DancingRabbit
09-23-2019, 04:10 PM
There are some great gems in here.
First sentence in the article
Throughout his career, Tennessee athletic director Phillip Fulmer has earned the reputation as a relentless backstabber.
If history is any guide, expect Fulmer to begin lining up to take over as the head coach in Tennessee in the next few weeks.
There are still divisive factions running amok at Tennessee. Booster Charlie Anderson badly wanted Pruitt as the coach and didn?t think that Dan Mullen had won enough for the job, as the records dump of Tennessee?s athletic department from that time reads like a diary of dysfunction. Booster John ?Thunder? Thornton wanted Fulmer back desperately as athletic director, as he like many at Tennessee are so wed to the past that it?s ruining the athletic department?s future.
Tennessee?s last coaching change may appear seamless compared to what the university faces in the wake of Fulmer hiring Pruitt. Mind you, Currie had gone out and courted Mike Leach, who was likely to leave Washington State for the job. (This was after a public coup essentially ended Greg Schiano?s candidacy.) Fulmer also interviewed Mel Tucker, who is off to a strong start at Colorado.
Instead, they hired a coach that Mississippi State passed on, much because Fulmer?s world view remains trapped in 1990s football. Pruitt?s hire is an attempt to jam a VHS of his own glory days back on the school.
Just so Fulmer knows, the running joke around the league is that they expect him to wait until Tennessee clears the difficult portion of its schedule before he coronates himself. Fulmer, forever attempting to augment the legend of Fulmer, will of course wait until Tennessee gets pummeled by the likes of Georgia, Mississippi State and Alabama before naming himself coach.
https://sports.yahoo.com/10-takeaways-how-bad-can-it-get-at-tennessee-070643715.html
First sentence in the article
Throughout his career, Tennessee athletic director Phillip Fulmer has earned the reputation as a relentless backstabber.
If history is any guide, expect Fulmer to begin lining up to take over as the head coach in Tennessee in the next few weeks.
There are still divisive factions running amok at Tennessee. Booster Charlie Anderson badly wanted Pruitt as the coach and didn?t think that Dan Mullen had won enough for the job, as the records dump of Tennessee?s athletic department from that time reads like a diary of dysfunction. Booster John ?Thunder? Thornton wanted Fulmer back desperately as athletic director, as he like many at Tennessee are so wed to the past that it?s ruining the athletic department?s future.
Tennessee?s last coaching change may appear seamless compared to what the university faces in the wake of Fulmer hiring Pruitt. Mind you, Currie had gone out and courted Mike Leach, who was likely to leave Washington State for the job. (This was after a public coup essentially ended Greg Schiano?s candidacy.) Fulmer also interviewed Mel Tucker, who is off to a strong start at Colorado.
Instead, they hired a coach that Mississippi State passed on, much because Fulmer?s world view remains trapped in 1990s football. Pruitt?s hire is an attempt to jam a VHS of his own glory days back on the school.
Just so Fulmer knows, the running joke around the league is that they expect him to wait until Tennessee clears the difficult portion of its schedule before he coronates himself. Fulmer, forever attempting to augment the legend of Fulmer, will of course wait until Tennessee gets pummeled by the likes of Georgia, Mississippi State and Alabama before naming himself coach.
https://sports.yahoo.com/10-takeaways-how-bad-can-it-get-at-tennessee-070643715.html