Steele about to raid UT's coffers for two weeks of 'work'

[VaBornVol]

Although short, the Steele Era at UT certainly was eventful

 

[orangefloyd]

Fulmer=Dickey=corruption.

 

[VOL_Lyfe]

Although short, the Steele Era at UT certainly was eventful

lucrative, certainly

 

[Ttucke11]

This just can't be right. I'd love to see that contract. Off-field assistant, LB coach, surely he can do something.

 

[vol94]

Doubt Steele will remain w staff though we need an elite D coordinator. Part of me thinks we need to cut ties from all the Fulmerites as he was a train wreck with giving Pruitt and himself extensions while giving Steele a contract. I guess he didn’t know he was going to be asked to leave UT and Steele would be his man, or at least defensive coach.
CJH should be able to hire anyone he wants so do whatever it takes and start fresh and hope fir the best. I just just wasting $$$ though. Lol

 

[VOL_Lyfe]

For those of you who don't like Outkick, here's the exact same information from a different outlet, in order to settle their disturbed sensibilities and clutched pearls.

Tennessee set to pay Kevin Steele nearly $1 million for two weeks of work

 

[PruittEra]

This is an indictment on Tennessee’s leadership.. not Kevin Steele.

Well of course. If any of us could get that kinda money for two weeks we would in a heartbeat.

 

[Keefus]

That money should come from what they are paying Fulmer to leave since he is responsible for bringing Steele in.

Fulmer , I’m so glad he’s gone.

 

[orangerush]

The galactic stupidity of the UT Administration and the Athletic Department is inexcusable.

 

[ThreatLevelOrange]

Fulmer hired a mercenary that stabbed his last coach in the back. I can’t blame Heupel and White from passing. The culture has been piss poor for years.

Yeah, it’s only money.

 

[MaTaLa]

Almost $50 per minute? Maph is hard.

 

[ReBellVol]

Boyd and Plowman are guilty of letting Fulmer hire him.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

But, think of all the change of address forms he had to fill out.

 

[25801VOL]

Steele should be kept on staff, I mean we’re bringing Willie Martinez back? WTF

 

[kckempf]

Always reach for the "shut up those I dont like" button, doncha?

If there's anything factually incorrect about the story, please enlighten us.

Go ahead and copy and paste it here so I don’t contribute to his traffic. I’ll be happy to tear it apart if he won’t profit.

 

[volbound1700]

Auburn fan posted below on this thread: LOL Tennessee Just Saved Auburn 900K

Following the hire of head coach Josh Heupel, a source has indicated to SDS that Steele will not be retained by the new Tennessee coach.

Steele’s contract at Tennessee calls for him to make $550,000 in base pay and $350,000 in supplemental pay (which comes via the school’s broadcast, endorsement, and/or consultation contracts as worded by the coach’s contract).

According to his contract with Tennessee, if Steele is let go without cause — which would be the case here unless he managed to commit some recruiting violations in the two weeks he’s been on campus — Tennessee would owe him $900,000 in monthly installments for the next two years.

Keep in mind, Steele was set to make $5 million from Auburn after the coach was dismissed following the hire of Bryan Harsin.

Unfortunately for Steele, he will not be adding Tennessee’s $900,000 to the $5 million Auburn owes him. Instead, Auburn now owes Steele $4.1 million with Tennessee footing the other $900,000.

This is all you need to know about how poorly Tennessee mismanages its athletic department.

Thank you Kevin now go get a job with Saban and save us some more cash.

 

[volbound1700]

If true, this is embarrassing.

 

[njvols]

The Vols Are About To Pay Kevin Steele An Obscene Amount Of Money For Two Weeks Of Work – OutKick

He can have our money...just don't take any players. Semi serious note...when it comes to NCAA sanctions on scholarships, in reality, the natural flow of the transfer portal seems to be doing that to us pretty well, so, I'll be curious how this all comes out. Maybe a cap on head count and post season bans, which isn't a given at this point either. I get fired up when coaches cheat and can leave and go coach in the NFL with no harm done, and the school is left holding the leaky bag of s***.

 

[VolBallGuy]

I am dumbfounded by the stupidity of throwing away 900k on nothing. Its offensive.

 

[mwnvol93]

I think most in this thread are completely missing what happened here...

Fulmer knew he was about to be forced to fire Pruitt. He never expected to be pushed out along with him. Steele was Pruitt’s replacement, and in his mind, he would’ve continued to be the AD.

You might argue that wasn’t the best route to go for Fulmer or UT, and I’d probably agree with you, but it wasn’t completely illogical from Fulmer’s standpoint.

This is much more on Plowman and Boyd than Fulmer.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Another indictment of Fulmers idiocy.

I think Fulmer meant to step in himself with Steele as his DC but things got out of hand.

 

[chuck0303]

This is an indictment on Tennessee’s leadership.. not Kevin Steele.

or lack there of.

 

[chuck0303]

I think Fulmer meant to step in himself with Steele as his DC but things got out of hand.

Wouldn't doubt that a bit.

 

[kcvols1]

The Vols Are About To Pay Kevin Steele An Obscene Amount Of Money For Two Weeks Of Work – OutKick

What’s hard to understand? He was a 900k insurance policy against coaching herpes, which we had a real chance of being for any coach with a brain and a shred of integrity.

Don’t spend it all in one place, Kev.

 

[Volinnooga]

The Vols Are About To Pay Kevin Steele An Obscene Amount Of Money For Two Weeks Of Work – OutKick

In my view, Steele deserves every penny. By all accounts, he worked tirelessly to try to keep plyers on the roster. He did everything asked of him and apparently won't be around to see it through.