Henry T staying...

[JonGrudensAgent]

I am glad he is staying but it is just a bad look having to convince what should be a lynch pin of the defense to stick around.

 

[Orange defense]

Do you think that Henry T. found out about all of these Auburn players coming in here??

 

[Vollifer1949]

Blind hope. People have been saying he is getting fired for weeks.

The people saying it don’t know squat. My feelings are Phillip still believes he was fired too soon, whether that’s true or not I won’t speculate. He hates Mike Hamilton and refuses to follow Hamilton’s template.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

I agree. But my answer still stands. With expectations very low, for next season, 9 or 10 wins would save his job. That being said, there is a snowball's chance in Hell of that happening.

This is assuming Pruitt is still the HC this year

 

[BeardedVol]

Because we are losing players, coaches, and recruits because of our 2020 performance

This season the excuses of choice will be "team is young", and "new coaches just need to gel".

 

[Firebirdparts]

AND LOSING 3 OF THE FOLLOWING

- A non P5 or FBS team
- To Pitt at home
- To Ole Miss team at home (2nd year coach who inherited a mess)
- To a 2nd year Mizzou coach who inherited a mess
- Consecutive losses to UK
- Vandy
- USCe at home

I think they can lose 3 of those easily. In fact, 4 . They'll have to play like they did this year to lose 5 of those.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Besides Morris we haven’t lost any significant players. Coaches are being replaced. So again, what do those losses have to do with this year?

Look at our recruiting rankings before season and now. That absolutely impacts the talent level on next years team.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

The people saying it don’t know squat. My feelings are Phillip still believes he was fired too soon, whether that’s true or not I won’t speculate. He hates Mike Hamilton and refuses to follow Hamilton’s template.

I agree. I know I don’t know anything about this situation and nobody else on here does either. I think it’s just what people want or think they want. I believe Fulmer was fired too soon and in the wrong fashion. But it doesn’t seem like he has what it takes to be an effective AD.

 

[butchna]

Isn't Dan the guy that posts on here linking all his ****** articles?

David Ubben. Matt Ray does also, but his articles are pretty good.

 

[ThreatLevelOrange]

Please explain how last years losses have anything to do with this year.

We aren’t a 9 win team. Not with him, at least. Not next year or ever.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

We aren’t a 9 win team. Not with him, at least. Not next year or ever.

Opinion noted. I honestly don’t know. I certainly hope we win 9.

 

[tnutater]

They might tell them Pruitt aint going anywhere

They probably already knew that
More likely to reassure them that the internal investigation is not going to effect them.
Uncle Bill and Auntie Mary still loves them and will continue with the monthly birthday presents.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Opinion noted. I honestly don’t know. I certainly hope we win 9.

Are you as old as I am?
Remember when we expected to win them all.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

We aren’t a 9 win team. Not with him, at least. Not next year or ever.

We have 9 win talent next year and a 9 win schedule. We have a 6 win coach.

 

[ThreatLevelOrange]

I agree. But my answer still stands. With expectations very low, for next season, 9 or 10 wins would save his job. That being said, there is a snowball's chance in Hell of that happening. I think, at best, we go 5-7. 2-6 in conference.

Agreed. We have 3 easy out of conference games. Of course, we did lose to Ga St. But assuming we win those, plus Vandy and probably S Car that gets us 5. Pitt, Ole Miss, at Kentucky, and at Mizz are all iffy. And the 3 major games are all well out of reach.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Agreed. We have 3 easy out of conference games. Of course, we did lose to Ga St. But assuming we win those, plus Vandy and probably S Car that gets us 5. Pitt, Ole Miss, at Kentucky, and at Mizz are all iffy. And the 3 major games are all well out of reach.

Get some confidence going and we could have a decent year.

 

[ThreatLevelOrange]

Opinion noted. I honestly don’t know. I certainly hope we win 9.

We all do. I’d feel much more optimistic if we had 2 or 3 close losses.

 

[American_PitVol]

Can we not root for the man to be successful? Without all of the Bullsh*t negativity? We won’t be Alabama all of a sudden with a new Coach. The coaching searches every few years suck. Sit back, Suck it up and let the man work. Damn...

 

[ThreatLevelOrange]

We have 9 win talent next year and a 9 win schedule. We have a 6 win coach.

Excellent way to put it. We have some games we can win....but probably won’t. Kiffin would love to show us we made a mistake by not hiring him back.

 

[AustinVol]

Do you think that Henry T. found out about all of these Auburn players coming in here??

Who else besides Williams?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Excellent way to put it. We have some games we can win....but probably won’t. Kiffin would love to show us we made a mistake by not hiring him back.

Basilio said in his blog that Kiffin would love to come back to Knoxville. I just don’t think Fulmer would ever hire him.

 

[DaddyChad]

From a roster perspective, things look promising. If you can fire Pruitt with a reduced buyout and put Steele / Ansley in place to run your defense with billy Napier or Hugh Freeze as the head man and leading the offense, Tennessee wins 10 games next year.

Pruitt just needs to focus on defense.

 

[Chitlin&theDude]

I think he’s fired by Tuesday at the latest.

You think that, or you want to think that?

 

[ThreatLevelOrange]

Can we not root for the man to be successful? Without all of the Bullsh*t negativity? We won’t be Alabama all of a sudden with a new Coach. The coaching searches every few years suck. Sit back, Suck it up and let the man work. Damn...

So did Dooley deserve more time? We knew. He was given year 3 with 7 new assistants. Fail. Butch reshuffled most of his staff after 2016. Fail.

I can’t speak for anyone else. I want to win. But i have very little confidence he is the man to get us there. No one is expecting a playoff berth. But we are tied for 10th in the SEC since expanding to 14 teams. And our expectations seem to match those results. Truly sad.

 

[TNvolsFanCrook22]

I think he’s fired by Tuesday at the latest.

Makes zero since...like literally Z-E-R-O....why would Henry T be coming back to play for someone else? Why was Pruitt welcoming and fist bumping early enrollees today...?