You don’t stick with a failed leader when you are a $700 million dollar brand.

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No brand sticks with what is obviously failed leadership. You fire quickly and hire slowly. And when I say fire quickly, I mean once it’s been shown that the person can’t perform at the level of job they have. It’s far more damaging to any brand to hang onto poor leadership then it is to pay $9 million dollars in buyouts. The longer this continues the longer you put the brand at risk.


UT Vols: Study shows Tennessee football program is worth more than $700M
 
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volfanhill said:
No brand sticks with what is obviously failed leadership. You fire quickly and hire slowly. And when I say fire quickly, I mean once it’s been shown that the person can’t perform at the level of job they have. It’s far more damaging to any brand to hang onto poor leadership then it is to pay $9 million dollars in buyouts. The longer this continues the longer you put the brand at risk.


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Sure thing. Now tell us a few things.

One, how much would it cost to get rid of Pruitt and most of his staff? Do you want to fire the S&C coach as well? What coach is going to want to come here kmowing they wont have 2 years? Also, who do you hire?

Its really easy days after a game to talk about what should be done to a coaching staff. Its not as simple as oh we are worth $700 million so we can get whoever we want.
 
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volfanhill said:
No brand sticks with what is obviously failed leadership. You fire quickly and hire slowly. And when I say fire quickly, I mean once it’s been shown that the person can’t perform at the level of job they have. It’s far more damaging to any brand to hang onto poor leadership then it is to pay $9 million dollars in buyouts. The longer this continues the longer you put the brand at risk.


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You bench the QB, you don't fire him.
 
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Sure thing. Now tell us a few things.

One, how much would it cost to get rid of Pruitt and most of his staff? Do you want to fire the S&C coach as well? What coach is going to want to come here kmowing they wont have 2 years? Also, who do you hire?

Its really easy days after a game to talk about what should be done to a coaching staff. Its not as simple as oh we are worth $700 million so we can get whoever we want.
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It really is as simple as you don’t put the brand at risk. We have obviously failed leadership. Once you know he’s not the right the fit he has to go. You may disagree, and think that we don’t know that yet . I think we do. But once you know it you have to make a move for the brand itself. At no point did I say we could get whoever we want. But it’s BVS to think we can’t get a proven coach.
 
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volfanhill said:
No brand sticks with what is obviously failed leadership. You fire quickly and hire slowly. And when I say fire quickly, I mean once it’s been shown that the person can’t perform at the level of job they have. It’s far more damaging to any brand to hang onto poor leadership then it is to pay $9 million dollars in buyouts. The longer this continues the longer you put the brand at risk.


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What evidence is there that the leadership at UT will make better choices after Pruitt? The people hiring the ADs and coaches are the problem. We're over a decade now of bad footballl. That's not a coaching problem.
 
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What evidence is there that the leadership at UT will make better choices after Pruitt? The people hiring the ADs and coaches are the problem. We're over a decade now of bad forball. That's not a coaching problem.
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Yep that’s correct. But I don’t know how you fire them unless you are the Governor.
 
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I don't even know if that's the answer at this point. We have run through coaches(Head Coach, S&C Coaches & Coordinators) and none of it has worked to get this thing turned around. We are at a point where fans are just tired. Let Pruitt do his thing and pray the end is better than the beginning at this point man.
 
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volfanhill said:
No brand sticks with what is obviously failed leadership. You fire quickly and hire slowly. And when I say fire quickly, I mean once it’s been shown that the person can’t perform at the level of job they have. It’s far more damaging to any brand to hang onto poor leadership then it is to pay $9 million dollars in buyouts. The longer this continues the longer you put the brand at risk.


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Great point!

Now who are we gonna come and get to lead this $700 million brand?
 
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volfanhill said:
It really is as simple as you don’t put the brand at risk. We have obviously failed leadership. Once you know he’s not the right the fit he has to go. You may disagree l, and think that we don’t know that yet . I think we do. But once you know it you have to make a move for the brand itself. At no point did I say we could get whoever we want. But it’s BVS to think we can’t get a proven coach.
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Proven how? Proven where? Just curious. Like Scott Frost proven? Or Chip Kelly proven? The fact is we don’t know what we have. Our staff can coach. They’re proven right? Everyone flipped their sh*t when we took CJC from UGA...now after two games you want to send him packing? Let them do their jobs. It’s gonna be tough to watch. It’s going to suck and we are going to lose games. Maybe lots of them. But if you can’t see the young players they are bringing in and how they play and the potential they have I can’t help you. With the current OL we have plus the prospective recruits and the defensive players such as Crouch and HT we are building. You can’t live in a house you haven’t finished building and you don’t fire the contractor once he gets the walls up because you can’t move in. It’s not ready, and yes, that takes time.
 
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volfanhill said:
No brand sticks with what is obviously failed leadership. You fire quickly and hire slowly. And when I say fire quickly, I mean once it’s been shown that the person can’t perform at the level of job they have. It’s far more damaging to any brand to hang onto poor leadership then it is to pay $9 million dollars in buyouts. The longer this continues the longer you put the brand at risk.


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GREAT POST and analysis. Thanks
 
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volfanhill said:
It really is as simple as you don’t put the brand at risk. We have obviously failed leadership. Once you know he’s not the right the fit he has to go. You may disagree l, and think that we don’t know that yet . I think we do. But once you know it you have to make a move for the brand itself. At no point did I say we could get whoever we want. But it’s BVS to think we can’t get a proven coach.
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You have to calculate everything including what it does to your brand to fire a respected coach in large measure for the sins of his predecessor. I've never argued that a coach "deserved" time. They have to earn their capital. But I don't think it helps the program to fire him or even talk about it at this point.
 
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volfanhill said:
No brand sticks with what is obviously failed leadership. You fire quickly and hire slowly. And when I say fire quickly, I mean once it’s been shown that the person can’t perform at the level of job they have. It’s far more damaging to any brand to hang onto poor leadership then it is to pay $9 million dollars in buyouts. The longer this continues the longer you put the brand at risk.


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Wahhhh! Fahr 'em, fahr 'em all. That $700 million doesn't mean that is liquid assets that they can afford to toss down the drain. Are you going to fit the bill for buyouts on both sides and all me coaching staffs. then will you be happy If the new coach struggles in his first year? How long before you ate calling for that coach's head.
 
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