Johnny Majors VFL?

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#53
A 1993 interview is all you got? Dude you need to rethink this whole thing. What was he supposed to say after just taking the Pitt job?

I wouldn't expect him to say well I'm here at Pitt just to pad my retirement my true love is the University Of Tennessee
 
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ruger1234 said:
A 1993 interview is all you got? Dude you need to rethink this whole thing. What was he supposed to say after just taking the Pitt job?

I wouldn't expect him to say well I'm here at Pitt just to pad my retirement my true love is the University Of Tennessee
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from 2008

Johnny Majors isn't exactly a coach emeritus at Tennessee, and certainly has never been shy about needling his old assistant, Phil Fulmer, who may or may not have helped push the old Volunteer out the door in the middle of the 1992 season, less than two years removed from back-to-back SEC championships. But he's not bitter or anything. As the flames are rising around Fulmer, Johnny Majors promises he would never compare his situation to Fulmer's. Certainly not with reporters, at a public forum.


“I wouldn’t put myself in comparison with Phillip Fulmer on anything. I’m above that.”

Sixteen years after his dismissal, Majors is living in Knoxville again, right across the street from where he lived as a coach. But he's too wise to go on living in the past, churning up old grudges.


“You mean the season of my ignominious demise?” Majors said with a grin. “The season when, while I was recovering from my heart surgery, a few people whom I won’t name were operating on my back.”

He's far too big a man in his waning years to go around spreading rumors about the current discontent over Tennessee's 1-3 start, or suggest something like, say, that Fulmer was riding his mentor's coattails for years.


“I’m not going to say what I hear,” Majors said. “I’m not going to get into that. I have nothing to offer. I’m not in a supervisory position. But they (Fulmer’s staff) had success early because of the program we left them.”

And certainly Majors is too savvy after a lifetime in the spotlight and his own experience on the hot seat to ever be caught on the record saying Fulmer's time has passed, his number's up, his best days are behind him, he's resting on his laurels or he should be booted onto the first train out of Tennessee.


Said the former coach: “Frankly, I think (defensive coordinator) John Chavis has saved his job for 10 years.”

When you've been around as long as Johnny Majors, you just don't do that sort of thing. You understand it's best to just stay out of it, and let the chips fall where they may.
 
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Anyone who is old enough to remember the Sugar Bowl blowout over Miami will know just how much Johnny Majors has meant to the Tennessee program.
 
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Fat lazy Fulmer was happy resting on days of old. Take the check and have a good time. What did you expect him to say after making out like a bandit?
 
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OrangeTsar said:
Anyone who is old enough to remember the Sugar Bowl blowout over Miami will know just how much Johnny Majors has meant to the Tennessee program.
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anyone who is old enough to remember Fulmer's undefeated season and win percentage knows what he has meant to the Vols
 
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VolnJC said:
from 2008

Johnny Majors isn't exactly a coach emeritus at Tennessee, and certainly has never been shy about needling his old assistant, Phil Fulmer, who may or may not have helped push the old Volunteer out the door in the middle of the 1992 season, less than two years removed from back-to-back SEC championships. But he's not bitter or anything. As the flames are rising around Fulmer, Johnny Majors promises he would never compare his situation to Fulmer's. Certainly not with reporters, at a public forum.


“I wouldn’t put myself in comparison with Phillip Fulmer on anything. I’m above that.”

Sixteen years after his dismissal, Majors is living in Knoxville again, right across the street from where he lived as a coach. But he's too wise to go on living in the past, churning up old grudges.


“You mean the season of my ignominious demise?” Majors said with a grin. “The season when, while I was recovering from my heart surgery, a few people whom I won’t name were operating on my back.”

He's far too big a man in his waning years to go around spreading rumors about the current discontent over Tennessee's 1-3 start, or suggest something like, say, that Fulmer was riding his mentor's coattails for years.


“I’m not going to say what I hear,” Majors said. “I’m not going to get into that. I have nothing to offer. I’m not in a supervisory position. But they (Fulmer’s staff) had success early because of the program we left them.”

And certainly Majors is too savvy after a lifetime in the spotlight and his own experience on the hot seat to ever be caught on the record saying Fulmer's time has passed, his number's up, his best days are behind him, he's resting on his laurels or he should be booted onto the first train out of Tennessee.


Said the former coach: “Frankly, I think (defensive coordinator) John Chavis has saved his job for 10 years.”

When you've been around as long as Johnny Majors, you just don't do that sort of thing. You understand it's best to just stay out of it, and let the chips fall where they may.
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Yep, Majors should have kept his mouth shut instead of starting all the rumor mills turning. We had a few huge wins with him, but his time was up more than a few years before he was canned.
 
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ruger1234 said:
I love both. Majors for his entire body of work related to UT. Phil for his body of work from 1993 to the early 2000's. After that I believe he took his job for granted.
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That I will agree with..I think maybe he was burnt out and didn't enjoy the recruiting part.
 
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Slydell said:
Yep, Majors should have kept his mouth shut instead of starting all the rumor mills turning. We had a few huge wins with him, but his time was up more than a few years before he was canned.
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I would agree that it was Majors' time to go...However, he and his staff were still getting it done in recruiting...and he put a lot of players into the NFL in his tenure at Tennessee....Fulmer probably had a lot to do with landing some of the better recruits.

I don't know all the details about who did what to whom in forcing Johnny out....But I do remember it being clear that the team PERFORMED better on the field when CPF was at the helm...

Johnny fielded some GREAT teams at Tennessee--and the '85 Sugar Vols win over Miami sure did help re-establish us in the national spotlight. That team was extremely well-prepared and well-coached during the game.

There is no doubt that the program was in EXCELLENT shape when he was forced out....and that's a whole lot more than anyone can say about the way Fulmer left the program.

Majors and Fulmer are both VFL....but the Majors family should be counted as Tennessee football ROYALTY....that's for sure!

GO VOLS!
 
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OrangeTsar said:
Anyone who is old enough to remember the Sugar Bowl blowout over Miami will know just how much Johnny Majors has meant to the Tennessee program.
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Amen, Tsar, and let's not forget, we did it with a 2nd string QP from the 2nd half of the Alabama game through the great Sugar Bowl blow-out. Thank you, Darrel Dickey, for answering the bell.
 
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