Hope all you clowns that ripped Dave Clawson hold your head in shame

[brockytop]

The guy’s won EVERYWHERE he’s been except here which was due to the head coach not letting him do his job.

CLAWSON would’ve been a solid successor to Fulmer if he’d been trusted by PF and given the opportunity to do his thing.

Just another of Fulmer’s blunders that’s led to where we are now,

 

[VFL28]

It's the UT admin's fault, they have made poor decisions hire after hire.

 

[Smokymtnbullet]

Randy Sanders rules!

 

[JonGrudensAgent]

Clawson is a good coach.

 

[lukeneyland]

I hold my head in lots of shame. We should have kept Fulmer with Dave still on board. His spread offense was just a little too ahead of what our guys were used to in 08. If he had a few years we probably would have became very good again

 

[Eastknox865]

The guy’s won EVERYWHERE he’s been except here which was due to the head coach not letting him do his job.

CLAWSON would’ve been a solid successor to Fulmer if he’d been trusted by PF and given the opportunity to do his thing.

Just another of Fulmer’s blunders that’s led to where we are now,

He was hired at the wrong time. Fulmer needed to win that season and Clawson offense was going to take a few years to learn and have a impact. It was just bad timing.

 

[lukeneyland]

The guy’s won EVERYWHERE he’s been except here which was due to the head coach not letting him do his job.

CLAWSON would’ve been a solid successor to Fulmer if he’d been trusted by PF and given the opportunity to do his thing.

Just another of Fulmer’s blunders that’s led to where we are now,

Maybe it’s our ADs fault for not persisting with them for a few years. Fulmer was scared so he naturally got conservative. Should have kept both of them

 

[golfballs]

The dreaded clawfense

 

[UtahVol]

They were just talking about that on the ESPN broadcast about how Wake Forest theory is to "get old and stay old," meaning redshirt your freshmen, recruit 3 stars that are going to be committed and not ready to leave when they don't get the starting job, and roll them over. UT does seem to have a troubling tendency to always be young. Seems every year when we're getting slapped by Alabama or Florida or Georgia the broadcasters drag out how young UT is--how 65% of the roster are soph. and freshmen. Tough to compete short or long term with these 8-10 member upper classes.

 

[LargeOrange1]

The guy’s won EVERYWHERE he’s been except here which was due to the head coach not letting him do his job.

CLAWSON would’ve been a solid successor to Fulmer if he’d been trusted by PF and given the opportunity to do his thing.

Just another of Fulmer’s blunders that’s led to where we are now,

Let it goooooooooo.

 

[99gator]

Anyone who beats FSU is cool with me.

 

[volmandu]

The guy’s won EVERYWHERE he’s been except here which was due to the head coach not letting him do his job.

CLAWSON would’ve been a solid successor to Fulmer if he’d been trusted by PF and given the opportunity to do his thing.

Just another of Fulmer’s blunders that’s led to where we are now,

Just coz he succeeded before and after does not mean Clawson was a failure as OC here. You can blame it on whoever you want but the fact is he was OC and our offense sucked. Act like a grown up and take responsibility of the job.. I am sure Clawson does but not his apologists.

 

[lilesrt]

The guy’s won EVERYWHERE he’s been except here which was due to the head coach not letting him do his job.

CLAWSON would’ve been a solid successor to Fulmer if he’d been trusted by PF and given the opportunity to do his thing.

Just another of Fulmer’s blunders that’s led to where we are now,

He’s won everywhere but the SEC. He’s a good coach, but no one knows what he’d a done at Tennessee as head coach. Regardless, we’ve had other chances to right the ship and senior leadership has failed at just about every juncture. I wish we would’ve hired Lance Leipold. Josh Heupel wanted the job and I’m rooting for him to win in a big way.

 

[Tman44]

That debacle is squarely on Mike Hamilton. Fulmer just got a contract extension. I'm sure that played a part in bringing in a coach from Richmond. Fulmer knew he was talented but needed time, which he felt was there due to the extension. I've also heard Hamilton was in favor of replacing Summitt. Hamilton lit a match and then threw it in a dumpster.

 

[UtahVol]

Was this the offensive coordinator who would like change offensive line positions play to play? Meaning one time the LT would play RG and then the next play RT and then LT? Seemed to remember someone was trying to have the OL play the other positions on the line during the drive.

 

[1986sugarvols]

Randy Sanders rules!

He should be next after the next 3 to 5 years

 

[VolMarine1371]

The guy’s won EVERYWHERE he’s been except here which was due to the head coach not letting him do his job.

CLAWSON would’ve been a solid successor to Fulmer if he’d been trusted by PF and given the opportunity to do his thing.

Just another of Fulmer’s blunders that’s led to where we are now,

Can he be our OC and HC in waiting. Or better yet let’s Hire Art Briles as OC/HC in waiting snd hire Kendall Briles as WR coach

 

[vols 30]

Dave coached here 13 years ago. Damn those Vol fans for their negative comments in 2008

 

[TnVol!]

He's another Hugh Freeze.

 

[loosecannon]

Just coz he succeeded before and after does not mean Clawson was a failure as OC here. You can blame it on whoever you want but the fact is he was OC and our offense sucked. Act like a grown up and take responsibility of the job.. I am sure Clawson does but not his apologists.

He was the OC in name, but Fulmer was the real OC. Fulmer was responsible for the flip flopping offensive line and the passivity of the play calling. He was out to prove that it wasn't Cutcliffe who was the mind. But, Fulmer couldn't even stay awake in his own meetings. He would go to OL meetings, eat Jimmy Ray's wife's cookies that she would bring the OL and take a nap. Per multiple players on the team that I know.

 

[Glocker_Alum_2005]

Would Vols beat WF? Yep!

 

[Birdie]

The guy’s won EVERYWHERE he’s been except here which was due to the head coach not letting him do his job.

CLAWSON would’ve been a solid successor to Fulmer if he’d been trusted by PF and given the opportunity to do his thing.

Just another of Fulmer’s blunders that’s led to where we are now,

He is barely over .500 and has a losing record at Wake. Congrats, look forward to his Hall of Fame speech.

 

[dobre_shunka]

I've also heard Hamilton was in favor of replacing Summitt. Hamilton lit a match and then threw it in a dumpster.

Pat Summit never reported to Hamilton. UT had separate athletic departments during Hamilton's tenure.

 

[Volnuck]

He was hired at the wrong time. Fulmer needed to win that season and Clawson offense was going to take a few years to learn and have a impact. It was just bad timing.

One of the best Offensive Coordinators in college football (Phil Fulmer) was coaching for his life and had one year to prove himself. What does he do, goes and hires a coordinator from Richmond to hang his entire career on. As we know it bombed, not because of Clawson was bad, but because Phil got lazy. Phil the (Head Coach) could not belittle himself to do double duty (as Phil offensive coordinator) for one year and save his job. Oh well, he did it his way.

 

[Fightmaker]

I hold my head in lots of shame. We should have kept Fulmer with Dave still on board. His spread offense was just a little too ahead of what our guys were used to in 08. If he had a few years we probably would have became very good again

The offensive roster at the time was a bad fit.