The UT athletic department has been a mess for the past few years, and whether or not it was directly or indirectly his fault, it lies at his feet, along with Kiffin and Pearl. I am tired of bball and fball violations being our main headline when we have what I believe to be a very good football coach, and a football program back on the rise. Whether we all agree with it or not, which personally I do, I think Phillip Fulmer will be our next AD. He ran the football program clean for almost 2 decades. I think he will bring back the class that UT needs at the ad slot. Im sure that Hammy is a great guy, and he has been a good interview everytime I have heard him on 104.5 The Zone in Nashville, but the negatives far outweigh the positives.
I'm sure Fulmer is a great guy, but he's not qualified to be an AD, and he's shown a tendency to hang on to underproductive guys too long.
Also, isn't double doubleD redundant?
Sorry lol. Yeah I guess it is. I just think we need a steady hand for a while. Maybe not a long term ad, but somebody who will really keep an eye on violations and things of that sort.
Oh, I agree, I just don't think Phil is that guy. Last time we had a former football coach as an AD, the basketball team fell off the map. We need to hire a professional athletic director, and a good one, not a beloved former coach.
Not as much on this site, but the general consensus is that Phil will be the one to replace Hammy. Doug Matthews has stated several times that in conversations he has had with people in Knoxville, that Fulmer will and already has got some mention for the job, because most of the big time boosters still love him, and I believe Cheeks thinks very highly of him.
The UT athletic department has been a mess for the past few years, and whether or not it was directly or indirectly his fault, it lies at his feet, along with Kiffin and Pearl. I am tired of bball and fball violations being our main headline when we have what I believe to be a very good football coach, and a football program back on the rise. Whether we all agree with it or not, which personally I do, I think Phillip Fulmer will be our next AD. He ran the football program clean for almost 2 decades. I think he will bring back the class that UT needs at the ad slot. Im sure that Hammy is a great guy, and he has been a good interview everytime I have heard him on 104.5 The Zone in Nashville, but the negatives far outweigh the positives.
Not as much on this site, but the general consensus is that Phil will be the one to replace Hammy. Doug Matthews has stated several times that in conversations he has had with people in Knoxville, that Fulmer will and already has got some mention for the job, because most of the big time boosters still love him, and I believe Cheeks thinks very highly of him.
Doug Matthews has his head so far up Failmer's ass it's not even funny. If the big boosters loved him so much, wonder why they all, with the exception of Thornton, signed off on canning his ass.