Ran into Keller Chryst

[DeltaVol05]

Just wanted to say that he was still repping the orange and white. We had the same flight to Memphis from Denver and he couldn’t have been a nicer dude to talk to. He said he wanted to come back to Knoxville to coach, but Hype had his staff in place. I believe he told me he's been with the coaching staff at or in Wisconsin the last couple of years, but he is interviewing around. Sounds like he has a lot of love for Knoxville and wants to get back there. Random thread but I thought it was worth mentioning. He looked to still be in playing shape too. I was actually wondering if he was coming down to play for the Showboats, but apparently his fiance' is a Memphian.

 

[stolitonic]

Honestly, it took me a minute to place the name.

Looking back at it, dude came here at a very weird time to say the least. All things considered , kind of surprised that he did not give JG more of a run for his money.

 

[Hacksaw]

Cool. Story. Bro.

 

[knox-townVOL]

Cool. Story. Bro.

No need for that.

 

[knox-townVOL]

Just wanted to say that he was still repping the orange and white. We had the same flight to Memphis from Denver and he couldn’t have been a nicer dude to talk to. He said he wanted to come back to Knoxville to coach, but Hype had his staff in place. I believe he told me he's been with the coaching staff at or in Wisconsin the last couple of years, but he is interviewing around. Sounds like he has a lot of love for Knoxville and wants to get back there. Random thread but I thought it was worth mentioning. He looked to still be in playing shape too. I was actually wondering if he was coming down to play for the Showboats, but apparently his fiance' is a Memphian.

He should have been our starter in 2018, he was the better player and JG wasn't ready. Honestly JG probably could have learned a ton from sitting behind him a year.

 

[LittleVol]

He should have been our starter in 2018, he was the better player and JG wasn't ready. Honestly JG probably could have learned a ton from sitting behind him a year.

Learned something? Perhaps.

Perform better? Never.

 

[supersmo18]

He should have been our starter in 2018, he was the better player and JG wasn't ready. Honestly JG probably could have learned a ton from sitting behind him a year.

Agree, and we can thank Pruitt for that.

 

[IndianaVol]

Yet another "Pruitt wasted talent X" story...it boggles my mind to this day what Pruitt, and more mysteriously the 'Heisman winning, national title winning, QB whisperer' that was the QB coach, ever saw in JG.

 

[Special Ed]

All I ran into was a deer.
Not quite as exciting.

 

[Hacksaw]

No need for that.

No, I'm being serious. Don't confuse "Cool. Story. Bro." with "Cool story, bro!"

 

[VolFreakJosh]

I still don’t understand why Fulmer thought it was a good idea for a die hard Bammer like Pruitt, to run this program.

 

[vols 30]

I still don’t understand why Fulmer thought it was a good idea for a die hard Bammer like Pruitt, to run this program.

So did 95% of VN. The man love most of VN had during his first press conference was something else. They thought sounding like Jed Clampet was cool 🙄

 

[LargeOrange1]

I still don’t understand why Fulmer thought it was a good idea for a die hard Bammer like Pruitt, to run this program.

Because Phil is an i.d.i.o.t.

 

[knox-townVOL]

I still don’t understand why Fulmer thought it was a good idea for a die hard Bammer like Pruitt, to run this program.

It's not hard to see his logic. Fulmer saw what Georgia did, they went and got Saban's right hand man who clearly understood Saban's methods of how to "play the game" of paying top recruits under the table and getting away with it. Kirby was obviously well versed in this, as evidenced by his unreasonably high recruiting classes.

Fulmer knew that Pruitt understood this method as well. He was really just trying to mimic Georgia. The problem is Kirby actually won by doing it.

If you cheat to that extent and lose, you become seriously low hanging fruit for the NCAA.

 

[Hacksaw]

So did 95% of VN. The man love most of VN had during his first press conference was something else. They thought sounding like Jed Clampet was cool 🙄

Might be overstating it just a bit.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

So did 95% of VN. The man love most of VN had during his first press conference was something else. They thought sounding like Jed Clampet was cool 🙄

“We need somebody who knows the SEC! He’s a southern boy! Real football coach!” Silliness. I don’t care is a coach is from Gatlinburg, Greece, Ghana, or the Gobi desert as long as they can coach football.

 

[vols 30]

Might be overstating it just a bit.

You'd thought we were hiring Vince Lombardi. I don't think I'm overstating at all

 

[orangebloodgmc]

“We need somebody who knows the SEC! He’s a southern boy! Real football coach!” Silliness. I don’t care is a coach is from Gatlinburg, Greece, Ghana, or the Gobi desert as long as they can coach football.

And, to be fair, he had been associated with successful programs at Bama, Georgia, and FSU. We wanted to believe it could keep goin ...

 

[VAVol85]

And, to be fair, he had been associated with successful programs at Bama, Georgia, and FSU. We wanted to believe it could keep goin ...

And, while not very well spoken (to put it mildly), he at least seemed authentic compared to the human buzzword that was our previous coach.

 

[KeepinUpWithJones]

Because Phil is an i.d.i.o.t.

While I don't think Phil was the greatest, he's the only one who was able to bring us a championship. He deserves respect for the rest of his time.

 

[jaguinn5]

While I don't think Phil was the greatest, he's the only one who was able to bring us a championship. He deserves respect for the rest of his time.

He got plenty of respect for that. He hurt the program a lot more than he helped it since then.

 

[A2K]

Big fun!!!!!!

 

[vollygirl]

Did he even try to dodge you?

 

[volmandu]

Just wanted to say that he was still repping the orange and white. We had the same flight to Memphis from Denver and he couldn’t have been a nicer dude to talk to. He said he wanted to come back to Knoxville to coach, but Hype had his staff in place. I believe he told me he's been with the coaching staff at or in Wisconsin the last couple of years, but he is interviewing around. Sounds like he has a lot of love for Knoxville and wants to get back there. Random thread but I thought it was worth mentioning. He looked to still be in playing shape too. I was actually wondering if he was coming down to play for the Showboats, but apparently his fiance' is a Memphian.

Nice. Hope he succeeds at life

 

[SpookyAction]

I remember him playing for Stanford.
I was very hyped about him coming to Knoxville.
My jaw dropped when I found out he was second string.