Haslam - Like Father Like Son?

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I would have posted this here myself had you not beat me to it. I find it very relevant since we know it is the same inept idiots that have been pulling the strings within our program for decades.

Very revealing article!
 
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Jabruzar said:
I would have posted this here myself had you not beat me to it. I find it very relevant since we know it is the same inept idiots that have been pulling the strings within our program for decades.

Very revealing article!
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I would gladly be called idiot on a daily basis to have their $$$$$.
 
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Jabruzar said:
I would have posted this here myself had you not beat me to it. I find it very relevant since we know it is the same inept idiots that have been pulling the strings within our program for decades.

Very revealing article!
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Their strings are getting frayed.

Most of the strings they pulled are long gone. One is teaching 1 class a year for a million bucks though. Even the "rumor" of Billy Boy being UT president has died a peaceful death.
 
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Unfortunately the Haslems play Monopoly with Real buildings and People!!
 
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Bargain bin hiring don't work in the NFL either.....

Chudzinski - Cheap/No HC experience pre or post Cleveland
Pettine - Cheap/No HC experience pre or post Cleveland
Jackson - Cheap/Fired after 1 year with Raiders/World knew he was awful coach
Kitchens - Cheap/No HC experience
 
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The ultimate thing here is that Haslam always wants relevance and control. It's literally more important than winning. He will listen to advice but ultimately he will make the decision regardless of what others think. Up till Fulmer, Haslam has controlled who the AD was and who was hired as head coach as well. There's a reason why Kiffin came here and played golf with Haslam before his hiring; it was basically a job interview.
 
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wish they would just fade away, they suck as sports decision makers....and cheat paying customers
 
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DaddyChad said:
The ultimate thing here is that Haslam always wants relevance and control. It's literally more important than winning. He will listen to advice but ultimately he will make the decision regardless of what others think. Up till Fulmer, Haslam has controlled who the AD was and who was hired as head coach as well. There's a reason why Kiffin came here and played golf with Haslam before his hiring; it was basically a job interview.
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Didn't Ohio State have a bargain basement Defensive Co-Ordinator we could have picked up pretty cheap ? Probably played golf with Jimmy up there.
 
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Haslam proves over and over, he's a screw up that can't get out of his own way . . . he lived off of his daddy's coat tail and dang near sank Pilot/Flying J - notice "others" took the fall but not Jimmy-boy. Run the Haslam's out of UT and Tennessee!!

GBO
 
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zidanefan said:
Banner said he was hungry and asked if they could continue the conversation at the restaurant. Haslam replied by praising Banner for building a strong team.

It was so strong, in fact, that he said he was going to let him go.
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Damn that was cold! At least buy the guy some dinner first lol
 
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Didn't see this posted anywhere else but I figured this is pretty relevant to the state of our football program.

Inside the Browns' front office, where hope and history collide

mong the highlights -- or lowlights -- for Browns:
  • When Haslam fired head coach Hue Jackson this past October, Jackson told Haslam and general manager John Dorsey to "Get the f--- out of my office."
  • Despite having "no true football compass," Haslam asks lots of questions of Browns employees, often pitting peers against one another or even their bosses.
  • "You think you're the one he trusts," a former high-level member of Browns management told Wickersham. "By the time you realize that he confides in everyone, it's too late. You're gone."
  • As Pilot Flying J faced its federal investigation, Haslam became seemingly more heavily involved with the Browns.
  • Haslam never gave CEO Joe Banner a reason for his firing in 2014. He then promoted Ray Farmer to general manager without ever interviewing him.
  • The Browns war room for the 2014 NFL Draft was packed with guests of Haslam's. As has been widely reported elsewhere, the owner advocated for the drafting of quarterback Johnny Manziel. He also soured on quarterback Teddy Bridgewater because "something about Bridgewater's handshake rubbed Haslam the wrong way, he told team executives."
  • Farmer turned down a trade offer of a second-round pick from the Houston Texans for quarterback Brian Hoyer after feeling as though he surrendered his two first-round picks to head coach Mike Pettine and Haslam.
  • In an effort to monitor what fans were saying about the team amid Farmer's suspension for texting coaches on the sideline, team employees broadcast social media searches onto a giant wall at the team facility. One such search of a particular hashtag resulted in "an array of porn" being broadcast on the wall for at least 20 minutes until a tech employee killed the feed.
  • Team president Alec Scheiner and general counsel Sashi Brown sold Haslam on an analytics-heavy plan that resulted in Farmer's firing following the 2015 season and Brown being promoted to general manager. Despite Haslam buying into a plan that he knew would see his team lose plenty over the next two years, he went against his front office's wishes in hiring Hue Jackson as head coach. The front office had recommended now-Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott.
  • Haslam nicknamed the Harvard educated Brown, who is African-American, "Obama," a nickname that caused many with the team to cringe due to racial stereotyping.
  • The in-fighting between Jackson and Brown began early, with Jackson detesting a trade that sent All-Pro punter Andy Lee to the Carolina Panthers for a fourth-round pick. The two clashed several times over the next two years, as the Browns amassed a 1-31 record, including an 0-16 season in 2017.
  • In the lead up to the 2017 draft, Jackson advocated heavily for defensive end Myles Garrett, going so far as to tape pictures of the Texas A&M product to Haslam's office. He also made it clear he wouldn't publicly support the drafting of North Carolina quarterback Mitchell Trubisky.
  • Haslam "looked frayed" after firing Brown toward the end of the 2017 season, "knowing he'd gone back on his word" regarding the dramatic rebuild.
  • "We just don't know what we are doing," Haslam's wife and Browns co-owner Dee Haslam reportedly told employees. "If we'd known how hard it would be, we never would have bought the team." Through a team spokesperson, Dee Haslam denied such statement.
  • Offensive coordinator Todd Haley brought in a former Chicago area pastor who had been the subject of claims of inappropriate workplace behavior toward women to speak to the team during training camp. Haley, who referred to Jackson as "1-31" to other offensive coaches, was fired on the same day Jackson was last October.
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Wonder how much of these same shenanigans goes on within the UTAD.
 
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As I have stated many times, Big Jim Haslam is a very nice man and has done a lot for this University. His son seems to have fallen far from the tree. Every major university has a donor or two who aren't great people and have made some questionable decisions. If he has had a lot of input on our recent coaching disasters then this article shouldn't really be a shock to anyone. We have been the Browns of SEC football over the last decade or so.
 
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