Pruitt dismisses Banks.

[Dudleys87]

At what point do we all agree we’re standing in the middle of Neyland and it’s burning down around us.

Are you hot enough yet or are you waiting for the tunnel to collapse first?

 

[rocytop2624]

The women riding along could have threatened to fill charges since he said he remembered faces and said they wouldn't want to see him without a badge and the they shoot cops. He also could have failed a drug test who knows.

 

[Dudleys87]

Had to be an administrative decision. I don’t think Pruitt or Fulmer wanted this. The school caved to outside pressure.

Haslam.

 

[KBVol]

I will say it is strange to put out the impression of a unified front and then announce he's dismissed late Friday afternoon.

Likely dug a little deeper on the punk and cane up with new damning information. Good riddance.

 

[gr82batnvol]

This is more than just a decision by Pruitt. This is involves the AD and Chancellor....perhaps higher.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

Likely dug a little deeper on the punk and cane up with new damning information. Good riddance.

May have found out why his license was suspended

 

[Ten_Titans]

Humpty Dumpty begins his descent

Begins huh?

 

[BowlBrother85]

Why would he have been blood tested? They didn't arrest him for suspicion of DUI.

You are correct. He would not have been blood tested. It's possible that he has failed a urinalysis given by the athletic department but it's much more likely that Fulmer caved into pressure... and I'm not saying this wasn't the right decision. Tennessee just arrived at this point in their typically clumsy fashion. So now our coach looks like he is either not in control of his program, or very indecisive.

 

[BDP!]

Kick off Bryce Thompson too then

Wasn't Bryce cleared of wrong doing? Charges dropped?

 

[Dudleys87]

You are correct. He would not have been blood tested. It's possible that he has failed a urinalysis given by the athletic department but it's much more likely that Fulmer caved into pressure... and I'm not saying this wasn't the right decision. Tennessee just arrived at this point in their typically clumsy fashion. So now our coach looks like he is either not in control of his program, or very indecisive.

Pushing an agenda always ends well.

 

[dono]

Why would he have been blood tested? They didn't arrest him for suspicion of DUI.

.

In house test? Peed dirty? May have been a piece of his discipline.

 

[Ten_Titans]

He’s not good anyways. Who cares.

The Sherion Jones of Jeremy Pruitt. Like I said last year.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Didn't see this coming, but I'm confident I know way less about the situation than CJP does.

Based on what I've seen I don't think you can ever assume you know less than Pruitt, the guy didn't know what a warrant was.

 

[hog88]

We don't know what happened once he arrived at the jail.

Though they had to take them to a hospital to draw blood?

 

[Dudleys87]

Wasn't Bryce cleared of wrong doing? Charges dropped?

Yea but it still doesent look good that you’ve got a man who’s got a restraining order and let go a man who mad a dumb statement.

 

[Fatman Photos]

I wonder what new information he found out?

 

[08Vol]

They need to have a program where incoming freshman are teamed up with a police officer. It will help both sides understand each other better and give them a new perspective. I sure it would form some strong bonds, as well. Maybe this is already being done.

This kind of stuff already happens, we just don’t hear about it from this administration. Fact is Banks was stopped for making an illegal U turn on campus, something I and many other students did a countless number of times while we were there, never getting in trouble. The cops were looking for a reason to pull Banks over, hoping to find weed. But that’s campus cops for you

 

[KBVol]

Really hope this id due to new information that UT/CJP received and not because of media pressure.

I know some folks on here are happy about this but my question is. Were you this vocal in 2009 when Jackson & Richardson committed armed robbery in the lot of a convenience store?

Because Jackson wasn't dismissed until 2011 under Dooley for multiple failed drug tests.

Lol. Do you REALLY think people weren’t vocal against the players involved in that incredibly stupid and embarrassing situation? Especially guys like me who don’t want Banks affiliated with the program now? Come on man, you know the answer. No “gotcha” moment for you here.

 

[hog88]

You are correct. He would not have been blood tested. It's possible that he has failed a urinalysis given by the athletic department but it's much more likely that Fulmer caved into pressure... and I'm not saying this wasn't the right decision. Tennessee just arrived at this point in their typically clumsy fashion. So now our coach looks like he is either not in control of his program, or very indecisive.

Yep, Pruitt looks like more of a bumbling idiot than he already did.

 

[Russdaddy2027]

We don't know what happened once he arrived at the jail.

Could have had something to do with those two Debit cards he wanted his buddy to get $500 from.....

 

[Dudleys87]

I wonder what new information he found out?

Just wait for TMZ

They’ll break it at 11.34 tonight

 

[Vols4Life2010]

This is 100% on Banks. Why do we coddle these “kids” when he is a 19 year old who is technically an adult. Yes, we all make stupid decisions when we are younger. However, telling a police officer “we shoot folks like you where I am from” and all the other idiocies that he stated reflects poorly on him as an individual. He needs some mentoring, sadly it won’t be from the coaches at UT. Wish him the best though

 

[hog88]

I wonder what new information he found out?

He found out Fulmer told him to boot the guy.

 

[RyanWalkerPGH]

The Sherion Jones of Jeremy Pruitt. Like I said last year.

He’s average at best. Non issue. Jeremy Pruitt is gonna get fired anyway. No point in anyway getting worked up lol.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

I wonder what new information he found out?

This guy bumbles from one disaster to the next, the sooner he hightails it back to Bammer the better off we'll all be.