Lol...very simplistic. Sounds very cut and dry on the surface, but you're talking contract disputes and much deeper stuff regarding allegations and tying years of compliance over multiple programs here, not to mention loss of good will. Give the man seven mil to walk away and keep his mouth shut. Do it! Thanks for the welcome.
I'm not a fan of Dave Hooker after a couple of hit pieces, and I don't necessarily agree with him on all of this, but I wonder if he's got a good idea about paying and moving on.
Tennessee should pay Jeremy Pruitt as soon as possible
Easy on me---my first post and thread.
I've read the book too, which is considerably better. We'll end up settling with Pruitt though, you guys just prepare for it. Despite all the rousing speeches that may sound good talking to your friends at the bar, in the real world nothing good will come from litigating this matter. We'll pay him 3-4 million or something like that and move on. We've got boosters who'd probably rather chip in 500 grand than sit for an 8 hour deposition being asked every manner of uncomfortable question under oath. Pruitt is just trying to drive the amount of the settlement up by demonstrating that he is perfectly willing to burn every college football coaching bridge he has to get his money.
Just pay him something but not the whole amount and get this thing behind us as soon as possible.I'm not a fan of Dave Hooker after a couple of hit pieces, and I don't necessarily agree with him on all of this, but I wonder if he's got a good idea about paying and moving on.
Tennessee should pay Jeremy Pruitt as soon as possible
Easy on me---my first post and thread.
It's an awesome book. Some things, like national security are absolutely worth going to the mattresses over. I love UT, but I think there was probably enough shady stuff going on with our boosters and former admin that UT is just going to want to close the book on this and look to the future, and that's in the school's best interest. Imagine this constantly being in the headlines. The NCAA report will come out one day and it'll be painful but it'll be in the news cycle a week or two at most. The lawsuit will drag on and on with continuous black eyes over and over. Imagine the media field day the day Brian Maurer is deposed, then Henry T another day, Phillip Fulmer a month later, Trey Smith's sister, Shelton Felton, Niedermeyer, Pruitt, numerous boosters, probably our own Atlanta VOL (if he was for real). AV posted enough ammo on this site to make for a very entertaining multi-hour deposition asking him to explain/elaborate upon under penalty of perjury. If the school only pays him 3-4 mil or something like that, they'll still have come out ahead versus firing him without cause, so accounting wise it'll have been worth it, and will have been a bargain.
