I can't believe they got rid of Fat Phil. So he had an off year, they still went to the SEC Championship last year and gave LSU a game. I don't get it, but I've never really understood Vol fans, anyway.
Butch Davis was my first guess of who the Vols might get, and it would be a good choice. I knew when Davis was hired at UNC there was no way they were going to hang onto him, he wants a bigger program. Kind of a shame though, because the only 2 schools in NC that can really afford to pay a good football coach is UNC and NC State, but UNC would rather win basketball games. And NC State would, too, for that matter.
Slightly off topic, but UNC is LOADED for basketball this year. I mean just ab-so-lute-ly loaded. But it's a little early, we'll do a thread on college basketball in a few more weeks.
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It was sheer luck that we got to the SEC Championship last year.
UT's offense has been known to the opposite team for years, because they haven't changed what they do for years.
For years, the problems were blamed on Randy Sanders. But he's at Kentucky now and doing really well.
He got Cutcliffe back, and things were good, but then Cutcliffe left and went to Duke where he is doing well.
Now, UT still has a crappy offense. Fulmer hired Clawson who doesn't know what he's doing and the responsibility falls back on Fulmer.
For several million dollars a year that Fulmer is paid...it's a business and he's expected to deliver. With as much talent as this team supposedly has.....they are terrible. They haven't improved at all this season....if anything they have just gotten worse.
I don't agree with the way it was done.....I really think if left until the end of the season, Fulmer would have "retired". He just doesn't seem to have his heart in the program anymore and hasn't for a couple of years.
It's hard to feel too sorry for him....he's leaving with a $6.5 million buyout!