Barnes fires back at Pruitt allegations

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Eastknox865 said:
What do you really expect Pruitt to do. He is going to fight for his money anyone would. The problem I have is with the administration they knew this would happen and should have settled with him long ago. If this goes to court Tennessee is in trouble when all the dirty secrets come out.
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It takes 2 to settle. Maybe Pruitt and his attorney's were asking for $11.9 million out of the $12 million owed. Maybe the administration has wanted to settle the entire time but Pruitt and his representative hasn't been reasonable.

We arent privy to what the negotiations have entsiled.
 
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BruinVol said:
This isn’t good. The last thing we need is the NCAA snooping around Bobby Mays.
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Ahhhh hell. Quick. Last year, tell me how many Bobby Maze players were on Tennessee’s roster. Or any year when that Bama buffoon was in Knoxville for that matter…
 
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MadisonvilleVol said:
Ahhhh hell. Quick. Last year, tell me how many Bobby Maze players were on Tennessee’s roster. Or any year when that Bama buffoon was in Knoxville for that matter…
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So your stance is there are no Bobby Maze players on our team??

I hope that’s isn’t your stance because that’s a bad place to stand
 
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I'm surprised any lawyer can understand his "English" enough to comprehend what he is trying to say. What a douche.
 
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MadisonvilleVol said:
Drew Pember and Jaden Springer were the only two during his tenure there…. I sure hope Pember’s recruitment don’t gets us in trouble…🙄🙄
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Lol
what about springer??? You think that recruitment was like Pember?

You do realize Pruitt was here last year while current freshmen were being recruited don’t you?

your stance here is dumb.
try this stance: “you are certain maze doesn’t have his hands out asking for “help””
 
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BruinVol said:
Lol
what about springer??? You think that recruitment was like Pember?

You do realize Pruitt was here last year while current freshmen were being recruited don’t you?

your stance here is dumb.
try this stance: “you are certain maze doesn’t have his hands out asking for “help””
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Nah. You are just taking your normal dramatic stance like you do on everything else. Pember and Springer…. LMAO…. Death penalty I tell ya. Death penalty.
 
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MadisonvilleVol said:
Nah. You are just taking your normal dramatic stance like you do on everything else. Pember and Springer…. LMAO…. Death penalty I tell ya. Death penalty.
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We don’t want the NCAA snooping around hoops. There literally is nothing to gain by that. Only things to lose IF something fishy is going on and no I don’t think Barnes would know about it. I do however believe the rumors around BM’s hands being out are somewhat valid
 
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Eastknox865 said:
What do you really expect Pruitt to do. He is going to fight for his money anyone would. The problem I have is with the administration they knew this would happen and should have settled with him long ago. If this goes to court Tennessee is in trouble when all the dirty secrets come out.
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What Pruitt is doing is different than just "fighting for his money". He is making baseless accusations in the press and openly accusing other coaches by name of being dirty. He is also essentially having his lawyer attempt to extort the university. These are things that will actively make the guy unemployable in college sports ever again. No one will hire him for airing dirty laundry, and it doesn't seem like his pro career is exactly thriving at the moment. There are better ways to fight than how he is operating.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
What Pruitt is doing is different than just "fighting for his money". He is making baseless accusations in the press and openly accusing other coaches by name of being dirty. He is also essentially having his lawyer attempt to extort the university. These are things that will actively make the guy unemployable in college sports ever again. No one will hire him for airing dirty laundry, and it doesn't seem like his pro career is exactly thriving at the moment. There are better ways to fight than how he is operating.
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Are you suggesting that giving up 44 and 38 in last two games as defensive coach for 1-5 team is not exactly killing it?
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
What Pruitt is doing is different than just "fighting for his money". He is making baseless accusations in the press and openly accusing other coaches by name of being dirty. He is also essentially having his lawyer attempt to extort the university. These are things that will actively make the guy unemployable in college sports ever again. No one will hire him for airing dirty laundry, and it doesn't seem like his pro career is exactly thriving at the moment. There are better ways to fight than how he is operating.
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Maybe Pruitt already realizes he doesn't want to go back to the college ranks. He may never get a million dollar plus salary again. So if UT isn't going to pony up money for his buyout, and he knows he isn't going to be a high paid assistant again, why the hell wouldn't he just blow it all up? He probably already feels wronged by the way things ended and how the university basically just put him on blast for being unethical. Now they are coming after his money too...

Back a man into a corner and they will do some crazy things. Honestly, he seems like the type of guy that would drag everyone down with him.
 
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MadisonvilleVol said:
Maybe so…. But Pruitt is fair game himself in court. Let’s open this book and see how it reads. UT already has a black eye. Let’s see what the chapters of UGa and Bama have to say….

It’s not like he can throw football under the bus because he was the head man in charge….
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UT has way more to lose than Pruitt.
 
