Upon further review, Jeremy Pruitt is wisely handling offensive coordinator search

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Volsfan4243 said:
I think most fans simply don’t trust the administration to make the right decisions after the last head coaching and even assistant hires.

Most fans trust Saban to do the right thing because it always seems to work out. Tennessee has been rebuilding for as long as I can remember and fans are tired of botched hires, going cheap, boosters blocking hires, and perhaps friends being hired over maybe the best candidate.

I am encouraged because Pruitt is interviewing and gauging interest from a lot of top offensive minds but he also has to make sure it aligns with his philosophy and long term goals. Staff comradely is also very important.

Pruitt can’t fire the entire offensive staff just to accommodate Briles. When Kiffin took over as OC at Bama, Saban didn’t fire all of his coaches. He had his coaches learn from the OC so he could promote within.

There are also buyouts to consider and future hires. Pruitt can’t fire coaches every time he brings in a new OC because Briles could leave in 2 years for a HC position, if successful, and Pruitt is hiring again. What coaches would want to work for someone who isn’t loyal to them.

I will hold off my judgement until we see how everything plays out.
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Good post. My push back would be about Saban not firing his coaches to accommodate a new coordinator. Pruitt isn’t Saban and our Vols aren’t Bama. He needs to get this hire right in order to save the recruiting class (and improve it frankly). If he ends up with some google search coach because he won’t allow a top candidate to hire some of his own coaches, the fanbase has every right to call bs on that. You are correct, this rebuild is over s decade long and has been mired in poor decision-making and ego driven catastrophe. This far, this process has the same appearance.
 
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Tennessee has a horrible track record in decision making period. This leads to a healthy bit of skepticism regarding the all knowing nature of Fulmer and Pruitt. Fulmer has some botched decisions in his past, and frankly Pruitt had some head scratchers this year as well.

I have no inside info or firm knowledge of how this is going, but the attacks on anyone not willing to completely trust in our UTAD are a little tiring.

Hope the best and expect something much less. Life as a Tennessee fan post 1998.
 
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VolInNW said:
Tennessee has a horrible track record in decision making period. This leads to a healthy bit of skepticism regarding the all knowing nature of Fulmer and Pruitt. Fulmer has some botched decisions in his past, and frankly Pruitt had some head scratchers this year as well.

I have no inside info or firm knowledge of how this is going, but the attacks on anyone not willing to completely trust in our UTAD is a little tiring.

Hope the best and expect something much less. Life as a Tennessee fan post 1998.
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Well said.
 
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VolInNW said:
Tennessee has a horrible track record in decision making period. This leads to a healthy bit of skepticism regarding the all knowing nature of Fulmer and Pruitt. Fulmer has some botched decisions in his past, and frankly Pruitt had some head scratchers this year as well.

I have no inside info or firm knowledge of how this is going, but the attacks on anyone not willing to completely trust in our UTAD are a little tiring.

Hope the best and expect something much less. Life as a Tennessee fan post 1998.
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And the believing every word that the media utters about a notoriously tightlipped AD, that makes you what?
 
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volfannbama said:
What do you think the odds are that you could swap the threads between the year butch wentb5-7 and 9-4, blot the names out ....and they would look nearly identical?
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Are you comparing what Pruitt has done in his coaching career to what Butch has done is his? :D:D:D
 
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VolInNW said:
Tennessee has a horrible track record in decision making period. This leads to a healthy bit of skepticism regarding the all knowing nature of Fulmer and Pruitt. Fulmer has some botched decisions in his past, and frankly Pruitt had some head scratchers this year as well.

I have no inside info or firm knowledge of how this is going, but the attacks on anyone not willing to completely trust in our UTAD are a little tiring.

Hope the best and expect something much less. Life as a Tennessee fan post 1998.
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This might hold water if pruitt was running around offering jobs and getting turned down like Currie did, and CA_vol likes to think. But ever since fulmer took over there has been a different hiring process, it's no longer about throwing money at the biggest "name" and hoping they dont spurn us. This program is going about actual hiring processes, interviewing candidates and making an informed vetted decision, based on how they fit the philosophy of the program that CJP is running.
 
