Midfielder10
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My dad and I were in a discussion with some other UT fans today, and we got on the topic of football. The guy was arguing that maybe we aren't as great of a program traditionally as we think we are. What coach other than Neyland himself or Fulmer actually had prolonged success?
Fulmer did not have "prolonged" success either. Last decade was the first ever without a Vol team finishing in the AP top ten, beginning with their first polls in the Thirties.
Majors' won-loss record year to year was a gradual upward trend line. We didn't really have a national recruiting program when Majors took over. He built the program and national championship caliber roster that Fulmer inherited.
Who other than Fulmer had such quality program and players on their first day ever as a head coach? I'll put Majors second only to Neyland, because the program steadily improved.
We have won at least 2 SECC every decade with the exception of 70's and 00's.
Majors was 116-62-8 with 3 SECC
Dickey was 45-15-4 with 2 SECC
Fulmer did not have "prolonged" success either. Last decade was the first ever without a Vol team finishing in the AP top ten, beginning with their first polls in the Thirties.
Majors' won-loss record year to year was a gradual upward trend line. We didn't really have a national recruiting program when Majors took over. He built the program and national championship caliber roster that Fulmer inherited.
Who other than Fulmer had such quality program and players on their first day ever as a head coach? I'll put Majors second only to Neyland, because the program steadily improved.
The last line is one of the dumbest things I have ever read...Fulmer is the ONLY coach to ever inherit a good program...give me a break.
Fulmer had the highest winning percentage of ALL coaches in NCAA history at one point, I would consider that sustained success.
I'm not the biggest Fulmer supporter you would ever meet but I have not adopted the "Fulmer sucked" agenda either.