the team look like crap so maybe he can get it???? What do ya think?
Auburn more than just a game for Vols, Fulmer
September 23, 2008 11:45 AM
Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low
For Auburn, it's a chance to stay afloat in the Western Division race. A second straight SEC loss, especially at home, and the Tigers can forget about spending the first weekend in December in Atlanta.
For Tennessee, it's much more. For Phillip Fulmer, it's much more. The Vols head to the Plains on Saturday with the kind of dark cloud hovering over this program that we haven't seen on Fulmer's watch.
The dean of SEC coaches needs desperately for something good to happen.
This is more dire than a year ago when he and his team fought their way out of an embarrassing hole to play in the SEC championship. We'll find out if this team has the kind of leadership and resolve to make a similar recovery.
For Fulmer, who's been the face of Tennessee football for the better part of the last two decades, it may border on a Houdini-type act to salvage anything positive out of this season.
The scariest part for him is that the unrest and anger among the fans is quickly turning into apathy.
During Fulmer's appearance on the university's weekly call-in show Monday night (VolCalls), two different fans very matter of factly asked Fulmer on the air what it would take for him to resign.
Fulmer made it clear that he has no plans to resign. And those who know him best insist that he's more determined than ever to go out on his terms.
Given his 30-plus years of service to his alma mater, he deserves to. But in the realm of big-time college football, 'deserve' rarely has anything to do with it.
It's about bottom-line results, and Tennessee is sinking deeper and deeper into SEC mediocrity.
It's not a program that has completely tanked, as some critics of Fulmer insist. Tennessee's been to the SEC championship game five of the last 11 years.
The Vols just haven't won one since 1998, and the losses along the way to the teams that count -- Alabama, Florida and Georgia -- are mounting. This decade, Tennessee is now 11-14 against that triumvirate.
In the world of Tennessee football, that's not good enough. Fulmer would tell you that himself.
He's too much of a professional to start thinking about long-term scenarios and what may or may not happen at the end of this season. He'll put all of his time and energy into this team and these players.
And depending on what happens the rest of the way, my hunch is that there will be a more intense evaluation than ever before at season's end -- on both sides.
Fulmer's buyout is enormous (somewhere around $5.5 million paid out over 48 months). But if Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton and the university administration don't genuinely believe that Fulmer is the guy to lead them to another SEC championship, then they're doing a disservice to everybody by retaining him for another season.
Fulmer's meant the world to Tennessee football. But he's not bigger than the program. Nobody is.
As Fulmer has said many times himself, it's a big boy business. He'll know when it's time
Auburn more than just a game for Vols, Fulmer
September 23, 2008 11:45 AM
Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low
For Auburn, it's a chance to stay afloat in the Western Division race. A second straight SEC loss, especially at home, and the Tigers can forget about spending the first weekend in December in Atlanta.
For Tennessee, it's much more. For Phillip Fulmer, it's much more. The Vols head to the Plains on Saturday with the kind of dark cloud hovering over this program that we haven't seen on Fulmer's watch.
The dean of SEC coaches needs desperately for something good to happen.
This is more dire than a year ago when he and his team fought their way out of an embarrassing hole to play in the SEC championship. We'll find out if this team has the kind of leadership and resolve to make a similar recovery.
For Fulmer, who's been the face of Tennessee football for the better part of the last two decades, it may border on a Houdini-type act to salvage anything positive out of this season.
The scariest part for him is that the unrest and anger among the fans is quickly turning into apathy.
During Fulmer's appearance on the university's weekly call-in show Monday night (VolCalls), two different fans very matter of factly asked Fulmer on the air what it would take for him to resign.
Fulmer made it clear that he has no plans to resign. And those who know him best insist that he's more determined than ever to go out on his terms.
Given his 30-plus years of service to his alma mater, he deserves to. But in the realm of big-time college football, 'deserve' rarely has anything to do with it.
It's about bottom-line results, and Tennessee is sinking deeper and deeper into SEC mediocrity.
It's not a program that has completely tanked, as some critics of Fulmer insist. Tennessee's been to the SEC championship game five of the last 11 years.
The Vols just haven't won one since 1998, and the losses along the way to the teams that count -- Alabama, Florida and Georgia -- are mounting. This decade, Tennessee is now 11-14 against that triumvirate.
In the world of Tennessee football, that's not good enough. Fulmer would tell you that himself.
He's too much of a professional to start thinking about long-term scenarios and what may or may not happen at the end of this season. He'll put all of his time and energy into this team and these players.
And depending on what happens the rest of the way, my hunch is that there will be a more intense evaluation than ever before at season's end -- on both sides.
Fulmer's buyout is enormous (somewhere around $5.5 million paid out over 48 months). But if Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton and the university administration don't genuinely believe that Fulmer is the guy to lead them to another SEC championship, then they're doing a disservice to everybody by retaining him for another season.
Fulmer's meant the world to Tennessee football. But he's not bigger than the program. Nobody is.
As Fulmer has said many times himself, it's a big boy business. He'll know when it's time
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