Poll: Greatest Tennessee Football Coach of the Last 58 years...

Which of the following is the best UT Head Coach of the last 58 years?

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#26
#26
SGMVols said:
He'll prove plenty where he is now.
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He will prove how much talent he has for going against the rules. Unfortunately he will win ball games, but it may not matter after the NCAA gets through with them. As long as he is a coach there, the NCAA microscope will be at USC, maybe even more so then before. Everyone wants to see him fail, wouldn't doubt one bit if that included the NCAA.
 
#28
#28
oUTKickedCoverage said:
I think results wise, Fulmer would be the guy... but an argument could be made for Dickey, Majors, or even Battle depending on the criteria.

We'll never know what Dickey could have done at Tennessee, Majors had just started winning big when he was canned, and Battle was an excellent game coach... but had his own shortcomings.
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Really?
 
#29
#29
Buy no means am I a "Fulmerite", but in his prime he had the program rocking and rolling like the hill had not seen since the days of the General.

From 1995-2001, we were the essence of college football. And I am absolutley CRAVING to be a powerhouse again.
 
#30
#30
Volfootball55 said:
He will prove how much talent he has for going against the rules. Unfortunately he will win ball games, but it may not matter after the NCAA gets through with them. As long as he is a coach there, the NCAA microscope will be at USC, maybe even more so then before. Everyone wants to see him fail, wouldn't doubt one bit if that included the NCAA.
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Everybody commits secondary violations. Fulmer committed a litany of them. Dooley will commit one at some point. I laugh every time someone says Kiffin was going to land us on major probation had he stayed.
 
#31
#31
How could you not vote for Phillip Fulmer? He won a NC, none of the others did. Easy answer for me...
 
#32
#32
KnoxVillain said:
How could you not vote for Phillip Fulmer? He won a NC, none of the others did. Easy answer for me...
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As I said, the poll asks simply who the best coach is. If it asked who had the best UT career, it would easily be Fulmer.

I take the poll to mean which one has the most coaching talent. I believe that to be Kiffin. The fact that he's a douche doesn't change that for me.
 
#33
#33
oUTKickedCoverage said:
Don't really see an argument for Kiffin as an individual, but I do think we had the best coaching staff in over half a century last season(at UT).
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He had 7 wins man. Beating Georgia was the highlight of the year. That was the only game you could call and upset. We struggled to beat Ohio, Kentucky and it took a Reviez int late in the game to make the Vandy a 2 score win. Picking him over a coach with a national championship is just sad.

Several times during the year it seemed like Kiffin slow played a game because he is more of a recruiter than a coach anyway and didn't really know what to call.
 
#34
#34
SGMVols said:
Everybody commits secondary violations. Fulmer committed a litany of them. Dooley will commit one at some point. I laugh every time someone says Kiffin was going to land us on major probation had he stayed.
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Secondary violations mean nothing, anyone who knows anything about recruiting knows this. Guarantee you Kiffin has committed more then just secondary violations. Look at what happens at USC, where was Kiffin a coach of during these events and where did he learn to recruit at? He has a knack for breaking the rules, and is Pete Carroll's disciple. Whatever they do out there at USC he was bringing to UT, and will continue to do now back at USC.
 
#35
#35
How do you figure Kiffin is a great coach? He hasn't proven anything. He is a great recruiter,but thats about it. He isn't a great coach by no means.
 
#36
#36
FittyElevem said:
He had 7 wins man. Beating Georgia was the highlight of the year. That was the only game you could call and upset. We struggled to beat Ohio, Kentucky and it took a Reviez int late in the game to make the Vandy a 2 score win. Picking him over a coach with a national championship is just sad.

Several times during the year it seemed like Kiffin slow played a game because he is more of a recruiter than a coach anyway and didn't really know what to call.
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Last year's record was far more indicative of the talent level (i.e., lack thereof) left behind by The Fired Coach than Kiffin's coaching ability.
 
#39
#39
No. Just cracking a joke. I voted for Fulmer in the poll.

Coach Summit is a GREAT coach, however.
 
#41
#41
SGMVols said:
As I said, the poll asks simply who the best coach is. If it asked who had the best UT career, it would easily be Fulmer.

I take the poll to mean which one has the most coaching talent. I believe that to be Kiffin. The fact that he's a douche doesn't change that for me.
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Only time will tell if Lane Kiffin is even a good coach, let alone a great one. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but Kiffin at this juncture of his career has little business even being in this discussion.
 
#43
#43
SGMVols said:
Last year's record was far more indicative of the talent level (i.e., lack thereof) left behind by The Fired Coach than Kiffin's coaching ability.
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Well, I think Kiff lost the UCLA game, and we got out coached in the Peach bowl. His best games were UGA and Bama. Florida was a surprise, but he played not to lose by too much. I think CUM was probably right.
 
#46
#46
SGMVols said:
As I said, the poll asks simply who the best coach is. If it asked who had the best UT career, it would easily be Fulmer.

I take the poll to mean which one has the most coaching talent. I believe that to be Kiffin. The fact that he's a douche doesn't change that for me.
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Philip did have an ability to recruit great players to Tennessee but couldn't coach them to their greatest potential. During the Darth Visors run of SEC titles at Florida, Tennessee had better talent more often than not. I used to tell people regularly that if Spurier was coaching Tennessee during that period then Tennessee would have two or three more crystal footballs in the trophy case.
 
#47
#47
FlaVolFan said:
Well, I think Kiff lost the UCLA game, and we got out coached in the Peach bowl. His best games were UGA and Bama. Florida was a surprise, but he played not to lose by too much. I think CUM was probably right.
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I blame the OL for UCLA. Brian Price owned Jacques McClendon the entire time he was in the game.

As for Florida, he couldn't call an aggressive offense because the OL couldn't pass protect and Crompton couldn't throw the ball in the ocean from the beach that day.
 
#49
#49
VolDad said:
Seems then he rigged the pole so Fulmer would win at something.
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Maybe, but in the context of the question (58 years), he is asking who is the best coach. I guess a better poll would be who is the second best coach in UT history.
 
#50
#50
hmanvolfan said:
Philip did have an ability to recruit great players to Tennessee but couldn't coach them to their greatest potential. During the Darth Visors run of SEC titles at Florida, Tennessee had better talent more often than not. I used to tell people regularly that if Spurier was coaching Tennessee during that period then Tennessee would have two or three more crystal footballs in the trophy case.
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Its downright scary to think of the numbers Manning would have put up in Spurrier's offense.
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