Which Coach is best for NCAA sanction recovery?

#1
VolArmy74

VolArmy74

Well-Known Member
Joined
Feb 25, 2014
Messages
9,802
Likes
17,417
#1
If the story has legs about impermissible benefits and recruiting violations we will likely be facing at least some scholarship reductions for the new coach. As I can't see how Pruitt can survive being both a terrible coach and a terrible cheater.

Bill O'Brien handled a near death penalty situation at Penn State and did it well enough to leave at least a decent starting spot for James Franklin.
Besides O'Brien who would be the best candidate to deal with NCAA sanctions?
 
#5
#5
As long as the UTAD takes the rules seriously we will lose.

Every other compliance department in the SEC sees their role as helping their team not get caught.

You can't win that way.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Jmavols2
#6
#6
I think Allen at Indiana, Campbell at ISU or someone along those lines. They are seeing the maximum success you'll ever see at their level of school and their teams naturally recruit from a massive disadvantage so it's like they are almost always on probation anyway.
 
#7
#7
Voluble2 said:
As long as the UTAD takes the rules seriously we will lose.

Every other compliance department in the SEC sees their role as helping their team not get caught.

You can't win that way.
Click to expand...
Proof for such bold statements? We sound like sore ass losers when we say things like this.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Myrtleturtle
#9
#9
VolArmy74 said:
If the story has legs about impermissible benefits and recruiting violations we will likely be facing at least some scholarship reductions for the new coach. As I can't see how Pruitt can survive being both a terrible coach and a terrible cheater.

Bill O'Brien handled a near death penalty situation at Penn State and did it well enough to leave at least a decent starting spot for James Franklin.
Besides O'Brien who would be the best candidate to deal with NCAA sanctions?
Click to expand...
Has the issue been discussed, that if the allegations are true, wouldn’t that be just cause for Coach removal with no buyout? Or were we stupid enough to not have that clause in the contract?
 
#10
#10
VolArmy74 said:
I think Allen at Indiana, Campbell at ISU or someone along those lines. They are seeing the maximum success you'll ever see at their level of school and their teams naturally recruit from a massive disadvantage so it's like they are almost always on probation anyway.
Click to expand...
none of these guys are really options considering the amount of money it would take to entice them to leave their current situation.

Tennessee has no higher ceiling than those schools--thats just reality and anyone who thinks otherwise is just still living in the 90s.

The only coaches that are options are coaches who WANT the job (freeze) or some other loser off the saban tree looking to line their pockets and leave in a few years.

this is just where we are after years of mediocrity and terrible and i mean terrible administration (fatsh*t phil included)
 
  • Like
Reactions: FBtime
#11
#11
VolArmy74 said:
If the story has legs about impermissible benefits and recruiting violations we will likely be facing at least some scholarship reductions for the new coach. As I can't see how Pruitt can survive being both a terrible coach and a terrible cheater.

Bill O'Brien handled a near death penalty situation at Penn State and did it well enough to leave at least a decent starting spot for James Franklin.
Besides O'Brien who would be the best candidate to deal with NCAA sanctions?
Click to expand...
From my understanding, everything is internal right now, isn't at NCAA level yet. Best case, we fire for cause and self impose penalties and it doesn't get to the NCAA level.
 
#12
#12
beamerman said:
Has the issue been discussed, that if the allegations are true, wouldn’t that be just cause for Coach removal with no buyout? Or were we stupid enough to not have that clause in the contract?
Click to expand...

He would be able to be removed for cause at that point. I suspect rather than litigate it in court we'd still give him a settlement. I believe we gave Pearl a settlement.
 
  • Like
Reactions: BSAvol and beamerman
#14
#14
Volnbeers said:
none of these guys are really options considering the amount of money it would take to entice them to leave their current situation.

Tennessee has no higher ceiling than those schools--thats just reality and anyone who thinks otherwise is just still living in the 90s.

The only coaches that are options are coaches who WANT the job (freeze) or some other loser off the saban tree looking to line their pockets and leave in a few years.

this is just where we are after years of mediocrity and terrible and i mean terrible administration (fatsh*t phil included)
Click to expand...

Tennessee has a vastly higher ceiling than those two. We have way more money, way better facilities and a much much bigger and better recruiting base and budget. We've won at the highest levels for 80 of the last 100 years. Having a series of jackass coaches isn't the end of the program's ability to compete. We heard these same exact things about Alabama in the late 90s and early 2000s when they were changing coaches every 3 or 4 years and went on probation 3 times in about 9 years.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 901 Orange
#15
#15
LOL.....we took a Bama DC and got some decently rated recruits. Of course we were cheating. You're naive if you think we weren't. The only issue is we suck and other SEC cheaters get away with it every year.
 
#18
#18
We need to call Mark Richt. He doesn't cheat and could at least get us back to 8 win seasons.
 
#21
#21
VolArmy74 said:
If the story has legs about impermissible benefits and recruiting violations we will likely be facing at least some scholarship reductions for the new coach. As I can't see how Pruitt can survive being both a terrible coach and a terrible cheater.

Bill O'Brien handled a near death penalty situation at Penn State and did it well enough to leave at least a decent starting spot for James Franklin.
Besides O'Brien who would be the best candidate to deal with NCAA sanctions?
Click to expand...
I mean if this is true... who f’n cares because we are about to hire another placeholder coach... this search looks to be dead on arrival... I would expect nothing less in 2020... think 2017 search was a sh@t show... UT admin says hold my beer
 
#23
#23
It will be a slap on the wrist - Pruitt and Niedermeyer will get fire. UT will give up maybe two schollies and the AA will back off. Hire the best coach you can period, not a coach to get through sanctions. The AA has shown itself to be very weak of late.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Woodlawn VOL
#24
#24
Maybe the NCAA will mandate that we KEEP Pruitt to not face any sanctions. Harsh punishment I know......
I would negotiate for the SMU death penalty
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sarms58
#25
#25
VOLnVANDYland said:
I mean if this is true... who f’n cares because we are about to hire another placeholder coach... this search looks to be dead on arrival... I would expect nothing less in 2020... think 2017 search was a sh@t show... UT admin says hold my beer
Click to expand...

I would hope they have a commitment from someone already. Granted it's UT so probably not. But I'd love to see them hire O'Brien, this is assuming they won't touch Freeze due to his personal and NCAA issues.
 
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.
Advertisement



Back
Top