Fulmer out at Tennessee

SlickFazzer · 11-03-08, 11:57 AM

Some big names will be in the mix for this job.

BadNina · 11-03-08, 12:05 PM

Excuse me. I need to go do backflips down the sidewalk!!!

bigboydan · 11-03-08, 01:54 PM

What took Tennessee so long to make this move. I mean it should have been done a couple of years ago, IMO.

hoopster42 · 11-03-08, 01:59 PM

ppl will be lining up for this job, the tennessee brass saw that fulmer could no longer compete with the urban meyers and nick sabans of the sec, so they canned him, it will end up being the right move, but might take time to materialize

candidates will be lining up to take this job, they will get a GREAT coach in knoxville

uscfootball33 · 11-03-08, 02:39 PM

Fulmer is a very good coach and this is a bad decision. He took this team to the SEC Championship last year. How quickly people forget.

Aces · 11-03-08, 02:44 PM

Tuberville is next.

Short List I'm sure will include S Spurrier but who else ?
With Tenn competing in recruiting against Saban Spurrier Miles they will need a big name. Will they pay the mega bucks like Bama did ?

BadNina · 11-03-08, 02:50 PM

*still doing backflips*

AMBlai01 · 11-03-08, 02:51 PM

Spurrier is a joke...looks like the SEC has passed him by. I would say he is an average coach at best right now...

onlooker · 11-03-08, 02:51 PM

It is about time. Took them long enough.

Tigers1230 · 11-03-08, 03:36 PM

I still have no idea who the big name will be. They have to get a young coach that can bring excitement back to knoxville but I'm not sure who. A bunch of TN fans are actually calling for Stoops, but I don't think this will ever happen.

The Seer · 11-03-08, 03:40 PM

Originally posted by uscfootball33

Fulmer is a very good coach and this is a bad decision. He took this team to the SEC Championship last year. How quickly people forget.

He didn't take them to it. They backed into it.

The Seer · 11-03-08, 03:41 PM

Originally posted by Tigers1230

I still have no idea who the big name will be. They have to get a young coach that can bring excitement back to knoxville but I'm not sure who. A bunch of TN fans are actually calling for Stoops, but I don't think this will ever happen.

Don't really want Stoops myself.

The Seer · 11-03-08, 03:42 PM

Originally posted by AMBlai01

Spurrier is a joke...looks like the SEC has passed him by. I would say he is an average coach at best right now...

There is a difference being able to recruit to SC and doing it in the middle of Florida. Put Meyer at SC and see how he does.

The Seer · 11-03-08, 03:43 PM

Originally posted by BadNina

*still doing backflips*

Most Bama fans want Fulmer to stay. It's dumb for a Bama fan to be glad. They'll get somebody better.

BadNina · 11-03-08, 03:47 PM

We Bama fans still blame Fulmer for being that "secret" witness in the NCAA thing. He is now out of a job, we are rehabilitated, have Saban and are ranked #1 in the country. I think that worked out well for us.

hoopster42 · 11-03-08, 05:07 PM

Originally posted by uscfootball33

Fulmer is a very good coach and this is a bad decision. He took this team to the SEC Championship last year. How quickly people forget.

and went to ZERO bcs bowl games since 2001

thats 0 for 6 the past 6 yrs

hoopster42 · 11-03-08, 05:08 PM

Originally posted by BadNina

We Bama fans still blame Fulmer for being that "secret" witness in the NCAA thing. He is now out of a job, we are rehabilitated, have Saban and are ranked #1 in the country. I think that worked out well for us.

enjoy it while it lasts, because if youre lucky enough to get by lsu and auburn, then you get to face florida in the sec title game and have your asses handed to you

nice victories over kentucky and ole miss

you guys looked like such a juggernaut those days!!!

Doc JS · 11-03-08, 05:29 PM

Not a Phil Fulmer guy by any means but...
He was 150-51 in his tenure at UT and won a National Championship along the way. How many college coaches are @100 games OVER .500???

hoopster42 · 11-03-08, 06:06 PM

Originally posted by Doc JS

Not a Phil Fulmer guy by any means but...
He was 150-51 in his tenure at UT and won a National Championship along the way. How many college coaches are @100 games OVER .500???

he did most of damage in the mid to late 90's when the sec was not as strong, other than the spurrier, there were no other real marquee coaches there so he got 'fat', no pun intended, off of a worse sec

now that saban, urban and tuberville are mainstays at top schools, he's having difficulty recruiting against them

BadNina · 11-03-08, 06:31 PM

Originally posted by hoopster42

enjoy it while it lasts, because if youre lucky enough to get by lsu and auburn, then you get to face florida in the sec title game and have your asses handed to you

nice victories over kentucky and ole miss

you guys looked like such a juggernaut those days!!!

