Tom Herman thread [merged]

[preacherwebb]

Someone's going to start a hire herman thread, just wait.

That's what I'm here for!
He could be the one we've all been waiting for. You can't throw his baggage at him (Freeze, Chadwell) or say he hasn't won at a big enough school (Fickell, Napier).

(Not you, by the way, VolNation in general).

 

[VOL_Lyfe]

Well, if I'm denied the pleasures of our own coaching search, I'll enjoy those of other schools.

 

[Megatron88]

All you fans who want a new coach and want another rebuild are welcome to move on from Tennessee and find you a new team.

Shut up Mrs.Pruitt

 

[VOL_Lyfe]

 

[sonofUT62]

You must be into moral victories.

We dont even have those. 30+ point blowouts, NCAA investigations, players busted for being armed and slinging dope. We are the biggest dumpster fire I’ve heard of in recent memory.

 

[I4Vols]

Go pull for bama they seem to win all the time then your all your problems will be solved. Just get tired of everyone bashing the coach. Coaches can only do so much and then it’s up to the players. They either want it or they don’t.

It's.been.three.years.
It's.not.the.players.

 

[loservol]

You must be into moral victories.

Don't remember having a lot of those this year.

 

[Rickyvol77]

They are screwing up just like Auburn did. Fire a pretty successful coach without a plan and settle for a risky up and comer

 

[Rickyvol77]

All you fans who are satisfied with 3-7 and don't demand anything better from UT need to keep the rest of your demands to yourself.

No one is satisfied with 3-7. Quit bringing up strawmen to try and justify hiring your loser cheating coach

 

[VolFreakJosh]

No one is satisfied with 3-7. Quit bringing up strawmen to try and justify hiring your loser cheating coach

There’s other coaches I’d be willing to hire besides Freeze.

However, Fulmer would rather tank the program even further just to prove he was right by hiring Pruitt.

 

[Rickyvol77]

There’s other coaches I’d be willing to hire besides Freeze.

However, Fulmer would rather tank the program even further just to prove he was right by hiring Pruitt.

Is that what Fulmer told you? Or are you assigning your crazy beliefs to others?

 

[vegasvolfan]

Texas fires Herman after going 7-3 and we keep cornbread after going 3-7. We deserve all the crap we get and then some!

“cornbread”

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Is that what Fulmer told you? Or are you assigning your crazy beliefs to others?

If 3-7 overall and 0-9 against your main rivals isn’t enough to get him fired, then that’s all you need to know.

Pruitt is Fulmer’s guy.

He won’t fire him unless he’s forced too.

 

[JohnWardForever]

Evidently, Texas could Buy Tennessee; according to VN.

 

[JohnWardForever]

If 3-7 overall and 0-9 against your main rivals isn’t enough to get him fired, then that’s all you need to know.

Pruitt is Fulmer’s guy.

He won’t fire him unless he’s forced too.

You meant------------Unless he's FIRED TOO.

 

[tnutater]

Tennessee needs a financial booster program like Clemson's IPTAY.

It has got to be getting continually harder to get money for the Vol $hit show.

 

[tnutater]

If 3-7 overall and 0-9 against your main rivals isn’t enough to get him fired, then that’s all you need to know.

Pruitt is Fulmer’s guy.

He won’t fire him unless he’s forced too.

He won't until he is told to.

 

[golfballs]

Tbh, I’d take Herman

 

[Fullfillmer]

Texas fires Herman after going 7-3 and we keep cornbread after going 3-7. We deserve all the crap we get and then some!

Doesn't seem fair to Herman - i agree we need a new coach -

The Texas offense was really good and they lost by 2, by 3, and in overtime. That was really, really close to being undefeated and one of their losses was to Oklahoma that just trounced Florida. All in all, not a bad season for the other UT.

 

[VolArmy74]

Fortunate favors the bold. Tennessee hasn't been bold since they fired Majors.

 

[Rickyvol77]

If 3-7 overall and 0-9 against your main rivals isn’t enough to get him fired, then that’s all you need to know.

Pruitt is Fulmer’s guy.

He won’t fire him unless he’s forced too.

I think regardless of who he was, Fulmer was going to give any coach he hired four years to turn it around outside of a major scandal

 

[MADISONGAVOL]

Ridiculous to fire Herman. Would've been 10-3 in a normal season and all 3 of his losses were by 3 points or less, including a 4-OT loss to Oklahoma.

I'd happily take Herman if Texas doesn't want him. The last former Texas coach we hired has worked out pretty well.

Maybe he come to UT as offense coordinator? Too soon?

 

[sjt18]

Herman said that while fans might cheer on black student-athletes on the field, off the field fans can treat them entirely differently. “Can the average fan relate? No, they can’t,” In an interview with Austin American-Statesman’s Brian Davis. “There’s a double standard maybe a little bit. We’re going to pack 100,000 people into DKR and millions watch on TV that are predominantly white — not all of them certainly, but most of ’em white. We’re gonna cheer when they score touchdowns, and we’re gonna hug our buddy when they get sacks or an interception. But we gonna let them date our daughter? Are we going to hire them in a position of power in our company? That’s the question I have for America. You can’t have it both ways. And if you’re going to cheer them and love them for three-and-a-half hours a Saturday in the fall, you better have the same feelings for them off the field, because they’re human beings. They deserve the same amount of respect and human rights that all of us do in this country when we agreed on the social contract to be a member of the United States.”

This is a common malady among these coaches and particularly those in the NBA. I've worked for corporations large and small... I've been on the "inside" when discussing hires from custodian to management. Companies WANT to find and hire qualified minorities and particularly black men. But you don't just "hire them in a position of power in our company". That's earned. It takes years of hard work, sacrifice, intelligence, and good decisions.

As for dating or marrying my daughter... same message I gave my dad about 30 years ago... I want my daughter to date and marry a faithful Christian who will love her and take good care of her. I don't care what color his skin is. That cuts both ways. Too many young black men get into to trouble, won't keep a job, and use and leave women.

Not skin color... character.

 

[sjt18]

I think regardless of who he was, Fulmer was going to give any coach he hired four years to turn it around outside of a major scandal

I strongly suspect his plan is more than 4 years. He thinks he did not deserve to be fired after 10 years of decline (minus the years when Cut came back). He is loyal to a fault.

 

[sjt18]

PS- Tom Herman was successful elsewhere as a HC. Pruitt has not been.