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CA_Vol said:
If he ends up with some google search coach because he won’t allow a top candidate to hire some of his own coaches, the fanbase has every right to call bs on that.
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Earlier you said if you were wrong you would be the first to call yourself "Idiot", I disagree but that's beside the point.

You don't know if Pruitt told Briles he couldn't bring his OL coach with him, no one reported that as far as I know. I saw one tweet that said " one potential snag", and you're freaked out over that.

I honestly have no clue, not even a gut feeling who we end up with, but I'm excited about the possibility of being surprised.
 
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volfannbama said:
What do you think the odds are that you could swap the threads between the year butch wentb5-7 and 9-4, blot the names out ....and they would look nearly identical?
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I don't know, but why would anyone care?
 
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BloomuVol said:
This might hold water if pruitt was running around offering jobs and getting turned down like Currie did, and CA_vol likes to think. But ever since fulmer took over there has been a different hiring process, it's no longer about throwing money at the biggest "name" and hoping they dont spurn us. This program is going about actual hiring processes, interviewing candidates and making an informed vetted decision, based on how they fit the philosophy of the program that CJP is running.
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And this might hold water if either of us had any idea of what the process has actually been. You have no more idea than I what offers have been made nor the process of this search.

If three years down the path Pruitt and Fulmer have consistently made solid sound decisions then my expectations will change. Until then I hope for the best and expect the worst.

And no amount of calling me dumb, uninformed, etc and telling me to trust the UTAD and Pruitt to be Solomonic in their process is going to change my outlook. I really hope they hire the right guy under the right conditions. I just don’t expect it at this point.
 
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VolInNW said:
And this might hold water if either of us had any idea of what the process has actually been. You have no more idea than I what offers have been made nor the process of this search.

If three years down the path Pruitt and Fulmer have consistently made solid sound decisions then my expectations will change. Until then I hope for the best and expect the worst.

And no amount of calling me dumb, uninformed, etc and telling me to trust the UTAD and Pruitt to be Solomonic in their process is going to change my outlook. I really hope they hire the right guy under the right conditions. I just don’t expect it at this point.
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I feel bad for the people in your life if this is truly your outlook. I guess BVS is real for some. Maybe you need to step back from something if just the lack of information is enough to send you into a depressive spiral of doom and gloom.
 
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VolInNW said:
And this might hold water if either of us had any idea of what the process has actually been. You have no more idea than I what offers have been made nor the process of this search.

If three years down the path Pruitt and Fulmer have consistently made solid sound decisions then my expectations will change. Until then I hope for the best and expect the worst.

And no amount of calling me dumb, uninformed, etc and telling me to trust the UTAD and Pruitt to be Solomonic in their process is going to change my outlook. I really hope they hire the right guy under the right conditions. I just don’t expect it at this point.
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Seriously, you just admitted that unproven conjecture from media sources has such an effect on you personally that you have developed apathy towards a team you are supposed to be a supporter of. I'm not trying to be a d!ck, but maybe this is when you need to take a look at that, professionally.
 
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Battered Vol syndrome alive and well here.. Butch, Davenport, Currie, Hart, Hamilton.... all are gone, yet we expect same type of decisions or worse from those currently in charge. Ten years from now, Freak can pull up this post and history may show the Fulmer/Pruitt were exactly the same as Hart/Butch. But that's premature. This needs time to unfold. Not enough time has passed. Too early to knee jerk.
 
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VolforFootball said:
I'm fine with positive spin, but we need to be realistic with ourselves too. And right now, this search is indicative of everything that Tennessee has been over the past decade.
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That's only true if it becomes a bad hire. Patience grasshopper. Thats a snap judgement.
 
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BloomuVol said:
I feel bad for the people in your life if this is truly your outlook. I guess BVS is real for some. Maybe you need to step back from something if just the lack of information is enough to send you into a depressive spiral of doom and gloom.
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Your argument might be more effective if you would skip the personal insilts and make the argument that over the last 4-5 years Tennessee has earned the right to deserve trust in their process of hiring coaches?
 
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ptcarter said:
That's only true if it becomes a bad hire. Patience grasshopper. Thats a snap judgement.
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All indications are that several people wanted other jobs when Tennessee OC was an option for them. Same as years past, rinse and repeat. Still holding out hope for Briles.
 
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