I am sure you didn't mean to sound like a complete bird doo head. There aren't many teams that blow out the
competition every week. And I do believe that is the same Ole Miss team that beat Florida. Now I didn't say that Bama would run the table this year. Florida has been playing like a team possessed since they got beat. But we Bama fans would like to play them in Atlanta so that we can see how far along our team has come. We expected to be in the position...just not this year.

Aces · 11-03-08, 07:44 PM

What team was it that beat Florida ??? Old Piss. What did Bama do vs the same team ? 24 -3 at the Break

Cougar Bait · 11-03-08, 10:00 PM

Okay, this is a great job. SEC...great conference, great dedicated fans, and the job carries a hefty paycheck. Stoops is an interesting thought, but whoever lands in Knoxville it has to be someone who isn't going to let the season get away from them like Fulmer did. When ex-players are more enthused about a game than the coach, you have problems.

mtneer1212 · 11-03-08, 10:10 PM

Short list (in my opinion only) to replace Fulmer:

1. Will Muschamp
2. David Cutcliff
3. Lane Kiffin
4. Jon Gruden

Cougar Bait · 11-03-08, 10:20 PM

I don't think Gruden is going anywhere with Tampa in the hunt in the NFC. The others are all possibilities though.

BadNina · 11-04-08, 12:33 AM

Muschamp is rumored to be the favorite for Auburn should they decide to make a change.

uscfootball33 · 11-04-08, 01:08 AM

Originally posted by The Seer

He didn't take them to it. They backed into it.

With Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina in that division, Tennessee is going to get a heavy dose of humility the next couple of years. Bottom line is that you can't win that SEC East division every year and this is true even more nowadays. To fire a coach that just won it the previous season is ridiculous (put it however you like, but he was the head coach of the team that went to the SEC Championship game last season). Really, it's not that Tennessee will not win ball games and have success, it's that the SEC East is the toughest division in the toughest conference in the country and they are just going to be one of the big boys in that division who beat up on each other. Put any team in the country in that division and they will struggle to see half the success that they had outside of it. Any team could have a bad season (or bad seasons for that matter) in the SEC East. Who is Tennessee going to get that will be better than Phil Fulmer? I do not see anyone available that is a home run hire for them right now. Not only is Tennessee going to downgrade at the head coaching position, but they will also have to suffer the short term recruiting losses due to the coaching change. Very poor and irrational decision based more on emotion than logic. Tennessee could end up a lot like Nebraska after Frank Solich or Arkansas after Houston Nutt. Both were poor decisions made by arrogant athletic departments and fan bases. This Tennessee decision is no different.

NashvilleGambler · 11-04-08, 10:39 AM

Here's Tennessee"s New Head Football Coach: PEYTON MANNING

etothep · 11-04-08, 11:38 AM

There are head coach openings at both Tennessee & Clemson? Man, I can really cash in now!

Signed,
Nick Saban

isetcap · 11-04-08, 03:49 PM

Wave around enough money and you might get Rich Rodriguez to come back down south and navigate another once mighty program to an early season end. It's better for those kids to focus on their academics!

so-classy#23 · 11-04-08, 06:16 PM

this move came down to money.....thats not what is published...take it frome me...the man is getting paid big time to walk away

etothep · 11-04-08, 06:21 PM

Originally posted by so-classy#23

this move came down to money.....thats not what is published...take it frome me...the man is getting paid big time to walk away

You don't think people know this?

From Spurrier: "But congratulate him on hitting that lottery ticket. That's a big ticket he got...I don't know whether to feel sorry for coach or congratulate him for the biggest buyout in the history of college football. He got the best deal ever, I think."

BadNina · 11-04-08, 09:40 PM

6 million is the reported buy out.

Cougar Bait · 11-04-08, 10:39 PM

An entire returning offensive line, 2 great running backs and 105th in the nation in rushing?...God that's terrible! What do they have 1 win in conference play, something like that? It's deserved-the firing-not the buyout.

etothep · 11-05-08, 04:16 PM

Ron Prince at K St rumored to be leaving too

1/3 of black coaches out before the bowls kick off