Tennessee Football is Dead

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This was our last real shot at getting it right. The program can come back if we get a superstar coach, but with average to above average joes, the program is dead.

Gone are the days when UT recruited elite recruits on name alone, we haven’t been good in over a decade.

We are a basketball school now, living in the cellar of the SEC for football with the likes of Kentucky, the Mississippi schools, Vandy, and Arkansas. They are our only competition year in and year out.

At this point firing Pruitt does little other than pacifying a fan base caught in yesteryear. Let him finish his 5 to silence the crowd clamoring that these coaches just “need more time”. Move forward without the burden of added buyouts in 2025 and invest your hard earned dollars into something you can control.
 
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VFLCodyGBO said:
This was our last real shot at getting it right. The program can come back if we get a superstar coach, but with average to above average joes, the program is dead.

Gone are the days when UT recruited elite recruits on name alone, we haven’t been good in over a decade.

We are a basketball school now, living in the cellar of the SEC for football with the likes of Kentucky, the Mississippi schools, Vandy, and Arkansas. They are our only competition year in and year out.

At this point firing Pruitt does little other than passing a fan base caught in yesteryear. Let him finish his 5 to silence the crowd clamoring that these coaches just “need more time”. Move forward without the burden of added buyouts in 2025 and invest your hard earned dollars into something you can control.
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I wish we had an average or above average Joe.
 
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it's to the point now where I'd rather not know of Tennessee football for five years and then just remember it one day after we've gone through the same old routine again. I have zero enthusiasm for the rest of this season, next season, or the impending coaching search this/next year.
 
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UTK said:
It's on the last moments of life support. You either hire Hugh Freeze or you let it flatline. That's your two choices. Period.
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I’m not sure Hugh can make us nationally relevant. He was great at OM, but his departure tarnished his reputation and recruiting may not come back for him. As a head coach, he can win at lower levels where scheme is king. I’d be hesitant to bet on him coming back to the P5 level and being what he once was.
 
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Not sure Freeze would get it done here either like we all want, but it'd definitely light a fire under the program for a few years
 
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It’s a shame Inky Johnson never got in to coaching. We need a guy that players would run through walls for.
 
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VOLPEYTON said:
Not sure Freeze would get it done here either like we all want, but it'd definitely light a fire under the program for a few years
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My god he has a bible school undefeated and beating teams like VT at their house!...the man can coach and recruit!...Hire his ass and give him complete control over the football program and let him hire whoever the hell he wants and build this thing back up!
 
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UTK said:
It's on the last moments of life support. You either hire Hugh Freeze or you let it flatline. That's your two choices. Period.
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This is somewhat true but not completely. A coach like Fickell or Allen would be fine too/ There’s also the 1% chance that he could see the light and hire a modern Day OC. But I doubt it.
 
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