Pruitt Fired for Cause. No buyout. Fulmer retiring.

[BUCCnVOLfan]

No AD... No Coach.. Wow! Didn’t see this coming at all.

 

[CAVPUT]

So where do we go from here? We going to have to wait to find a new AD before hiring a football coach??

Yep

 

[miket4god]

Welcome to a new era of Tennessee football. Hoping for a difference but expecting the same as the last era. Bring on Fisher

You're hoping for a difference and then say bring on Fisher? Holy Cow.

 

[Flovol]

Well folks it happened. Now we wait to see how many players transfer, decommit and more importantly who replaces Fulmer and Pruitt.

In all seriousness, does anyone have any faith that TN can hire a competent AD whom in turn can hire a competent head coach?

I know I don’t.

I’m not getting my hopes up

 

[alvinkamara]

Be careful what you wish for.....you might just get it....JP is history....who is the future?

 

[Boca Vol]

There’s a lot of money to play with when factor in butch coming off the books in two weeks. Either hire the biggest fish out there, or put Steele in as the head man for a year and retain the most people you can for continuity.

The Butch payout was on the books back in '17. There isn't extra cash available because the money has already been accounted for.

 

[VolNate]

And here we go.... again. At least no Grumors this time.

 

[griffdog14]

by god thats david blackburns music!

 

[Ratvol]

Well reset the damn “when we gonna be back” clock. I’m gonna guesstimate even with a top tier coach we talking 5/7 years. Can you fire one guy for violations then hire another guy who was fired for violations? (Freeze)

Sure we can. We’re Tennessee.

Go VOLS

 

[ShoalCreekVol]

Sources: Vols' Pruitt fired following investigation

 

[VOLnMiami]

I do believe its time for Tennessee to go into a deep FREEZE!!

 

[ETSU VOL]

There’s a lot of money to play with when factor in butch coming off the books in two weeks. Either hire the biggest fish out there, or put Steele in as the head man for a year and retain the most people you can for continuity.

Isn’t Butch off the books with his new job at Arkansas State or did that hire just mitigate some of the pay?

 

[volinbham]

So Steele interim until new AD conducts search?

 

[volgr]

Majors was right about Fulmer, change my mind.

 

[RockyTopTexas]

Let’s go!

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

I’m not getting my hopes up

Me either and that’s the point. I get everyone is gushing and thinks it can’t get worse when it actually can. And knowing TN, it probably will. I expect decommits and transfers to start happening.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Butch is off the books. No buyout for Pruitt. New SEC TV Contract worth $25 million per school. No excuses. Hire a good coach or just burn the program to the ground. There are about 7 great candidates out there. Get it DONE!

 

[JFBanicki]

So if I had to guess, with Steele being a new hire on a fresh contract, we will use him as an interim and use the year to get a new AD and let them setup and look at the options after next year.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

So Steele interim until new AD conducts search?

Likely scenario

 

[SaintLouisVol]

The fact that the admin was willing to set off the equivalent of a nuclear bomb in the football program, means that they are either more insane than we imagined, the violations are substantially worse than we imagined, or someone at the top finally wised up to the loss of revenue that will occur if the program continues downwards.

I hope for option 3, but I fear it's a combination of 1 and 2.

Until reported otherwise, I will remain optimistic and hold to the thought that the violations were simply a convenient means to a much-needed end.

 

[perico]

So Steele interim until new AD conducts search?

Probably Tee if he’s not caught up in the dirt.

 

[BeardedVol]

Jeremy will bring in some top lawyers and sue the university for big money--he wants all those buyout millions!

Among the reasons the university might fire Pruitt for cause, according to his contract: "Conduct or omission(s) by Coach that constitutes a Level I or Level II violation of one or more Governing Athletic Rules; or conduct or omission(s) by Coach that is likely to lead to a NCAA finding of a Level I or Level II violation of one or more Governing Athletic Rules; failure to report a violation of rules to the athletics director or compliance staff; failure to promote and maintain an atmosphere of compliance; and failure to monitor all employees who report directly and indirectly to him."

 

[Cobb-Webb 1989]

So where do we go from here? We going to have to wait to find a new AD before hiring a football coach??

Yep,

Fulmer says he wants the new AD to pick the new HC

They better land a good HC this time like Gus Malzahn

 

[KKruzVFL]

Hopefully new blood comes into the program. We need some fresh eyes!

 

[VOL RN]

Is this a Fulmer force out or did he plan on being the AD for only a handful of years? Smells fishy...