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re: I wouldn't be surprised if Pruitt's fired mid-season...Tennessee's the biggest mess
Posted on 9/23/19 at 2:23 pm to yatesdog38
Posted on 9/23/19 at 2:23 pm to yatesdog38
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how involved is Min Kao with sports and the state of Tennessee? and he got his doctorate at UT not his undergrad and also lives in Kansas.
He got both his M.S. and PhD at UT. He donated $12.5 million to construct a building for the College of Engineering. He then gave $5 million in matching funds to further support the department. The Min H. Kao Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building is named in his honor.
“The University of Tennessee opened its doors and offered me an opportunity to grow in my field. I hope this new facility will allow other young minds to pursue their dreams, and will further position UT as a gateway for great achievements in engineering and innovation.” ~ Min Kao
That seems pretty involved.
Here he is, dedicating the building with then Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam.
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Posted on 9/23/19 at 2:24 pm to madmaxvol
The hot board is already up.
Posted on 9/23/19 at 5:52 pm to Bench McElroy
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The biggest mystery with Pruitt for me is his inability to put together a good coaching staff. The guy was an assistant under Saban for over a decade as well as Jimbo and Mark Richt. The guy's been around a lot of good coaches and was also a highly regarded coach in his own right. You would think that just by networking, Pruitt would have been able to cultivate relationships with top-notch coaches in the business so they can work for him down the line when he becomes a HC. But the quality of his coaching staff seems to be sorely lacking compared to the other schools in the conference.
Nobody likes Pruitt. Huge prick without the accolades to help people look past it.
Posted on 9/23/19 at 6:15 pm to TheCaterpillar
The staff outside of head coach at Tennessee isn't the problem nor is the recruiting. Player development is a bigger issue than the staff.
Posted on 9/23/19 at 6:17 pm to Shaft Williams
I still believe Chaney was put on the staff without much input from Pruitt. Chaney isn't a good OC let alone one that I'd go out and hire.
Posted on 9/23/19 at 6:19 pm to the808bass
"If Pruitt is fired mid-season, it would seem to suggest the guy who hired him fricked up royally"
Clay Travis?
Clay Travis?
Posted on 9/23/19 at 6:29 pm to RatRodDawg
quote:But it couldn't have been more than just two or so years ago that Tennessee boarders were assuring us that Fulmer's hire was the ultimate troll of Alabama and that his subsequent hiring of Pruitt was simply his way of wiping his hog across our faces.
To get a true start on a reboot, Tennessee would also have to fire Fulmer and hire a real athletic director – not one who wears coaching gear to work and gets NCAA wrist slaps for jumping into offensive line drills in practice.
Posted on 9/23/19 at 6:36 pm to madmaxvol
Kao doesn’t look like the type concerned about the state of the football program. Ergen is worth more than Haslam. He needs to tell the Haslams to move over
This post was edited on 9/23/19 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 9/23/19 at 6:37 pm to RatRodDawg
Even the haslam's don't have enough money to pay for another one.
Posted on 9/23/19 at 7:06 pm to madmaxvol
Is anyone outside of Haslam interested enough in the football program to pay for the buyout and then pay the next coach's contract? If Gus Malzahn had us tanking this year, I'm afraid we'd be stuck with him regardless what some insider said. Right now I think the buyout is right under $30 million. Jimmy Rane isn't going to pay that. He's filthy rich but isn't $30 million to get rid of the existing coach rich.
Posted on 9/23/19 at 7:57 pm to NCDawg52
The problem with Pruitt is we have no identity. Good coaches and teams have that one strength that you can always count on. We just kinda go out there and play.
Posted on 9/23/19 at 8:15 pm to the808bass
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If Pruitt is fired mid-season, it would seem to suggest the guy who hired him fricked up royally.
Just think if the fan base wouldn’t have lost there collective minds along with there idiot leader Clay Travis, Currie would have delivered them Leach. Thank goodness that fan base is as dumb as they come.
This post was edited on 9/23/19 at 8:23 pm
Posted on 9/23/19 at 8:20 pm to GatorBait24
You are so dumb.
Posted on 9/23/19 at 8:22 pm to Buster180
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You are so dumb.
Maybe but did I lie?
Posted on 9/23/19 at 8:23 pm to GatorBait24
We revolted against Schiano, but the fan base was ecstatic about Leach.
Posted on 9/23/19 at 8:25 pm to Buster180
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We revolted against Schiano, but the fan base was ecstatic about Leach.
I think you’re missing the part where y’all tried to veto 3 or 4 hires after that because it wasn’t Gruden. Then turned your sights on Currie the one guy one campus actually doing a pretty good job. You deserved what you got. Even so how good does Schiano look now?
Posted on 9/23/19 at 8:29 pm to GatorBait24
No one wanted to come here because Currie sucked. My buddy that went to K-State laughed his arse off when we hired him and for good reason. Snyder hated Currie and he has a lot of respect in the coaching community.
Posted on 9/23/19 at 8:33 pm to GatorBait24
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veto 3 or 4 hires
Name them.
1. Schiano
2. The fig from NC State
3. ?
Posted on 9/23/19 at 8:39 pm to VAvolfan
UT fans have so much blind loyalty to Fulmer.
The 1 guy they put down, Currie was the guy who was in the process of hiring Leach.
Fulmer raised hell about this potential hire. Currie was flown in from the west coast & subsequently fired.
Enter Fulmer as AD, which means not hiring the Pirate & the football program continues to sink like the Titantic.
The 1 guy they put down, Currie was the guy who was in the process of hiring Leach.
Fulmer raised hell about this potential hire. Currie was flown in from the west coast & subsequently fired.
Enter Fulmer as AD, which means not hiring the Pirate & the football program continues to sink like the Titantic.
Posted on 9/23/19 at 8:46 pm to madmaxvol
quote:Not many people know this, but McCarthy based The Road on the psychological experience of being a Tennessee football fan.
ETA...most prestigious probably would have been Cormac McCarthy...but he dropped out and never graduated.
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