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BruinVol said:
We don’t want the NCAA snooping around hoops. There literally is nothing to gain by that. Only things to lose IF something fishy is going on and no I don’t think Barnes would know about it. I do however believe the rumors around BM’s hands being out are somewhat valid
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Barnes knows.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
What Pruitt is doing is different than just "fighting for his money". He is making baseless accusations in the press and openly accusing other coaches by name of being dirty. He is also essentially having his lawyer attempt to extort the university. These are things that will actively make the guy unemployable in college sports ever again. No one will hire him for airing dirty laundry, and it doesn't seem like his pro career is exactly thriving at the moment. There are better ways to fight than how he is operating.
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I think that's exactly what is happening, he knows he's not ever going to be a top guy coach in college and that his name is crap so he doesn't care.
 
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BruinVol said:
We don’t want the NCAA snooping around hoops. There literally is nothing to gain by that. Only things to lose IF something fishy is going on and no I don’t think Barnes would know about it. I do however believe the rumors around BM’s hands being out are somewhat valid
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I think that's why the named Barnes in the allegation. He's a prideful guy and they probably thought they could provoke him. I would be certain Barnes is as clean as they come in college basketball, but no one in that game is completely clean. I really wonder if Barnes ran his statement past our attorneys. You do not, in any circumstances, invite the NCAA to investigate your program. No matter what, they'll find something, event if it is an illicit cookout. On top of that, our administration seems to be the last school with a big time athletics program to even give the NCAA the time of day. As much as I know it provoked him, Rick would have been better served by just staying mum.
 
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germanicus said:
I think that's why the named Barnes in the allegation. He's a prideful guy and they probably thought they could provoke him. I would be certain Barnes is as clean as they come in college basketball, but no one in that game is completely clean. I really wonder if Barnes ran his statement past our attorneys. You do not, in any circumstances, invite the NCAA to investigate your program. No matter what, they'll find something, event if it is an illicit cookout. On top of that, our administration seems to be the last school with a big time athletics program to even give the NCAA the time of day. As much as I know it provoked him, Rick would have been better served by just staying mum.
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Just curious if you think the NCAA is more likely to look into UT basketball since Barnes said he would welcome it. Did the folks at NCAA hear that and decide “ well we weren’t really going to investigate UT but since Barnes said that now we will. “ I don’t think it works that way but could be wrong.
 
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LeannaVol said:
Just curious if you think the NCAA is more likely to look into UT basketball since Barnes said he would welcome it. Did the folks at NCAA hear that and decide “ well we weren’t really going to investigate UT but since Barnes said that now we will. “ I don’t think it works that way but could be wrong.
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I think what happens is that, when the NCAA comes in to investigate say - football - they don't just investigate football, they turn over the whole athletics department. That's what happened when they came into investigate Lane Kiffin in 2009 and wound up hammering basketball.
 
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I am 0% worried about basketball recruiting violations under Barnes. He is probably one of the very few coaches in college basketball that is mostly ethical. I’m sure we’re not a 100% clean program, but I highly, highly doubt they’d ever find anything substantial or worthy of investigation while Barnes is here.

Not to mention Barnes is a beloved figure across college basketball. He’s authentic and respected. Pruitt attacking Barnes was just dumb and a bad look.
 
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VolGee4 said:
I was in favor of Fulmer being the AD because the Haslam’s got Currie hired in the back door. While Currie probably would have been ok, he was dumb as hell with his most important hire. He used Gruden as a smokescreen to offer Schiano. Because we were right in the middle of a coaching hire after Currie was terminated, there wasn’t much time to bring in another AD. But Fulmer should have just been an interim.

In hindsight, Fulmer made a terrible hire. Mel Tucker is doing well at Michigan State. Maybe he would have been better than Pruitt, but I am still not convinced he was the long term answer at UT.
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When Fulmer was given the AD job, it was supposedly a temporary, short term gig while the university sought a new AD. Sad thing is, Fulmer could have had a great legacy had he not played the "temporary" title into a full time gig. As far as I'm concerned, he has tarnished what could have been a good legacy into a legacy of meddling that has brought a lot of grief to the university, and we still don't know what the future holds in terms of punishment.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I am 0% worried about basketball recruiting violations under Barnes. He is probably one of the very few coaches in college basketball that is mostly ethical. I’m sure we’re not a 100% clean program, but I highly, highly doubt they’d ever find anything substantial or worthy of investigation while Barnes is here.

Not to mention Barnes is a beloved figure across college basketball. He’s authentic and respected. Pruitt attacking Barnes was just dumb and a bad look.
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Agree with what you are saying, but I think Rick let his pride get the best of him in making that statement. The same people who respected him before he made the statement would have had no less respect for him and trust in him.
 
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Any suit has to be filed in Tennessee, correct? And can UT demand a jury trial as defendant, or do they have to be the plaintiff?
A jury trial would not go well for Pruitt.
 
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JohnnyJava said:
Any suit has to be filed in Tennessee, correct? And can UT demand a jury trial as defendant, or do they have to be the plaintiff?
A jury trial would not go well for Pruitt.
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Think it would come in time for my jury summons of potential duty Nov 15? That would be fun.
 
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