BuffaloBill Posted January 18, 2021 Posted January 18, 2021 https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/football/2021/01/18/jeremy-pruitt-fired-tennessee-football-coaching-search-vols/6413502002/ Huge news here in Knoxville. Phil Fuller also “retiring” as AD. Time will tell how hard it will be for this program to bounce back. Quote
4merper4mer Posted January 19, 2021 Posted January 19, 2021 15 hours ago, BuffaloBill said: https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/football/2021/01/18/jeremy-pruitt-fired-tennessee-football-coaching-search-vols/6413502002/ Huge news here in Knoxville. Phil Fuller also “retiring” as AD. Time will tell how hard it will be for this program to bounce back. Do recruiting violations still have severe penalties for the program? Quote
Southern_Bills Posted January 20, 2021 Posted January 20, 2021 NCAA will hammer Tennessee because they don't need them for ratings, supposedly Georgia is caught as well but I wouldn't expect much to come of them. Though one does have to wonder, TN only won what 3 or 4 games? You had to cheat to get that? Lol Quote
4merper4mer Posted January 20, 2021 Posted January 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Southern_Bills said: NCAA will hammer Tennessee because they don't need them for ratings, supposedly Georgia is caught as well but I wouldn't expect much to come of them. Though one does have to wonder, TN only won what 3 or 4 games? You had to cheat to get that? Lol College football is something that I can’t fully enjoy because I occasionally remember the NCAA being more worried about how to get Penn State back on TV than what actually happened there. I don’t doubt that a team like Tennessee would be punished more than Georgia. 1 Quote
Royale with Cheese Posted January 20, 2021 Posted January 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Hilarious Pruitt: Hey, can you send two double cheeseburgers to the players in the training room? 2 Quote
That's No Moon Posted January 20, 2021 Posted January 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Southern_Bills said: NCAA will hammer Tennessee because they don't need them for ratings, supposedly Georgia is caught as well but I wouldn't expect much to come of them. Though one does have to wonder, TN only won what 3 or 4 games? You had to cheat to get that? Lol When they say fired for cause, that was the cause, not the handouts. 1 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted January 22, 2021 Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) This is the second article I've seen from "Vol Wire" stumping for Lance Leipold now that former UB AD Danny White is their AD. Hmmm. https://volswire.usatoday.com/2021/01/21/tennessee-vols-football-danny-white-athletics-director-buffalo-head-coach-lance-leipold/ Edited January 22, 2021 by PromoTheRobot Quote
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted January 22, 2021 Posted January 22, 2021 Gase needs a job. Maybe the Vols could consider it 'karmic payback' for the violations? Quote
4BillsintheBurgh Posted January 22, 2021 Posted January 22, 2021 On 1/18/2021 at 4:40 PM, BuffaloBill said: https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/football/2021/01/18/jeremy-pruitt-fired-tennessee-football-coaching-search-vols/6413502002/ Huge news here in Knoxville. Phil Fuller also “retiring” as AD. Time will tell how hard it will be for this program to bounce back. A niedermeyer and a rhyming name as assistants? Doomed to fail! "Tennessee also fired assistant coaches Brian Niedermeyer and Shelton Felton for cause on Monday, along with seven members of the football program’s recruiting and support staff." Quote
Southern_Bills Posted January 22, 2021 Posted January 22, 2021 Tennessee is a dumpster 🔥. If a coach has other options he should take them instead. Even with no penalties they don't have enough in state talent to compete and they are surrounded by Clemson, Bama, Georgia etc. Winning there would be extremely difficult. Quote
BuffaloBill Posted January 22, 2021 Author Posted January 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Southern_Bills said: Tennessee is a dumpster 🔥. If a coach has other options he should take them instead. Even with no penalties they don't have enough in state talent to compete and they are surrounded by Clemson, Bama, Georgia etc. Winning there would be extremely difficult. Historically there has been talent here and coaches have been able to recruit. TN has a huge and exceptionally avid following. People here bleed orange and white. 1 Quote
RiotAct Posted February 12, 2021 Posted February 12, 2021 On 1/20/2021 at 3:59 PM, Royale with Cheese said: Pruitt: Hey, can you send two double cheeseburgers to the players in the training room? “Massive McMuffin Breakfast Now Being Served.” Quote
YoloinOhio Posted February 14, 2021 Posted February 14, 2021 On 1/22/2021 at 1:03 PM, Southern_Bills said: Tennessee is a dumpster 🔥. If a coach has other options he should take them instead. Even with no penalties they don't have enough in state talent to compete and they are surrounded by Clemson, Bama, Georgia etc. Winning there would be extremely difficult. Al Washington is the LB coach at Ohio state making 500k. He was offered 1.2 mill/yr to be their DC. He turned it down. Yikes. Quote
Southern_Bills Posted February 14, 2021 Posted February 14, 2021 25 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Al Washington is the LB coach at Ohio state making 500k. He was offered 1.2 mill/yr to be their DC. He turned it down. Yikes. Smartest move in his career. LB coach at Ohio state will lead to opportunities and you don't want to waste it on Tennessee. I admit I'm biased against Tennessee, but even all that aside, Tennessee is probably the worst D1 coaching gig going right now. They have difficulty recruiting talent, all the talent they managed to scrape together is transferring, and they are going on sanctions. The entire football program will be place holders for when they get off sanctions. Quote
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